Donald Trump Is No Longer President

The sooner we stop treating him as if he were, the better... You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed. His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J. Trump is no longer president of the United States.By having no constructive response to any of the monumental crises now convulsing America, Trump has abdicated his office.He is not governing. He’s golfing, watching cable TV, and tweeting.How has Trump responded to the widespread unrest following the murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd,...

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Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years

Goldwater, however, rejected the "liberalism" of Eisenhower, Rockefeller, and other "moderates" within his own party. Extremism in defense of liberty was no vice, he famously told the 1964 nominating convention, and moderation was no virtue. And it doomed him and his party... This weekend, House Republican leader John Boehner played out the role of Jude Wanniski on NBC's "Meet The Press."Odds are you've never heard of Jude, but without him Reagan never wou...

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'The Guy Who Defended Company That Caused Worst Oil Spill in US History' Just Confirmed to Head DOJ's Environmental Division

"Clark's blatant hostility toward environmental protection is good news for polluters, but awful news for the rest of us."

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