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Live blogging the Faith & Freedom Coalition breakfast with J.D. Vance

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

Vance, a Catholic, is going to have to win over the Christian Right. (Although I have no doubt that they will all vote for him anyway). This morning he takes his first shot at this important GOP constituency. It’s time […]

Kristi Noem auditions for the role of Trump’s VP

John Fea   |  April 22, 2024

Did anyone watch Dana Bash’s interview with South Dakota governor Kristi Noem on CNN yesterday? Watch: If you want to be successful in Trumpian politics all you need to do is repeat, almost mechanically or robotically, Trump talking points. The […]

What a 2025 Trump cabinet might look like

John Fea   |  December 8, 2023

Axios is reporting that Trump is already considering cabinet appointments. For Vice-President, Trump is considering Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Florida representative […]

What happened at the NRA leadership forum this weekend?

John Fea   |  April 17, 2023

We have a serious gun violence problem in the United States. While the National Rifle Association was meeting in Indianapolis, there were multiple-death shootings in Dadeville, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Harrisonburg, Virginia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Spring, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Ahoskie, North Carolina; […]

There have been 15 mass shootings in the United States since Uvalde

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

Yes, you read that correctly. Here is Annabelle Timsit at The Washington Post: After a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers last week, many politicians, public figures and […]

What is infrastructure?

John Fea   |  April 2, 2021

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The opponents of Joe Biden’s new bill think “infrastructure” is just roads and bridges. Yes, infrastructure was focused largely on roads and bridges in the early 19th-century, but it also included new innovations like railroads and the telegraph. Today those […]