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Thomas Jefferson referred to the U.S. government as a “common house” that provided the people protection and stability. Donald Trump is trying to evict Americans from that comfy home by making it hard to get benefits that should be thought of as a right. Witness the slashing of basic ...
Chief Justice John Roberts recently reprimanded Donald Trump for his irresponsible behavior. That’s like a parent scolding their 10-year-old son for reckless driving after tossing him the car keys. So, what am I accusing Roberts of? Of doing more than just about anyone else in clearing ...
Some Republicans want U.S. District Judge James Boasberg removed from the bench for allegedly interfering with the president’s authority — under the Constitution and the 1798 Alien Enemies Act — to deport members of a Venezuelan gang. Texas Rep. Brandon Gill and several colleagues ...
Bernie Sanders can draw a crowd. No doubt about it. And as Democrats continue to feel their way out of the Trumpian swamps, you can’t blame them for wanting to vent in large groups. Sanders has amassed them in Nebraska, Iowa and Arizona and has said things ripe for the political moment. ...
Alfred Thayer Mahan would be appalled. The great 19th century strategist and navalist surely would be shocked and mystified that we have allowed the country with which we are most likely to fight a devastating war — and a traditional land power, no less — to dominate global shipbuilding. ...
President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose. We could hear it in the White House’s Orwellian decision in February to revoke the Associated ...