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What’s Up With Trump and Putin?

by Nancy LeTourneau December 12, 2016January 9, 2022

Republicans can’t deny the connections any longer.

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Why the President Needs Intel Briefings

by Martin Longman December 12, 2016January 9, 2022

Just ask George W. Bush.

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Waking Up to the Con Job

by Nancy LeTourneau December 12, 2016January 9, 2022

Donald Trump is no friend of American workers.

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Learning from Hillary’s Loss

by D.R. Tucker December 11, 2016January 9, 2022

There’s a lot to be learned if Democrats want to win in 2020.

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Doctor Strange

by D.R. Tucker December 11, 2016January 9, 2022

Does Dr. Ben Carson even remember Samuel Pierce? The late attorney held the job Carson has been nominated for–Secretary of Housing and Urban Development–during the Reagan administration. He was the sole African-American member of the Reagan cabinet–as Carson will almost assuredly be during the Trump administration–and, well, let’s just say it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing: […]

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What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Updated)

by D.R. Tucker December 11, 2016January 9, 2022

Well, here’s one more result that isn’t surprising, but certainly disappointing, considering the implications: John N. Kennedy of Louisiana has prevailed in the final U.S. Senate contest of 2016, beating out Democrat Foster Campbell for the seat being vacated by David Vitter (R). Shortly after the polls closed, the Associated Press projected Kennedy the winner. […]

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Moving Backwards

by D.R. Tucker December 10, 2016January 9, 2022

Did anyone seriously think Donald Trump would change his mind on climate change? Apparently, former Vice President Al Gore’s highly publicized efforts to convince the Addams, er, Trump family to give efforts to reduce CO2 their due were for naught, as the apparent President-elect went ahead with plans to hand the Environmental Protection Agency and […]

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Governing Principles

by D.R. Tucker December 10, 2016January 9, 2022

November 7, 2017 will give us the clearest indication yet of whether the Democratic Party has its groove back. If the party wins the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections, it will demonstrate that Democrats still have plenty of fight left in them. Remember how the mainstream media hyped the Republican victories in those two […]

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Political Hacks

by D.R. Tucker December 10, 2016January 9, 2022

All of a sudden, Jill Stein doesn’t look like such a nutjob now, eh? The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter. Intelligence […]