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Pete Hegseth Staff Broke More Than Dwight Eisenhower Globe
Pete Hegseth’s staff damaged a priceless globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower after bypassing trained curators, trying to move it themselves, dropping it, and leaving a gash near Antarctica. The Army acknowledged the damage occurred during an attempted move, and reports indicate the Defense Secretary’s office had been seeking the globe. The broken globe is… Continue reading
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Trump Goes All In With Putin, Bets Against Western Democracy
Donald Trump’s embrace of Vladimir Putin raises a fundamental question about America’s role in the world: Is the United States still committed to defending democracy, sovereignty, and the Western alliance—or is it prepared to sacrifice those principles for a deal with the Kremlin? There has never been any doubt among a large segment of the… Continue reading
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A Blond Joke Behind The Podium In The White House Press Room
“She had to pause to sound out in her head how to pronounce ‘Venezuela,’” That’s not the joke… that actually happened. Today was another Romper Room moment in the Donald Trump White House. His new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, proved unable, in her first time behind the podium, to meet even the very low expectations… Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s Traitorous Deference to Russian President Putin
The news struck at the core of reason, logic, and intentional policymaking. Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil amid global fuel shortages during U.S. military operations against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war is numbing. The deal will permit Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government to supply 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S.… Continue reading
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Fifty Years Later, Donald Trump’s DOJ Trying To Break Into Watergate History
Readers who have followed this little place on the internet highway for years know I’ve been a Richard Nixon history buff for decades. Today we had sunshine after two days of rain, so while I was outside with a book and coffee, James opened a door and said, “You will not believe what I am… Continue reading
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Iowa’s Farm Woes Will Echo At The Ballot Box
Tim Russert famously used a handheld whiteboard to map out potential Electoral College outcomes. To emphasize exactly which state would decide the winner in 2000, he scribbled the iconic phrase: “Florida, Florida, Florida”. Since June of this year, without a whiteboard or a television show, I repeated one state to friends and folks who engage… Continue reading
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Why America Can’t Risk “Another Chance” For Trump and His GOP Congress
JD Vance has been making the rounds asking the country to give the Trump White House and congressional Republicans “another chance.” I cannot fathom the extent of his hutzpah, but there he is on television, pleading with voters for more time to enact GOP plans and plots on the nation. “Another chance” is a tidy… Continue reading
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From Nixon’s Press Blacklist to Trump’s Media Bans, The Old Lessons Still Apply
On Friday, when I read that Donald Trump had banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from accessing the White House, I instantly thought of how President Richard Nixon ordered reporters from The Washington Post to be kept out of daily press briefings. I need not write that The Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl… Continue reading
