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Why Did Trump Pardon a Cocaine Kingpin?
To ordinary MAGA voters in the American heartland -- who may have witnessed the ravages of narcotics up close in their own families -- the recent conduct of their favorite president must be troubling. While they may not know all the details, many have heard by now that President Donald Trump ordered deadly missile strikes against boats ...Read more
Let's Stop Pretending to Be Shocked
Pretending to be "shocked" by junior Republicans revealing their inner Klansmen must be a challenge, at this late date, for anyone who has been paying attention. Perhaps some of the GOP officials proclaiming their disgust over the disclosure of thousands of racist, antisemitic, homophobic, misogynist and, yes, Hitlerian texts exchanged by ...Read more
Bitter Ironies Behind Comey Indictment
For principled critics of James Comey, the fraudulent and politicized indictment of him issued by a federal grand jury in Virginia yesterday is wrapped in layers of bitter irony. It would be entirely fair to suggest that the former FBI director brought this illegitimate prosecution upon himself.
His new jeopardy is only one facet of the ...Read more




















