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It feels like 2013 again.
Back then, a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House was forced into a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who considered him insufficiently pure.
A revolution in GOP politics has happened since, and yet a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House has been forced to the verge of a government ...Read more
Trump's Fear Factor
If they have any instinct for self-preservation, Iran and Hamas should be monitoring President-Elect Donald Trump's communications closely these days.
A couple of weeks ago, there was the Truth Social post promising "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas didn't release its hostages by Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
"Those responsible," Trump noted, "...Read more
The Musk Factor
It's a testament to the energy and drive of Elon Musk that he's now a key adviser to an incoming president of the United States who he helped elect this year -- and this is a side project for him.
What stamp collecting is to most of us -- something we make time for when not engaged in our day jobs -- influencing the future direction of the ...Read more
Trump Should Swear Off Lawfare
Jack Smith is on his way out, and we don't need another one.
While serving in Joe Biden's Justice Department, the special counsel concocted a novel legal case against Biden's foremost political opponent, and would have been happy to try Donald Trump in the midst of the presidential election campaign.
This was an outrageous abuse of the legal...Read more
Trump's Strong Start
It's not 2016 again.
President-elect Donald Trump is off to a strong start with markedly fewer obstructions than the last time he won.
In football terms, he has a lot of green space ahead of him. In nautical terms, it's plain sailing. In political terms, it might not be a honeymoon, but no one is throwing any furniture, either.
Naturally, ...Read more