I do not wish Trump ill. While he hasn’t shown a shred of compassion for anyone other than himself, this doesn’t justify our lacking compassion for him.It’s also in the interest of America and the world that he be physically and mentally able to discharge the duties of his office.So we have reason t…
President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump-linked institutions and Trump supporters is, according to one conservative, a gateway to something most right-wingers oppose: Reparations for the descendants of American slaves“It will set a precedent that a future president could use to byp…
CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not abide U.S. Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) looking past President Donald Trump’s duplicity fueling his controversial $1.8M slush fund.What set Tapper off wre the examples of government’s “weaponization” that Flood used to defend the existence of the unpopular fund.“Donald T…
President Donald Trump is secretly loathed by many of the Republican lawmakers who publicly claim to support him, according to a conservative commentator.Quoting Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) from the lawmaker’s recent interview with Chataqua Today, The Bulwark’s Joe Perticone defended Trump’s $1.8 bi…
A political analyst argued on Thursday that President Donald Trump is acting like a strongman dictator, but in so doing he is strangling his own failing Republican Party.“If you looked just at the percentages of last night’s Senate runoff in Starr County, you would say Trump is still dominating,” wr…
On Monday, I went to the Stop & Shop and had that old familiar feeling. I spent over $80 on a bag of groceries. Nothing fancy, just regular groceries, not even everything I need for the week. One bag. Eighty United States dollars. Something’s gotta give. Maybe it already has.The Times said last week…
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You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about failure lately. Not the kind of failure that happens to ordinary people—the type where you work hard, take risks and things just don’t pan out. That’s just life. I’m talking about a different kind of failure. The kind that happens when you’re handed a winning…
Investigative reporter Josh Moon penned a column for the Alabama Political Reporter declaring the death of the endangered “sane Republican.” Writing Thursday, Moon said that it was “too late” for them, and they should have taken action long, long ago. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) was among the most co…
President Donald Trump has had his eyes on Cuba, but while he reportedly is biding his time, there are plans in place.“Iran’s not finished, and the president is not in a rush,” a senior administration official told Axios, according to a report in The Daily Beast. “Trump wants to exhaust all the leve…