I have to admit, my first reaction was, “Not another rally.” This is not to dismiss or disrespect those who will be participating in today’s “Rise for Climate” demonstrations across the country (as well as internationally) today. Yes, it’s important to take to the streets to condemn the moral scandal that is the Trump administration’s […]
D.R. Tucker
D. R. Tucker is a Massachusetts-based journalist who has served as the weekend contributor for the Washington Monthly since May 2014. He has also written for the Huffington Post, the Washington Spectator, the Metrowest Daily News, investigative journalist Brad Friedman's Brad Blog and environmental journalist Peter Sinclair's Climate Crocks.
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Isn’t It Obvious Kelly and Mattis Wrote the NYT Op-Ed?
There have been actual mysteries in this country. What happened to the missing 18½ minutes on the Nixon tapes? Was there an actual “October surprise” in the 1980 presidential election? Why did anyone ever take George W. Bush seriously? This “mystery” is not one of them. To quote the renowned American philosopher Nasir Jones, it […]
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Warren’s Likely GOP Challenger: A Pain to Diehl With
Unlike John McCain, here’s one fellow who will never be confused for a statesman: [Massachusetts] State Representative Geoff Diehl, in an effort to ramp up immigration-focused attacks on US Senator Elizabeth Warren, [has] released a campaign video [asserting] that 20 people a day — or the equivalent of “over 7,000 people every year” — are […]
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Lock Him Up!
As we approach the 17th anniversary of 9/11, it’s good to see law enforcement catch another alleged terrorist plotter before he could launch a new attack on the homeland: A California man was charged Thursday with threatening to shoot and kill Boston Globe journalists, calling them “the enemy of the people,” in response to the […]
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If Andrew Gillum Makes History, One Floridian Won’t Be There to See It
If Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeats Rep. Ron DeSantis to become Florida’s next Governor on November 6, it will be an embarrassing defeat for Donald Trump and the Fox News fiends supporting the Republican’s campaign. It will be a tremendous victory for Sen. Bernie Sanders and those who have persuasively argued that the Democratic Party […]
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Spare Us Your Thoughts and Prayers
Remember when Charlton Heston declared, “From my cold, dead hands!” Thanks to the group he led, there are now, sadly, more pairs of cold, dead hands in Jacksonville, Florida: The authorities in Jacksonville, Fla., said there were “multiple fatalities” at a mass shooting on Sunday at a bar that was hosting a live gaming event […]
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Sorry, Tom Brokaw, But Only Republicans Have Lessons to Learn from John McCain
For the last time, both sides don’t do it. It was sad to watch former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw embarrass himself on Meet the Press this morning, suggesting that both parties have lessons to learn from the legacy of the late Senator John McCain. Brokaw’s response to host Chuck Todd’s question about how […]
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The Right’s Lethal Loathing of the LGBTQ Community
I guess plotting to have people of color harmed or killed at the hands of law enforcement didn’t provide enough of a rush for these folks. Now, they think threatening the lives of LGBTQ Americans is one heck of a way to make America great again: Vermont’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is transgender, said Tuesday […]
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Washington State vs. Washington’s Hate
I guess these lives should just be considered collateral damage in Donald Trump’s battle to defend coal: The Trump administration has hailed its overhaul of federal pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants as creating new jobs, eliminating burdensome government regulations and ending what President Trump has long described as a “war on coal.” The administration’s […]
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John McCain, 1936-2018
The Arizona senator’s life was, if nothing else, an incredible journey. On Saturday, that journey concluded.
