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The Heartland Calls For Republicans To Find Their Foundation
The conservative-leaning Chicago Tribune editorial board (a truly worthwhile daily use of time with solid writing and sharp ideas to balance a day’s input of viewpoints) opined today the feckless Republican Party is simply unable to find its spine and slap down Donald Trump. Trump also campaigned heavily on tackling inflation and the cost of… Continue reading
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The Midterm Mistake Machine: Republicans Keep Creating Their Own Problems
The official White House document for the new AI safety agreement contains a prominent typographical error, misspelling Donald Trump’s title as “President of the Unites States” instead of “United States”. As of Wednesday morning, the glaring error remained uncorrected. This is not a scandal or a headline story. The irony, however, is almost too perfect… 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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Tom Tiffany’s Assault On Reporters From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Strikes At The Public’s Right To Know
While Republican candidates across the nation are figuring out ways to distance themselves from Donald Trump, Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Tom Tiffany is angling to emulate him. Last week the newswires rang with headlines about the Tiffany campaign barring two Journal Sentinel reporters from entering a campaign event in Milwaukee, thereby escalating tensions between a public… Continue reading
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A Red Menace Going Out, Blue Wave Approaching
Today it was very apparent, after only a few minutes of reading columns and newsletters, just how damaged the Republican Party is as the November midterm elections near. Time magazine ended a column with this stark statement from a GOP operative. A simmering fear is that the trendlines may get even worse in the coming… 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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Donald Trump Embarrassed Our Nation On The World Stage, Free Press Reported It
Donald Trump’s bizarre and absurd behavior at the UN on Tuesday wasn’t just a gaffe, not just another mentally unstable moment, but rather a full‑blown showcase of how profoundly he misunderstands the basic mechanics of a free press. Confronted with a routine question from Kaitlan Collins, the kind presidents have fielded for decades without combusting,… Continue reading
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Opinions And Musings By Gregory Humphrey. "Why should I not learn something new every day, and, if I can, shine a light into the eye of my heart?" Mirza Saleh
