I felt a little embarrassed for Jonathan Allen of NBC News last week when, in a piece about potential challengers to Donald Trump in 2020, he wrote the following: Former Vice President Joe Biden is going to look a lot like a presidential candidate this year. He plans to raise money for Senate Democratic incumbents, […]
Dwayne Johnson
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Why is Bill Kristol Promoting an Oprah Winfrey Presidential Campaign?
Why the hell is he with her? William Kristol’s cheerleading for an Oprah Winfrey presidential run is arguably the most disturbing non-Trump development of the new year. Notwithstanding my skepticism about celebrity involvement in politics, if Winfrey is actually serious about running, she should disavow the Kristol vision in the strongest terms possible. It’s fairly […]
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Code of Silence: Will Obama Finally Call Out Trump?
Now, there’s just no excuse. It’s hard to figure out just why the 44th President of the United States won’t directly criticize his incompetent and insane successor, but Barack Obama refused to do so again a few days ago in his John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award acceptance speech (and in his remarks at […]
