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Donald Trump Fails To Understand ‘It’s The Economy, Stupid’
It is not unusual for a president to seek out foreign policy when the stubborn and often embarrassing issues at home make for unrelenting headlines. With the economy not producing lower grocery prices, or more optimism for people wishing to be new homeowners, or when new Jeffrey Epstein documents show a troubling linkage with a Continue reading
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Why Parents Keep Their Kids Away From Trump Supporters In Family
I heard again over the Holidays why some parents will not allow their kids to be around family members who support Donald Trump. More evidence as to why they do not want the kids around the racist and toxic conservative came this week as Trump gestured like a drunk idiot as he made an impression Continue reading
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Lest We Forget, January 6th And The Treasonous Coup Attempt
What the vast majority of the United States well knows is that Joe Biden solidly defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Even 6th graders know that there needs to be 270 electoral votes to win and that Biden earned 306 of them to Trump’s 232. Biden received 51.3% of the vote compared to Continue reading
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Rule Of Law Broken In Trump’s Military Strike On Venezuela, Process Matters
Process matters. People who engage with me about topics of the day, whether it is stated in words or not, know that I am a process democrat. I firmly believe that the manner in which governing takes place is the ultimate test of a republic. I know this line of thinking seems as if we are Continue reading
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Donald Trump Had No Legal Authority To Invade Venezuela, Proves To Be Authoritarian Thug On World Stage
The United States has crossed a stark red line that cannot be blurred by spin or cheap patriotism theater. The invasion of Venezuela—launched without congressional authorization, without even the traditional courtesy of notifying the Gang of Eight—marks a rupture in American governance so profound that future historians will struggle to explain how a republic tolerated Continue reading
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Character Matters In The Oval Office
The words during the 1912 nomination speech by Warren G. Harding, then an Ohio newspaper editor, for President William Taft at the tumultuous Republican Convention need to be considered this week. The following portion showcases a stark contrast between then and what happened this week when Donald Trump verbally attacked Rob Reiner just a few Continue reading
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Prime Example Of What Is Wrong With American Politics
After following politics as an adult for over 40 years, there are many examples of politicians from both sides of the aisle who serve as examples of what not to do when in front of the camera. But as I ate a late breakfast (after an amazing Saturday night Christmas gathering that lasted past midnight, Continue reading
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World AIDS Day Lacking U.S. Resolve Under Trump, George And Laura Bush Showed Moral Leadership
This topic is very personal to me. It was profoundly wrong for Donald Trump to utterly refuse recognition of World AIDS Day. This day, established in 1988 by the World Health Organization, is not a token gesture. Not a woke event. a trite so willfully misunderstood word in the MAGA world. Rather, the day is Continue reading
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Pete Hegseth Must Be Fired As Defense Secretary
We are watching the wheels come off the Donald Trump Administration. This weekend, we learned gut-punching news that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a completely deplorable and totally unacceptable order to kill everyone in a missile srike, inferring that even included survivors in the waters off Venezuela. That is what happened after a U.S. military Continue reading
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The Price Tag For Federal Troops in Our Cities, Fiscal Conservatives Stay Quiet
One of the ironic aspects of the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office is how conservatives are being asked to balance their ongoing racism with their ongoing zeal to constrain federal spending. Somedays it must be a constant internal spinning of the hamster wheel for those who want their deportations Continue reading
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