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I used to view the Fourth of July as the day we celebrate our patriotism, the day we recognize our independence as a nation, but things have changed.
Oh, there will be fireworks where it is permitted, lots of flags, and perhaps a small parade here and there, and mattress firms and car dealers will be advertising their blockbuster sales, but today, patriotism holds less importance to too many Americans.… read more
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I recently criticized former President Obama on the occasion of his latest emergence to lecture us … again. That’s why an e-mail from the Mike Pence campaign caught my eye.
“During Obama’s failed presidency,” the e-mail states, “minority and middle-class wealth PLUMMETED. The average income of the bottom 99% dropped while the top 1% became richer than ever before. … read more
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After perusing the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Annual Report to Congress on The Nation’s Fiscal Health after it was released last month, it lay in my stack of stuff as I contemplated using the data in my blog. I’m always concerned about getting into the weeds with boring statistics.
Listening to President Biden’s remarks in Chicago Wednesday, I decided it was time to share with you a summary of the GAO’s findings. … read more
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During my eight years in the Air Force, I learned about the importance of the wing-man, a pilot flying in formation who provides protection for the primary aircraft.
It was in 2013 that then Attorney General Eric Holder blew the cover of the role of attorney general being an independent arbiter as the top law enforcement official, when he boasted, “I’m the president’s wing-man, so I’m there with my boy,” speaking of then President Obama. … read more
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As Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke of the criticism of the Justice Department on Friday as an “attack on democracy,” following reports that his agency had ignored the IRS recommendation to charge Hunter Biden with felony crimes, I was reminded of how America dodged a bullet in 2016, when a dogged Sen.… read more
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Few people give me more pleasure to criticize than former President Obama. It began before I established this blog in 2014, when I was freelancing in the newspapers of the Texas hill country and San Antonio.
Digging into my archives, I found one of my favorite jabs at Obama.… read more
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If you watched Bret Baier’s two-part interview with former President Trump, you saw something you couldn’t see if Baier was questioning President Biden. For an hour, Trump answered the questions head on. Biden has refused Baier’s requests to interview him.
As I look at the line-up of 2024 Republican presidential candidates, committed and uncommitted, I simply don’t see one individual with the breadth of knowledge, domestic and foreign, ready to lead our party, let alone win. … read more
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“I don’t think the (Chinese) leadership knew where it (the balloon) was, and knew what was in it, and knew what was going on. I think it was more embarrassing that it was intentional.” – President Biden
“Labor is incredibly enthusiastic about what the president has done.” – Ray Zaccaro, AFL-CIO director of public affairs
“They’re (Republicans) are coming for your jobs.”… read more
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We would like to think that after it was determined that former President Trump was not guilty of colluding with the Russians, even after an attempt to impeach him over it, that wiser people would recognize the eventual failure of fabricated hoaxes. But, no.
While a hoax can merely be something humorous, a practical joke, in political circles it is generally designed to provoke political change, often cruel, aimed to cause embarrassment.… read more
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The importance of research, nurtured over many years of journalistic reporting and as an Air Force historian, has aided me as I attempt to give you information not normally provided by the media.
While researching the background of Special Counsel Jack Smith, I learned of prosecutorial losses under his watch as the head of the Justice Department’s public integrity unit, 2010 to 2015, namely his conviction of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell, that was overturned by the Supreme Court.… read more