Krystal Ball

“The Republicans abandoned the pretext of democracy to fight a war for power long ago.”

“And if you are going to truly stand with workers, it also means embracing solidarity, not attempting through lame talking points to pit union workers against non-union workers.”

“The corporate takeover of America pre-dates Trump and it will outlast him. This president has revealed the rot of America. He has made it worse. It will take more than ousting him to fix it.”

“If you want to understand why something is happening in America just follow the money.”

“At their core, liberals assume that humans are fundamentally good and decent. This means that we believe that people are trying the best they can to make it and only ask for help when they really need it.”

“I'm not saying that Paul Ryan would weep if Bernie Sanders won Texas but it's definitely possible.”

“In the age of Trump, we have witnessed an unprecedented attack on the judiciary across the country.”

“Unimaginable riches for the few, disaster for the many - that's the new American way.”

“For a while under Donald Trump, it was possible to believe that we could go back to a more functional, less rancorous time. This desire was expressed most eloquently at John McCain's funeral services.”

“There's no dignity in hiding from an undignified story. You don't want to die the death of 1000 cuts. Just get the whole thing out... the entire thing, every detail, answer the questions and move on.”

“Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at his most authentic chose to stay and face years of torture rather than leave before his brothers.”

“While President Obama assumes that at their core the Republican leadership team is just trying to do what's best for America, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner assume that the president is cynically trying to secure his own reelection, power, and legacy.”

“I deeply admire and respect Hillary Clinton. I think she is a great intellect with great fortitude. I think she was a strong secretary of state and a hardworking and effective senator.”

“A preliminary agreement in principle is not a deal.”

“Watching my little 18 month old confidently waddle around his weekend exploring the world, I realized that one of the things that's so joyful about being around little one's is that they haven't absorbed all of our cultural programming yet.”

“Once we accept our own basic worthiness we cannot help but see the basic worthiness of every other human.”

“Voters do not choose candidates because of their ideological fit. They choose them because of their cultural fit.”

“I know that we are supposed to believe that once voters learn the truth about medicare for all they are going to suddenly turn on it but it's not like the scary industry talking points are a secret.”

“As soon as you know that someone is running for office, it puts a distance between you and that person.”

“Now in a lot of rural towns in Kentucky, the school system is the heartbeat of the community, not to mention one of the major employers.”