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Category Archives: Government
Just One Question for Trump and Vance: What Is Wrong With You People?
By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT (thanks to Diana C.) Ever since President Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would not seek re-election, clearly because of age, I keep thinking about Donald Trump’s and JD Vance’s contemptuous reactions to … Continue reading
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Are offshore wind turbines in Washington’s future?
If voters decide in November to keep the cap-and-invest program, the state has plans that could bring the technology to its coastal waters. by John Stang in Crosscut/ July 23, 2024 In an August 2016 photo, three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind … Continue reading
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What Kamala Harris Believes (WSJ Opinion)
Ed note: Peeking out from my bubble, I read the WSJ today. There is an opinion piece blaming Barack Obama for orchestrating the exit of President Biden from the race. The editorial below outlines the criticisms of both Biden and … Continue reading
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Heather Cox Richardson comments about Kamala Harris
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Heather Cox Richardson on PBS
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Click here for a great sense of hope and aid in keeping ourselves centered during all the craziness around us.
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Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?
Rebecca Solnit in the Guardian (thanks to Pam P.) Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016. I am not usually one to offer diagnoses of people … Continue reading
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For Biden, a Race Against Time
By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist, reporting from Washington in the NYT When my mom got into her 80s, we had to deal with periodic medical issues. Fainting. Falls. Broken bones. Luckily, she was in good stead with the local rescue squad … Continue reading
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What is Project 2025?
Yet Trump Disavows Project 2025 Transition Plan BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON / AP from Time Magazine Miami — Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days … Continue reading
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President — or King
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson
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What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?
By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist, reporting from Portland, Ore. for the NYT As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West … Continue reading
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Heather Cox Richardson – Contrasting facts to Trump lies
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Opinion Worst. Congress. Ever.
By Dana Milbank Columnist in the Washington Post A year ago, I assigned myself to the Capitol to cover the new House Republican majority, suspecting that this erratic crowd of lawmakers would provide some lively material. They did not disappoint. What … Continue reading
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Ike’s Other Warning
By Max Blumenthal Sept. 2, 2009 in the NYT Thanks to Mike C. IN this summer of town hall disruptions and birth-certificate controversies, a summer when it seemed as if the Republican Party had been captured by its extremist wing, it … Continue reading
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Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity
An Update from Heather Cox Richardson Since taking office, the Biden administration has focused on using diplomacy in foreign affairs and has used it to solve global issues by strengthening regional partnerships. On Friday, President Biden hosted the first leaders’ … Continue reading
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‘I Have Your Back’: Doug Emhoff Draws on His Faith After Hamas Attack
Mr. Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. He has focused on providing comfort to people in pain after the Hamas attack. By Katie Rogers in the NYT Doug Emhoff has … Continue reading
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Enough
ByJean Godden in the Post Alley Newsletter Weeks before that testimony, Hutchinson, former aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, looked critically at herself in the mirror and took stock. What she saw was disturbing. Unwilling to see herself … Continue reading
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I’m Going to War for Israel. Palestinians Are Not My Enemy.
By Nir Avishai Cohen (Thanks to Mary Jane F.) Mr. Cohen, a major in the reserves of the Israel Defense Forces, is the author of the book “Love Israel, Support Palestine.” I was in Austin, Texas, for work on Saturday when … Continue reading
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“Their Own Civil War”: Kim Schrier Talks about the Chaos in the House
By Joel Connelly As colleagues savored soundbites on Sunday morning TV shows, a welcome opportunity came to hear out solid work-horse member of Congress who reaches across the aisle in the “other” Washington. But U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., did … Continue reading
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We the People – democracy threatened
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson – thanks to Pam P. In Tempe, Arizona, today, President Joe Biden spoke at the dedication ceremony for a new library, named for the late Arizona senator John McCain, who died in 2018. Biden used … Continue reading
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Pa. to register voters automatically, Gov. Shapiro announces
FILE – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP By Amy Worden | aworden@pennlive.com (thanks to Pam P.) Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday announced that Pennsylvania will become the 24th state to implement automatic voter registration. In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, … Continue reading
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How Musk’s Starlink became a security liability for the U.S.
Here on Earth, the satellites that make up Starlink look like a string of stars traveling across the night sky. More than 4,000 of them are circling Earth in low orbit right now. They’re part of the private venture that’s … Continue reading
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Heather Cox Richardson with Marcus Harrison Green
Thanks to Mary M. In-person tickets for the event with Letters from an American author Heather Cox Richardson are sold-out, but we’ve just released virtual tickets for the event! GET VIRTUAL TICKETS Friday, October 6, 2023, 7:30PM This event is in-person and … Continue reading
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The Lethal Details Left out of “Oppenheimer”
By Dan Chasan in the Post Alley Newsletter – (Independent Writing and Editing Professional. Harvard University. Vashon, Washington) The blockbuster release of the popular film Oppenheimer gives Americans a chance to re-visit the complicated history of this nation‘s development, testing, and use … Continue reading
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Being disqualified from holding office under the Fourteenth Amendment
by Heather Cox Richardson
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