You can’t predict the weather, but you can predict the politics that accompany major weather events. Good leaders respond promptly to disasters because it’s the humane thing to do and it’s their job. But the cold hard truth is that […]
Trump’s storm lies aren’t just political disaster. They’re dangerous. Read More »
It pays to listen to women. Republicans have repeatedly ignored that adage, as evident in their demolition of Roe vs. Wade, opposition to IVF and contraception, and derogatory comments about “childless cat ladies,” and “women past 50.” Thursday morning delivered
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Getting folks to watch a documentary about the Big Lie is a Big Ask. Who wants to relive that horrible chapter in America’s political history, especially while we’re writing a new, possibly less-horrible chapter? Despite its title, HBO’s “Stopping the
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The undecided voter. The possibility that such a thing still exists in our divided country seems as improbable as leprechauns, mermaids or gas under $3 a gallon. Yet poll after poll shows they do indeed walk among us, hiding in
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Her microphone may have been muted when it wasn’t her turn to speak, but Vice President Kamala Harris’ facial expressions spoke volumes during her debate against former President Trump. There was the arched brow, the hand on chin. Her pitying
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Kamala Harris. Donald Trump. Gish Gallop. All three are expected at Tuesday’s presidential debate, even if most of America is unfamiliar with one name in that lineup. GG, as I’ve now come to call it, is a shell game/debate tactic
How Trump uses the ‘Gish Gallop’ to flood debates with lies Read More »
Things you never thought you’d never hear in 2024: Earth is cooling. Who’s Taylor Swift? Former President Trump would like his microphone muted. No. 3 happened this week when Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign asked for the candidates’ mics to
Debate aside, everyday is an open mic day for Trump Read More »
Love and good cheer permeated opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago save for a small confrontation in the nosebleed section of the packed United Center. A Muslim delegate holding a sign that read “Stop Arming Israel” during
For many at the 2024 DNC, Harris joy is tempered by despair over Gaza Read More »
The Obamas officiated a new Democratic motto Tuesday evening during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago: “When they go low, we hit back. Hard.” Former First Lady Michelle Obama, her husband Barack, and dozens of DNC speakers took her 2016
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On the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention, “Scandal” actor Kerry Washington and the grandnieces of Kamala Harris had a job to do: teach folks how to say the vice president’s name. “It’s come to my attention
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