An Unusual View of Trump by a Leftist Columnist

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I recall my delight, in 2017, when I read that Bret Stephens was leaving the Wall Street Journal for the New York Times.  It was a natural move for someone with leftist opinions on politics, which he also shares with viewers of MSBNC and NBC. Still, the opinions of the Journal’s editorial board, cannot always be counted on to be conservative.… read more

UAW Leadership Endorses Biden, But Not So Fast

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“We need to know who’s gonna sit in the most powerful seat in the world and help us win the united working class,”

Those were the words of United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain officially endorsing President Biden’s reelection on Wednesday, recalling that Biden was the first president to join a union picket line last summer.… read more

Tim Scott, the Right Black at the Right Time for America

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Amid the left’s demagoguing of conservative blacks in the Republican Party, South Carolina’s black Republican Sen. Tim Scott, 57, hasn’t officially entered the 2024 presidential race, but he is exploring the possibility.

SEN TIM SCOTT MAY ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE (National Review photo)

I have followed Scott’s career about as long as his decade in the U.S.… read more

A Mixed-Bag of Topics Requiring Comment

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Regular readers know that I prefer to comment on single topics, but my stack of stuff at the corner of my desk silently beckoned my attention with its height.

Why They Want to Get Trump

Last month, former President Trump unveiled his plan to dismantle the Washington Swamp if elected by cleaning out the deep state, firing rogue bureaucrats and career politicians, while targeting corruption and weaponization.… read more

Former President Trump Is Indicted While Hillary Quietly Pays Meager Fine

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How often have we heard ‘nobody’s above the law,’ and how about the denial that there are two tiers of justice? 

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN COURT.

While the leftist media repeated their sorrow over the unprecedented indictment of a U.S. president, they couldn’t hide their giddiness that it was former President Trump, who they have been after for more than eight years.… read more

How Taxpayers are Funding Research Supporting the Administration’s Agenda in Climate Change and DEI

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Years ago, when concern for global warming began to heat up – pardon the pun – and climate change became part of the terminology, I recall writing about the plethora of studies coming out of our universities and think tanks that supported the government’s environmental agenda.

The U.S. has funneled billions, yes, billions, to the United Nations to fund the work of the International Panel on Climate Change, where funds go to hundreds of climate scientists in the development of their annual report, designed to scare the hell out of us.… read more

While ‘Get Trump’ Continues, So Does His Presidential Reelection Candidacy in 2024

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I recognize that a number of my readers do not want former President Trump to run again in 2024.  They’re not those who have been classified in the past as Never Trumpers.  Some have tired of the distractions of his legal battles, yet others have simply developed a dislike of his demeanor.… read more