Letters from an American
With Trump loyalists consolidating their power over the Republican Party, Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) today launched the Republican opposition. Cheney is currently the House Republican Conference chair, managing committee assignments, media appearances, and certain debates …
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In any normal era, the big story right now would be the country’s dramatic economic recovery from the recession sparked by the coronavirus. In the firs…
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Since the January 6 insurrection, Democrats have called the Republican adherence to the idea that Biden did not win the 2020 election “the Big Lie.” Th…
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On Friday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 36 Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona accusing him of trying …
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In honor of this year's Kentucky Derby (won today by Medina Spirit), I'm posting a piece my friend Michael S. Green and I wrote together a number of ye…
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In a hearing today before a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee charged with investigating technology and information warfare, cyber pol…
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Today marks the hundredth day of the Biden-Harris administration. In many ways, the hundred-day mark is arbitrary, a holdover from the presidency of Fr…
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Earlier today, in anticipation of tonight’s address to Congress, President Joe Biden met with news anchors. The president told them that his many meeti…
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