President Donald Trump hasn’t held political office in nearly two years yet Democrats and their media allies show no sign of a messaging campaign that is mostly directed against him rather than promoting their own agenda.
Only in America
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Supporters of Ukraine in its conflict with Russia seem unable to understand the terrible optics of the fact that President Biden, who has essentially entered the war on the side of Ukraine, has a drug addict son who received a lucrative no-show job from Ukraine. There is no distinction between the appearance of conflict of interest and actual conflict of interest.
Very Risky Business
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Democrats are currently engaged in a very risky strategy: they are financing right wing pro Trump Republicans in Republican primaries and runoff elections based on the assumption that they will be easier to defeat in the fall. While they are at it, perhaps they should use similar tactics on abortion…
Labor-Management Non-Relations
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The clash between labor and bosses used to be so violent that it sometimes resulted in deaths. Now no one wants to talk to one another. Remote workers slack off as quiet quitters, employers scheme as quiet firers and some disgruntled employees slink off to unionize while no one is watching.
How to Feel Lonely
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In this politically polarized environment, Americans who dislike both major parties are excluded from the dialogue.
Like Going after Al Capone for Taxes
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Former President Donald Trump faces legal and political jeopardy on many fronts. He is arguably guilty of treason for attempting to conspire to overthrow the government on January 6, 2021. As a real estate developer in New York, he engaged in shady tax filings. There have been allegations of fraud. He hobnobs with political extremists. Given all this, it seems strange that what we are talking about, and what the FBI and the Department of Justice are going after him about, is the relatively minor issue of documents that he took out of the White House without permission.
Democracy Isn’t a La Carte
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The most effective Republican talking point against Joe Biden’s attempt to forgive outstanding student loans is that people who didn’t go to college shouldn’t have to pay for those who did. But in a country as big as the United States, everyone inevitably has to pay for other people’s choices and politics.
Now Those Guys Are Really Scary.
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President Biden delivered a primetime speech that was marketed as an appeal to protect American democracy but directly targeted President Trump and his Republican supporters as the main threat to that noble institution. Gravely undermining his antiauthoritarian message was the stagecraft of the event in Philadelphia, which featured dystopian lighting and the ominous sight of two US Marines standing at attention.
Gorbachev Changed the World — For the Worse
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died, leaving a legacy of ruin that is often overlooked by triumphalist American analysts who still gloat over our so-called victory in the Cold War.
Thank You for Your Previously Boring Service
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Depending on their politics, people are praising or sending threats to employees of the National Archives in the week of the records raid at Mar-a-Lago.
