National Republicans
Questions for America’s 250th
Will 2026 be a celebration of 250 years of independence – or a reprise of the violent revolution that began our nation? It’s clear – from every poll and every recent election – that, after just one year, most voters are done with Trump and ready for change. It’s also clear that Trump is determined…
Read MoreTillis Takes on Trump
Thom Tillis’ last year in the Senate could be his finest hour. He can keep up the great tradition of North Carolina Senators standing up to a criminal President. Fifty years ago, Senator Sam Ervin took on – and helped take down – Richard Nixon over Watergate. Five years ago, Senator Richard Burr voted to…
Read MoreTwo Bags of Cash
It’s hard to tell how much of this is truth and how much is fiction but here’s the tale: A team of undercover FBI agents out to jail grifters bribing politicians to make money got a tip: Talk to Tom Homan – he can get you ICE contracts if Trump wins. Undercover agents taped Homan…
Read MoreGive ‘em Hell, Harry
A reader recalled what Harry Truman said about Richard Nixon: “He not only doesn’t give a damn about the people; he doesn’t know how to tell the truth. I don’t think the son of a bitch knows the difference between the truth and lying.” What would Harry say about Trump?
Read MoreA Deadly Cloud
There’s a cloud over Trump’s head – most people don’t like how he’s doing his job (the Gallup Poll). Democrats have loathed him for years but now so do Independents. Republicans still love him but their love’s getting thinner. Pundits tell us that’s happening because he blundered when it comes to handling issues – like…
Read MoreTwo Stories and a Warning
Like hard times, history repeats itself. Boisterous, ruthless, sure he was marching down the road to destiny, Adolf Hitler got a surprise: Neville Chamberlain wanted to come see him. Dapper, thin face, smugness hiding an insecure heart, Chamberlain flew to Germany. Sitting in Hitler’s paneled study in the Bavarian mountains laid a deal on the…
Read MoreFatal Folly
The National Guard members who were shot in Washington came from West Virginia. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom (photo) died; she was just 20. Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe is fighting for life; he is 24. President Trump sent their unit to D.C. to fight crime, he claimed – but, really, to score political points. The…
Read MoreAn Old Warning
Conor sat down. “A poll in the newspaper says Republicans are 14 points behind Democrats – is that true?” He was asking about the generic ballot question in the poll. Both modern and old-fashioned, after law school Conor returned to his small town, practiced law with his father. Like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather he’s a…
Read MoreTrump + Mamdani
The last time a “fascist” and a “communist” were this chummy, they divided up Poland. This time, President Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shook up politics. Trump had called Mamdani a “communist lunatic.” The mayor-to-be had called the President a “fascist” and “despot.” But love was in bloom when the two met Friday.…
Read MoreLincoln Stories
Three days before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated he told his wife and a small circle of friends a story: How one night he’d stayed up late waiting for dispatches from the front – when he finally got to bed, weary, he quickly fell asleep. In a dream a deathlike silence surrounded him. He heard distant…
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