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The world is full of Ronna McDaniels, amoral individuals out for power and money with no concern for the greater good. To snag an estimated $300,000-a-year gig with a big TV presence, she was willing to publicly state that the voters indeed chose Joe Biden as president. She didn't even bother denying that she knew that the stolen election business was baloney from the start.
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Trump doesn’t have enough money to pay what he owes.
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March 27Does anyone seriously think America’s enemies would not be encouraged by the Sept. 11, 2001 attack and the Moscow atrocity to conduct a repeat operation in America? With such easy access to the country and with so many fanatical beliefs floating around the world, what would deter them?
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The belief that work is basically a capitalist imposition that is unnatural and bad for people still holds sway on the left, and Bernie Sanders is, accordingly, proposing to move from a 40-hour to a 32-hour workweek to make us healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Abortion is a moral, medical, and political issue. Republicans can fight back on all three levels because they hold the high ground on each one.
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It's time to revive American manufacturing with "little guy" innovation and insistence on quality.
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Declaring winners in the bookshelf wealth debate is of no consequence, even to the winners. Everyone does what they want with their bookshelves. That's as it should be.
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Biden should be upset, because no one likes the prospect of losing a presidential race. More profoundly, a loss to Trump would instantly vaporize what was to be Biden's most important legacy — stopping Trump and supposedly saving American democracy. On his terms, Biden can't afford to go one-for-two in this endeavor.
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Whatever the status or our polarization, the two paths to reducing it, or at least to reducing its crippling effects, come down to us. The voters. Especially to us who call ourselves moderate.
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What explains Trump’s appeal to Black men, in particular? One of the young men said, quite simply, “Money.” Trump has built a reputation of being “the money man,” the young voter said.
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No one seems to mind that mendacity, while always present in the political arena, appears to be increasing everywhere. If allowed to spread it will create a “smell like death” in our legal system.
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Chuck Schumer's speech calling on Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to go, along with increasingly critical statements by the White House, shows that the Democrats have decided that appeasing their left-wing base in an election year is now their top consideration.
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The road to right-wing vulgarity was paved with hypocrisy.
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March 17As much as immigration has led to suspicions, conflicts and misunderstandings, on balance it’s contributed to our country’s productivity and culture, and it’s made life better for families escaping harsh conditions in their homelands.
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The "geriatric starlet," immortalized in Albert Maysles' 2014 documentary "Iris," was far more than a nonconformist, a spectacle many passersby might dismiss as a kooky old lady. She used her increasingly frail frame as a canvas for her art.
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