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GOP in Congress running for the hills to avoid Epstein files

The congressional robots have become “woke.” We are not sure about the true faith or fate of the GOP members of Congress. Part of the 23rd Psalm in the Bible many can recall: “Thou shall fear no evil.” The easily frightened GOP members of the House of Representatives who have been ...

New version of MAGA appears on the left

By FROMA HARROP Zohran Mamdani’s ideas are Bernie Sanders. But his political maneuvers are Donald. The similarities between the Democratic Socialist running for New York City mayor and President Donald Trump — as well as their respective bases — are fascinating. Like Trump, ...

Bitter Hunter Biden finds solace on major media

By TIM GRAHAM Anyone who’s followed the dissolute life and times of Hunter Biden knows that no one wanted the Biden presidency to end less than Hunter. His father's power was a cash cow, giving him millions he wasted on crack cocaine and hookers. So when he tried to mount a moral high ...

New version of MAGA appears on the left

By FROMA HARROP Zohran Mamdani’s ideas are Bernie Sanders. But his political maneuvers are Donald. The similarities between the Democratic Socialist running for New York City mayor and President Donald Trump — as well as their respective bases — are fascinating. Like Trump, ...

Washington lobbyists suck up only to Trump

I’m old enough to remember when corporate lobbyists swarmed Capitol Hill. I also remember when half the members of Congress who retired got lucrative lobbying jobs taking their old chums out for meals or drinks and selling them on whatever the corporate backers wanted. No longer. Now, the ...

California’s high-speed rail to nowhere

We’re a long way from the transcontinental railroad. We built the iconic American infrastructure project in the 1860s in about six years, putting down 1,776 miles of track and blasting 15 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Granted, working conditions back then didn’t exactly ...