When Donald Trump says we need to ‘make America great again,” most Republicans think about the 1950s. According to Andrew Van Dam at The Washington Post, Republicans believe that the 1950s was the happiest, safest, most communitarian, and moral society […]
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The cowardice of ten United States Senators
Republican Senators could have “ended Donald Trump’s political career,” but ‘they chose not to.” Today at The Atlantic, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg offers a list of the “cowards.” They are Rob Portman (OH), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Chuck Grassley (IA), Mitch […]
“The only cause that really matters to most Republicans now is Trump himself.”
Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of the conservative National Review, believes Trump will “get away with snubbing conservatives on abortion.” Here is a taste of his piece at Politico: So far the reaction to Trump’s remarks has been muted on most […]
The political folly of the Iowa State Fair
Here is a PBS report on the GOP candidates in Iowa:
“My offer is nothing”
As we reported yesterday, Kevin McCarthy gave massive concessions to the right-wing of his party. One of those concessions was a rule change that would allow five members of the House to offer a resolution to remove the speaker. This […]
Where are the Rusty Bowers Republicans?
Watch Rusty Bowers testifying yesterday before the House Select Committee on January 6th: Here is E.J. Dionne at The Washington Post: Note to every politician in the GOP: You have to decide. You can be a Rusty Bowers Republican. Or you can […]