Trump and his MAGA allies may point to Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and others, but if he balks at judicial orders, he’ll be an outlier.
Andrew Jackson
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Trump and Musk’s Game of Thrones
The South African-born hand of King Trump is doing the leader’s bidding, and their twin ambitions are proving very hard to thwart.
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J.D. Vance, “Cat People,” and the “Childless” Presidents
The Republican vice presidential nominee has some odd notions about having kids and government service. He should learn a little bit about George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and other presidents.
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Trump and the Republican War on the Civil Service
In recent months, Donald Trump’s campaign and conservative action groups have developed a coordinated strategy to gut the federal civil service, effectively returning the United States government to the spoils system of the nineteenth century. Under this plan, Trump, if returned to office, would issue an executive order called “Schedule F,” which would reclassify the […]
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Desperately Seeking Union
A new biography of Daniel Webster argues that the antebellum statesman forged a civic nationalist vision that has held America together. If only it were true.
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Trump Strikes Back At Elizabeth Warren By Insulting Native American War Heroes
As he stood before a portrait of Andrew Jackson, Trump cracked jokes about Pocahontas to Native American war heroes.
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Courting Disaster
I noted yesterday that blue-state-level action on climate change is only near-term hope for those who don’t want to see the planet cook under a Trump Administration. Unfortunately, some climate activists are embracing false hope from the federal courts–and like those who thought Hillary Clinton would win the Electoral College last Tuesday night, these folks […]
