National Republicans
The Price of Anger
Tariffs are controversial – people disagree over whether they do good or harm. I don’t know who’s right or wrong. But the way Trump saw it Canada was sapping our economy, so after he was reelected he put tariffs on Canada to fix the problem. An odd thing happened. Canada ran a TV ad in…
Read MoreNot 1930s Germany
Sometimes you fear America could go down the same road as Germany 100 years ago. Then you see millions of Americans turn out at thousands of No King rallies across the country. Germans rallied for a dictator. Americans rallied against one. Unlike Germans, Americans have lived under freedom, not tyranny, for 250 years. Germans went…
Read MoreHealing
During Prohibition, Al Capone was the most notorious New York tough guy. He didn’t grasp fame until after he moved to Chicago. But in those days no one matched him. In the 1950’s, during the Army–McCarthy hearings, another New York tough guy, a lawyer, Roy Cohn, sitting beside Fightin’ Joe McCarthy pilloried witnesses. McCarthy fumbled.…
Read MoreA Lost Virtue
Years ago back when Reagan was President I met an unknown Texas Congressman – slender, quiet, fearless, Ron Paul was cut from a rare bolt of cloth. I never met his son, Rand, but father and son seem a lot alike: Both doctors, both outspoken but soft-voiced, both polite but fearless. You seldom see men…
Read MoreThat Only Makes Sense in Washington…
Kristi Noem’s spending $172 million to buy two small, luxury private jets. For Noem and her department heads to fly around in. Stop a moment, mull that over: We’re drowning in debt – $37.8 trillion in debt. And adding more debt – $1.8 trillion more – each year. But we’re spending $172 million to buy…
Read MoreYoung Republicans, In Their Own Words
The only thing more offensive – and revealing – than Young Republicans’ ugly texts is JD Vance’s dismissal of them as “what kids do.” The texts, sent by Young Republican leaders around the country, included: “I love Hitler,” “I’m ready to watch people burn now,” and frequent use of f-words, r-words and the n-word. Politico discovered…
Read More$51 Million
This is a strange story – the national debt’s $37.8 trillion. Our annual deficit is $1.9 trillion. We’re in debt up to our eyeballs. But, at the same time, the government’s spending more than anyone in the U.S. to run ads – political ads. How much? $51 million. Who’s in the ads? Kristi Noem, Trump…
Read MoreAn Odd Tale
Hard face, narrow eyes, Tom Homan looks tough. The day Trump took office he gave Homan a nickname: The ‘Border Czar,’ put him in charge of ICE. A cloud floated over the horizon. Down the street from the White House, in the Justice Department, Trump Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove found out the FBI was…
Read MoreWar and Peace
It’ll be good if Trump helps end the war in Gaza. It’ll be even better if he stops making war on half the United States.
Read MoreTrump’s Assault on Freedom
Along with the government shutdown, Trump is shutting down freedom in America. If you think that’s hyperbole, read his “National Security Presidential Memorandum Number 7,” issued on September 25. Trump didn’t write it, of course. He probably can’t even read it. It’s likely the product of Dr. Evil, his aide Stephen Miller (photo). It unleashes…
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