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Ways the Media Introduces Bias to the Immigration Debate
For more than two years, the immigration debate has revolved around one issue: "the border."
Despite the fact that issues related to the border are vast and complex, the entire U.S. immigration system -- flaws and all -- has been boiled down to grainy images of barbed wire atop a border wall and videos of families and others seeking safety ...Read more
False, And True: A Lot of Phonies Since Oct. 7, but Also Leaders
What began last Oct. 7 with the invasion of Israel by 6,000 Hamas gunmen bent on slaughtering Jews has reached the one-year mark, with Hezbollah, another heavily armed and genocidal enterprise, firing thousands of missiles at Israeli civilians. The left has largely whitewashed or defended Hamas' and Hezbollah's attempts at genocide while ...Read more
Trump Really Did Try to Kill Obamacare
Donald Trump tried to kill Obamacare. If elected to a second term, he would try to kill it again.
No, the former president didn't save the Affordable Care Act as his running mate J.D. Vance said at the vice-presidential debate. That was a bald-faced lie.
Here's what happened: During the 2016 campaign Trump vowed to replace the popular health...Read more
How did the GOP become the party of cranks, crackpots and fruitcakes?
Mark Robinson, the GOP gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina and current lieutenant governor, is in trouble again.
Not just because Robinson has referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and a “perv,” expressed support for reinstating slavery, said he watched transgender pornography, called homosexuality “filth” and the Holocaust �...Read more
Called Upon to Lie for Trump, JD Vance Stumbled
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it is said. And in Washington, so is stealing credit.
Is there a better example than Republican lawmakers praising themselves for “saving” the federal health-care law that they fought long and hard to defeat, repeal and otherwise sabotage?
Now we can count both former President Donald Trump and ...Read more
The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained
Since 2021, 24 states have banned hormone therapy for transgender youth with gender dysphoria. Leading medical experts and organizations -- such as the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics -- oppose these restrictions, which have already forced thousands of families across ...Read more
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Guilt Hinges on How the Women Will be Judged: Survivors or Willing Participants?
For years, a barely worn blazer has hung in my closet. It features a graceful cut and fabric woven with the colors of the sea, offset by a white silken lining. The garment exemplifies a certain freshness, a vibrancy, a bit of luxury. The designer’s label: SEAN by Sean Combs.
Yes, that brand was the one that went up in flames recently with the...Read more
How Border Policing Harms Undocumented People Seeking Abortion Care
For many of Texas' 3 million border residents, going through federal interior checkpoints -- where Border Patrol agents are permitted to screen vehicles for suspected noncitizens and can ask passengers about their citizenship and travel plans -- can be an intimidating but predictable part of daily life. But for undocumented or mixed-status ...Read more
Looking for Truth When Lies Become Too Easy to Embrace
Sometimes amid the hoopla and hogwash of political events, I find myself jerked alert by an accidental truth that manages to break through.
Such appeared to be the case when Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, urged Democrats to “tone down their rhetoric,” while not doing much to tone down his own.
In a live interview...Read more
Why Kamala Harris Must Break the Cycle of Unlawful and Abusive Government Surveillance
Since this nation's founding, the executive branch has been granted -- or has claimed -- immense power to enforce the law, including the power to surveil, investigate and impose criminal or other sanctions that deprive individuals of their freedoms.
We're calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to break this cycle if she's elected in November...Read more
Harris Makes the Most of Her Chances, While Trump Phones It In
Many, many moons ago, my family elders advised me: “Son, prepare yourself, because you never know when the doors of opportunity are going to open up. And when they do, you need to be ready to step inside.”
That was good advice, although I didn't immediately take it to heart. I had to learn the hard way that walking through those doors meant...Read more
What Kamala Harris Must Do To End Abuse in the Criminal Legal System
If elected president, Vice President Kamala Harris would bring extensive experience to the role from her work in the criminal legal system as district attorney, attorney general, senator and vice president. In these roles, her commitment to reforming the criminal legal system has been mixed. In some areas she has taken positions that have ...Read more
No Party Has a Monopoly on Patriotism
If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last.
Right, I agreed, but, with an attitude like that, ol’ Dad was well advised to avoid going into politics.
That advice came to mind amid the unfolding saga of an unfortunate altercation at Arlington National Cemetery on ...Read more
No Party Has a Monopoly on Patriotism
If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last.
Right, I agreed, but, with an attitude like that, ol’ Dad was well advised to avoid going into politics.
That advice came to mind amid the unfolding saga of an unfortunate altercation at Arlington National Cemetery on ...Read more
Welcome to the World of MAGA Machismo, Where Muscles Trump Brains
Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now:
Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing ...Read more
A totally fixable budget impasse involving a potential presidential candidate
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, Pennsylvania’s three-week-old budget impasse is the ultimate, binge-worthy summer drama.
There are great storylines, with real-world implications with fascinating characters in leading roles. And, like any addictive warm-weather series, the chances are pretty good that politics-watchers ...Read more
Trump and his lawyers think he can get away with anything. It's outlandish.
WASHINGTON -- "The king can do no wrong." That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can do whatever wrong he damn pleases, and there's nothing ...Read more