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Thursday, Mar 28

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What the Polls Say: RFK Jr. Hurting Biden, Helping Trump

In October, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his primary challenge to Joe Biden and instead launched an independent candidacy, the initial conventional wisdom was that he might hurt Donald Trump more than Biden.

The Democrats' Abundance Problem Revisited

Last week, I started revisiting my "Three Point Plan to Fix the Democrats and Their Coalition" from October of 2022. A brisk tour of the polling and political data suggested the Democrats are still in need of serious reform and that the…

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'Fairness Initiative' Tackles Too-High Government Pay

Governments at every level ought to cap public-sector wages and benefits at private-sector comparables.

Trade Cheaters Are Killing Aluminum Industry Jobs

Aluminum industry workers stand ready to do their part to move the nation forward. They just need the federal government to enforce trade laws.

Abridging, Not Coercing, Is First Amendment's Yardstick

Under the First Amendment, the government may not abridge the freedom of speech, whether that abridging is done by coercing internet platforms or by getting them to cooperate in government efforts to censor the public.

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Goods & Services Will Be Abundant & Available For Everyone in Future

Elon Musk, using a Starlink from his plane, addressed the future of goods and services in an automated world in an interview with Dr. Peter H. Diamandis at the Abundance Summit.

Trump Is Not the Victim of ‘Lawfare.' He's a Crook.

One of the reasons Republicans were so reluctant to accept Donald Trump's nomination in 2016 is that he was quite obviously a crook.

Republican 'War on Women' Is a Media Myth

There's no evidence Republicans want to ban birth control. On the contrary, the GOP has led on efforts to make it easier to get birth control over the counter.

Hard Times for the Professional Never Trump Losers

These are hard times for the professional Never Trumpers. Donald Trump is winning this election, they're not getting the attention they used to, and inflation has made pool boy rates simply outrageous. Those poll numbers showing Trump…

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SCOTUS Abortion Pill Ruling May Doom Trump This Nov

If the Supreme Court decided to restrict mifepristone, it would energize Democrats on an issue that has proved effective for them at the ballot box.

Biden's Surprise Campaign Boost Has Changed 2024 Race

A standard State of the Union speech doesn't move the political needle much. But Biden's latest gave a surprise boost to his campaign in both polls and fundraising.

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NBC Cements Status as Anti-Trump, Pro-Biden Network

The dramatic saga following NBC's announced hire of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel solidified the network's position as being fully anti-Trump going into the 2024 election.

Wednesday, Mar 27

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Trump's Crumbling Empire Gives Biden a Golden Opportunity

Here's a phrase I never thought I'd say: Donald Trump, Bible salesman.

SCOTUS Must Rely on 1st Amendment Censorship Case

The justices of the Supreme Court never focused on the First Amendment's words when hearing arguments in Murthy v. Missouri last week. The case challenges the federal government's orchestration of social media censorship, so one might have…

The Republican House Fails the Ronald Reagan Test

Following its Friday failure to deliver a new package of aid for Ukraine, it's time for a title change in the US House of Representatives.

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RFK Jr. Makes New Play for Disaffected w/Nicole Shanahan

Mr. Kennedy's allies hope his choice of a wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer to be his running mate will inject new energy and financial support into his independent bid for the White House.

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Sherrod Brown Won the Ohio GOP Primary - Or Did He?

Bernie Moreno is, without a doubt, the riskiest candidate the Republican Party could have nominated

The Rain on Senate Democrats Is Now a Deluge

At the outset of the 2024 U.S. Senate campaign cycle, there was general agreement that eight seats held by Democrats would be in play.

Democrats Distort the Law To Subvert 2024 Election

An appeals court just gutted New York's $454 million fine against Trump in ‘a fraud case in which there are no fraud victims.'

Trump's Road to WH Runs Through a Criminal Courtroom

The ex-president prepares to start his first criminal trial.

How Biden Could Radically Alter the U.S.-Israel Relationship

That recent executive order on violent extremism in the West Bank is mostly a symbol so far. But it could be a lot more than that.

Tuesday, Mar 26

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The Supreme Court Is Shaming Itself

Donald Trump is determined to avoid accountability before the general election, and, so far, the U.S. Supreme Court is helping him.

Trump Catches a Bond Break, and Maybe Democrats Do, Too

Former President Donald Trump, facing a deadline to post a $464 million bond no one would give him, caught a break from a state appeals court Monday that cut the bond demand in his civil fraud case to $175 million due within the next 10…

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Trump Up To His Old Tricks To Pay His Bills

To make the bond to appeal his civil fraud cause, the former president orchestrated a merger for his social media platform, Truth Social.

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Trump Still Has All Kinds of Money Problems

Let's state the obvious: A New York appellate court's decision on Monday to reduce Donald Trump's bond to $175 million from $454 million - a ruling that cleared the way for his appeal against the civil fraud judgment against him to proceed…

Law and Order Is a Killer Problem for Democrats

Polling data shows Democrats are in deep trouble on the issues of domestic safety and unbiased justice. Voters say they want law and order and aren't getting it. They want enforcement of criminal statutes duly passed by their…

I Am Leaving the Democratic Party Over Their Lies About Obamacare

A two-time cancer survivor delivered a video monologue on how he was duped by Obamacare and the Democratic party on healthcare reform.

Obamacare Is In Grave Danger, Again

Republicans seem determined to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

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The Canaries in America's Coal Mine

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump is not the race America needs, but it is the one we deserve.

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Dangers of a 2nd Trump Term Go Far Beyond the White House

How Congress and the courts would abet a radical transformation of American life.