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Gerrymandering congressional districts

President Donald Trump launched an effort to redraw congressional districts to favor Republican candidates for Congress. A number of states complied with Trump's wishes. But also a number of states, led by Democrats, have done the same to favor their side. Virginia is the most recent to do ...

Charles III, a guest in our house

The king came to town for tea, dinner and a little chat with Congress and the president. By the time you read this, Charles III's state visit may be a little piece of history. The "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom could undergo a stress test. For one ...

Whenever political violence erupts, Washington starts playing the blame game

A heavily armed California man was caught trying to storm the White House correspondents' dinner Saturday with the apparent intent to kill the president. It didn't take long for Washington to start arguing. Democrats denounce violent rhetoric from the right, but the alleged assailant seemed to ...

Who’s to blame this time?

It would be amusing if it wasn't so serious. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and several other Democrats were on weekend programs calling for a toning down of the political conversation following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. Jeffries went so ...

Another radically underqualified Trump appointee is about to bite the dust

You can be Secretary of Defense (War) and cause the mightiest military in the world to be brought to its knees, and still keep your job in the Trump regime. You can be in charge of public health and cause measles to reemerge as a major hazard to Americans, and still keep your job. You can be ...

MAGA is anti-Christian now

The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were actual scripture; and ...