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It is one of the GOP’s tried and untrue slanders, deployed every time a Republican…
Jon Perr
Currently, a software marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon, Jon has long been active in Democratic politics and public policy as an organizer and advisor in CA and MA
Republicans and their amen corner in the right-wing media are trying to perpetuate yet another…
Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced…
NOTE: I would like to apologize for the use of some archaic language and painfully…
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Today I took a short break from my home Coronavirus lockdown to restock at a…
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As both the body count and the financial misery from the American coronavirus outbreak continue…
Six years before he was outed as the Coronavirus equivalent of a war profiteer, Republican…
If you need a break from the current American confusion, fear and loathing surrounding the Coronavirus…
President Trump ignited a firestorm of criticism following his comments Friday at the Centers for…
Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday expressed regret that he “used the words…
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Furious over the Dow’s 1,900 point plunge over the past three days, President Trump held…
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One day after he cast his historic vote to remove President Donald Trump office, Utah…
As President Trump’s legal team wrapped up its impeachment defense on Tuesday, all eyes turned…
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The holiday season is a special time of year for Americans of all faith traditions….
December 22, 2019 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, D.C….
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia Dearest Ambassador Haley, I am writing from…
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After this week’s testimony in the impeachment hearings, the contours of President Donald Trump’s abuse…
This is the legal landscape now before the man who must be identified as the…
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That Donald Trump betrayed America’s Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS should come as…
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Mitt Romney has never missed an opportunity to be an opportunist. Romney the leveraged buyout…
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By now, Americans have grown accustomed to incendiary rhetoric from the raging right. Nevertheless, the…
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What happens when clinics providing healthcare services to women close? Among other things, American women…
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Among other things, Donald Trump will go down in history as the “everyone could have…
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With the unemployment rate still at 3.7% and GDP growth at 2.0%, the American economy…
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As Donald Trump’s bragging about the economy reached a crescendo last fall, former Obama White…
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Presidential candidate Donald Trump made a lot of promises on his way to the White…
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“When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are…
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As the 2020 election season heats up, voters’ priorities are coming into sharper focus. As…
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Writers, bloggers, commenters, and pundits nearly exhausted the dictionary in the runup to the president’s…
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In late May, President Donald Trump shocked many when he rejected the assessments of his…
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In the great and proud history of the United States, no failing, no appalling ideology,…
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The United States was the world’s lone “hyperpower” when President George W. Bush launched his…
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So another tax season has come and gone. In this case, that means Americans can render…
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Zombies have gripped American popular culture for years. In books, television shows, and films, the…
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Historical events occur twice, Karl Marx famously said, first as tragedy and then as farce….
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When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts demanded the Internal Revenue…
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For Republicans, the gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has become an annual…
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican Donald Trump presented a unique conundrum for the public…
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Here are some friendly words of advice to my Republican friends eager to regurgitate Donald…
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was back in the headlines this week—not for any…
As prepared for delivery on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019 at the annual combined meeting of the…
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Never one to miss an opportunity to get his hate on, Donald Trump on Tuesday…
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Even a broken clock, the old saying goes, is right twice a day. So it…
“Both sides do it” may well be the most dangerous and deceitful phrase in U.S….
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When Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King lamented that language like “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western…
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As the New Year begins, imagine that this is how your 2018 ended:Â You work at…
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As 2018 draws to a close, there is growing concern about what the next year…
In the future, historians and political scientists will speak of the “Ryan Gap.” That moniker…
And now for today’s thought exercise. Imagine you are a member of Congress. Recent assessments…
