Political Stuff
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America Was Always Great — But We Keep Forgetting What That Means
America was always great — but have we forgotten what made it so? There’s a phrase that’s been rattling around our politics for nearly a decade now, and it rests on a…
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We Were Never Perfect — But We’ve Been Better Than This
I've been hearing a lot of people say "Make America Great Again" — as if we need to reach backward through time to find our best selves. And I've been hearing just…
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Stop the Steal: Trump’s $1.7 Billion IRS Settlement Demands His Own Slogan
The irony is so thick you could cut it with a subpoena. For four years, Donald Trump bellowed "Stop the Steal" to anyone within earshot. He plastered it on hats, screamed it…
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The Art of the Settlement: Trump’s IRS Battle and the $1.7 Billion Question Nobody’s Asking
The Trump IRS settlement is one of those moments in politics when the machinery of government produces an outcome so perplexing that even seasoned observers pause. The Trump family's ongoing legal entanglement…
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America’s Always Been Great — Now Rise to Show It
Americas always been great — messy, loud, imperfect, but striving. Here’s what I know about America that keeps me up at night: We’ve always been messy. We’ve always been loud. We’ve always…
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The Architecture of Untruth: How False Narratives Became a Governing Strategy
False narratives governing strategy has become a defining feature of modern American politics. There’s a pattern here. It repeats with such regularity that you can set your watch by it. A problem…
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The Blunt Instrument: How Executive Orders Became a Sledgehammer to Democracy
By Harry Tukis, Sr. Political Reporter Executive orders democracy advocates fear is under threat. There’s a peculiar irony in watching a president who campaigned against executive overreach wield the executive order like…
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The Ruler in Chief: How Trump’s Executive Overreach Reveals a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Leadership
Rulers Command. Leaders Inspire. America Must Decide Which It Wants. Trump executive overreach is redefining American democracy. A ruler commands. A leader inspires. The distinction matters now more than ever. A ruler…
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The Family Business: When the Oval Office Becomes a Sales Floor for the Trump Family
Trump family business conflicts have become a defining scandal of the current administration. Three weeks after the inauguration, a little-noticed memo crossed the desks of federal tourism officials. The directive suggested “prioritizing…
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The Death of the Promise: How American Politicians Perfected the Public Lie
Politicians’ broken promises and public lies have become America’s defining political crisis. There was a time when getting caught in a lie ended careers. Now it barely interrupts them. Consider the ledger…