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Progressives should not worry about what would happen if they mimicked McConnell's constitutional hardball. Their representatives need only... Read More
With partisans on both sides shouting about yet another most important election ever, how should Americans in the middle, unhappy with both... Read More
Welcome to the latest edition of Black Lives Matter 101, Volume 8, the online class dedicated to explaining to athletes the real agenda and... Read More
None of the officers who killed Breonna Taylor face any charges related to her death. And only one has been fired. Read More
It may be too late for the media to get the facts right about Breonna Taylor's death. At least too late to stop the riots currently being... Read More
Above, ex-CIA officer Julia Gurganus with former deputy Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Brennan allies who worked on the Trump-Russia intelligence... Read More
John Avlon writes that American democracy has been defined by the peaceful transfer of power. Donald Trump seems to have other ideas; at this... Read More
As Americans learned 20 years ago in Florida's presidential vote-counting and recounting, even without mail-in voting much can go amiss Read More
The Abraham Accords prove that Trump's majestic robes are real—at least in the Middle East Read More
Beijing's oppression of the Chinese people is its weakness. Read More
The tech monopolies and other U.S. elites are too heavily invested in the CCP to allow Trump's 'decoupling' Read More
Collins's uncomfortable relationship with a Trump-led GOP, explained. Read More
Two hundred thousand souls are now confirmed to have lost their lives in our nation this year to a virus that, with swift and consistent and... Read More
The virus isn't going away, but it isn't the threat it was when deaths spiked in the middle of April. Read More
Why has the poisoning of Alexei Navalny been met with Western silence? Read More
Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber has gotten himself into a bit of a bind, as the Washington Examiner's Tiana Lowe first... Read More
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At first, the protesters were polite. They filed quietly into the back of the hearing room, sat in the two dozen or so seats reserved for the... Read More
With a nonexistent mandate, he does extraordinary damage. Read More
If there ever was a time to do what's right, this is it. Read More
As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death roils the media-sphere, Democrats still see a Trump defeat as contingent on COVID. This has been an... Read More
There was a time the Democratic Party was home to many of America’s leading lights on race relations — people who were willing to... Read More
Interestingly, the suburban vote may not be one of them. Read More
US President Donald Trump has seeded the investment environment with uncertainty, trashed America's trade relationships, blown up the fiscal... Read More
Donald Trump has proven that he knows what it takes to create jobs on a massive scale and ensure that prosperity is shared by all Americans Read More
There is a cohort of close observers of our presidential elections, scholars and lawyers and political strategists, who find themselves in... Read More
We cannot let the very important Supreme Court confirmation fight, brought to us by the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, distract us... Read More
Just weeks from Election Day, President Trump logged what may have been his most offensive day ever, disrespecting not only 200,000 dead... Read More
Does anyone really believe that Biden is going to show up to that debate next week? Why is Biden's campaign shutting him down before noon? Read More
His contempt for voters, Senate colleagues and tradition makes him the avatar of the politics of decline. Read More
The Democrats ought to be careful accusing Republicans of SCOTUS hypocrisy, because the charge can just as easily be turned back on them Read More
Judge Barrett is happy to take advantage of the opportunities her predecessors created but reactionary enough to help burn Ruth Bader... Read More
This election was always going to be about culture. Trump should treat the election as referendums on cultural issues and nominate Amy Coney... Read More
The popular podcast host is a political liberal by all metrics. So what explains the contempt he provokes in liberal circles? Read More
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No one would ever say that the political marriage between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump is a match made... Read More
The death of the liberal icon Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, greatly admired even by her opponents, has wildly transformed the... Read More
Donald Trump has abused the office like no president before him. It's time for serious reform to preserve our democracy. Read More
GOP-led investigation cites 'glaring' evidence of Burisma bribe, suspicious foreign money transfers and sex trafficking. Read More
It's time to ask why we continue to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on police misconduct lawsuits and billions more on policing that... Read More
It's time to release the data that can exonerate police. Read More
Combine an immediate expansion with a proposal for a constitutional amendment. Read More
It's likely that if the Democrats were to win this November and were actually to propose a court-packing bill, they would, soon enough,... Read More
It is not too late to shut down, at least in areas with high levels of infection, to save thousands of lives. Read More
Achieving herd immunity in this pandemic should be society's goal right now. Read More
An American immigrant jazz buff expresses his gratitude to a supremely gifted critic who loved the music and loathed bullshit Read More
As you may by now be aware, on Monday, September 21, 2020, your employee, Nils Gilman, tweeted what is tantamount to a death threat against... Read More
At first, the protesters were polite. They filed quietly into the back of the hearing room, sat in the two dozen or so seats reserved for the public, and waited patiently. But then, one by one, they started yelling, and then, one by one, they were hauled away by Capitol Police. On the first day of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, 70 people were charged with disorderly conduct.It w Read More
Like others before him, Donald Trump wore the finest attire on the day he became the most powerful man in the world. His well-coifed and well-dressed adult children looked the part also as they watched him become not just the president but also the wealthiest man to ever occupy the Oval Office.But Trump, who likes his name in gold on the side of tony buildings, focused in his inaugural address mor Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr took aim at his own Justice Department on Wednesday night, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as “headhunters” in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were “ill-conceived” political probes.The comments at a speech at Hillsdale College in Michigan amounted to a st Read More
Today's Topics
- Supreme Court
- Breonna Taylor Decision/Protests
- 2 Louisville Police Officers Shot During Protests, Suspect in Custody
- Experts: Vigorous Self-Defense Laws Likely Prevented Homicide Charges
- Taylor's Family Heartbroken by Grand Jury Decision, Attorneys Say
- Thousands Take to Streets Across U.S., Riot Declared in Portland After Molotov Cocktail Hurled at Police
- Seattle Protester Hits Police Officer in Head With Baseball Bat
- Election 2020
- Electoral College Battle
- Trump Administration
- Battle for Senate
- Political Landscape
- CARL CANNON'S AM NOTE
- President Trump Won't Respect the Dead or the Grieving
-A.B. Stoddard - A 'Circus' Senate Hearing? GOP Sees Gain if Dems Act Up
-Philip Wegmann - The Kavanaugh Effect: Republicans Relish a Redux
-Susan Crabtree - GOP Makes Case for Itself as the 'Party of American Workers'
-Philip Wegmann - Congress, Beware the Tyranny of Temporary Majorities
-J. Peder Zane
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