One week before the 2020 election, Donald Trump beamed out at a Lansing, Michigan crowd and delivered his closing pitch to the women he imagined might be watching him. “I’m also getting your husbands — they want to get back to work, right? They want to get back to work. …
Read More »They Know That America Isn't Great
The president may be a fool, but that doesn’t make him an ineffective racist. That would presuppose that it takes great talent to be good at hating people and furthering that hatred through policy. Donald Trump is quite adept at finding America’s weaknesses, a trait he shares with the Russians …
Read More »If Roy Moore Isn't Rock Bottom for Republicans, What the Hell Is?
When the news that Alabama Senate candidate and longtime conservative raconteur Roy Moore wasaccused of molesting a 14-year-old girl when he was 32, we braced for the inevitable pushback from those on the right who would defend him. Partisanship is a hell of a drug, one powerful enough to cause …
Read More »Divisions in the GOP Were on Full Display in Washington Tuesday
Donald Trump visited the marble halls of the Capitol Tuesday in an attempt to get Senate Republicans on board with his perpetually evolving agenda – but the divisions and bitter infighting consuming the GOP stole the spotlight. Before a closed-door lunch meeting with members of his party, one senior senator …
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