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What Happened Today?
The president and JD turned a meeting that was supposed to make nice in the White House into a segment for Fox News as they openly shouted at Ukraine's leader for not being thankful enough for America's aid and Donald Trump's leadership. After Vance accused him of being "disrespectful" by being insufficiently thankful, Trump joined in, telling...Read more
Who Will Speak for You?
Good for Janet Mills, the governor of Maine. On Friday, at the White House, she did something that too many politicians have been afraid to do.
She stood up to President Donald Trump and stood for the rule of law.
The issue was Trump's threat to cut off federal funding for public education unless states comply with a recent executive order ...Read more
Is This What America Wants?
"But isn't there really a lot of waste, abuse and fraud in all the government spending?" my Uber driver asked.
I don't bring up these topics with strangers. Too dangerous. But my Uber driver raised it, wanting to know what I thought of Elon Musk and Donald Trump's latest doings in D.C. I thought I'd avoid the topic by just telling him I was a...Read more