Mitt Romney left the U.S. Senate this week. Over at The Dispatch, Samuel Benson reflects on his “farewell address.” A taste: …There are some today who would tear at our unity, who would replace love with hate, who deride our […]
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Romney: âI must admit that I find sexual assault to be a line I will not cross in the people I select to be my presidentâ
Mitt Romney still believes in the politics of character. What a dinosaur! đ Watch: Compare with this: For those who are not on X, here is Graham’s full text: We need to pray for our country and where it is […]
Could we see a Manchin-Romney ticket in 2024?
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin may be launching a third-party bid for president in 2024 as the candidate of the bipartisan No Labels organization. And he also may be picking Mitt Romney as a running mate. Or maybe none of […]
Mitt Romney: Some Trump voters are “are out of touch with reality”
Earlier this week I received a query from a journalist who covers the United States for a conservative Protestant daily newspaper in the Netherlands affiliated with the Calvinist Reformed Political Party. (Follow the links to the paper and its party. […]
Robert Kagan: “Will the people who selfishly refuse to put their own ambitions at risk finally act to save our democracy?”
Last week we brought your attention to Robert Kagan’s Washington Post piece on the potential of a Trump dictatorship should he be elected in 2024. Kagan was back at the post yesterday with a piece titled, “The Trump dictatorship: How […]
Romney announces he will not run in 2024. What does this mean for Senate centrists?
Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will step away from his U.S. Senate seat after his term is over in January 2025. He will not seek re-election in 2024. Over at Politico, Burgess Everett asks what Romney’s departure, and the […]
Mitt Romney: George Santos is a “sick puppy”
The Huffington Post is reporting on the Mitt Romney-George Santos confrontation at last night’s State of the Union Address. Watch: Here is a taste of Igor Bobic’s piece: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to take a […]
Senate passes bipartisan gun bill
Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all […]
Has Mitt Romney betrayed his party?
Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen thinks so: Trump acolytes have long labeled Sen. Mitt Romney a âRINOâ â âRepublican in Name Only.â This is an unfair charge, given Romneyâs conservative credentials. But Romney is lending credence to his critics by not endorsing his […]
Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention”
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the Bay State try to pass a constitutional amendment Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here’s a teaser: […]
Only six Republican senators voted for a commission to study the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol since the War of 1812
It looks like American historians will need to do the work. John Hope Franklin once called historians “the conscience of the nation.” A Senate vote on a bill to create an independent commission to study the January 6, 2021 insurrection […]