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TrumpĢƵ long line of detractors keeps growing

Nobody seems to be as liked but disliked or loved but hated as much as Donald Trump.His hold on the Republican Party is never in dispute. HeĢƵ simply a rock star to many Republicans.HeĢƵ also created a long list of enemies among the many people who’ve worked for and with him over the ...

McCarthy’s ouster and the road ahead

The House of Representatives was on the verge of a governing majority last week. And then it wasn’t. The gulf between the two parties was too great and antagonisms between lawmakers too severe to admit to real cooperation.Thus, Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speakership by eight renegade ...

Where are Republicans when you need them?

Republicans are currently twisting themselves into unseemly knots.They don’t appear to know how to respond to the multi-count felony indictment against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.Menendez is a Democrat. ThatĢƵ usually fertile ground for Republicans to pile on with claims that the entire ...

The ‘terrific panic’ of ‘small men’

Every fall should be a reminder of that far-off day on which the fate of the republic was decided, at least tentatively. I know it is for me. I never fail to recall the bloodshed and horror and hope. To do so this year may be more important than ever – for then, like now, the future appeared ...

Lauren BoebertĢƵ roaming hands

Lauren Opal Boebert is a Republican firebrand with a never-ending appetite for attention.She represents ColoradoĢƵ 3rd Congressional District, with no shortage of provocative political views.Last February, Boebert, and her fellow troubled congressman, George Santos of New York, were among the ...

Mine workers and the UAW strike

On an April day in 1937, John D. Mallory, “demonstration chairman,” and John P. Depto, toastmaster of that yearĢƵ Mitchell Day celebration for coal miners in Brownsville, messaged mine workers’ president John L. Lewis.At the parade and later at the banquet highlighting the April 1 ...