Former President Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4 in Kissimmee, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated Press) The question to former President Trump last week was a softball, served up as an opportunity to rebut his critics. “They want to call you a dictator,” Sean Hannity told him … Read more
Once again it has taken grieving relatives to point out that the Bush administration will exploit even a heroic death for its own partisan purposes. As with the widows of Sept. 11 who demanded that our obfuscating leaders investigate what went wrong on that terrible day, or the wounded Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who resisted … Read more
President Trump shows reporters a doctored chart after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 4. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press ) Even as Hurricane Dorian roared up the East Coast on Thursday and hammered the Carolinas with dangerous wind and storm surges, President Trump refused … Read more
Conservatives found much to chuckle about after Democratic state lawmakers last week proposed, once again, a tax on sugary sodas, along with limits on cup sizes. “We get it, too much sugar isn’t great for you,” Assembly Republicans said in a smirking, smart-alecky statement. “But what’s next — criminalizing pizzas over 18 inches? A Dorito … Read more
Letters purportedly written by at least two dead people landed on the desk of Utah Atty. Gen. Mark Shurtleff earlier this year, imploring him to go easy on Microsoft Corp. for its conduct as a monopoly. The pleas, along with about 400 others from Utah citizens, are part of a carefully orchestrated nationwide campaign to … Read more
A legislative candidate was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his opponent’s wife. Police said her husband was the intended target. Eric Kaplan, 28, also was charged with aggravated battery and firing into an occupied home. He was jailed on $100,000 bail. Judith Starks, the 47-year-old wife of Republican state … Read more
Former State Senator Michael Rubio, D¿Bakersfield, stretches during a lull in the legislative action at the Capitol last August. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) SACRAMENTO — Former state Sen. Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) has agreed to pay a $200 fine to the state ethics agency for failing to properly disclose that he sold his house in Bakersfield … Read more
In 1978, Gerald N. Felando, a 43-year-old newcomer, rode the winds of political change into office, defeating the dean of the California Assembly, Vincent Thomas. Last week, the tables turned. In Tuesday’s election, Felando, having aged into a grizzled veteran of Capitol infighting, suffered the same fate as Thomas. His bid to return to Sacramento … Read more
America was no longer a nation weighted down with racial regrets. By the Ronald Reagan years, two decades of self-reproach were merely part of a murky and curious past. More and more whites were troubled instead by the penances imposed on them–affirmative action and busing. Reagan tapped into this anger. In 1980, he opened his … Read more
Supporters hold up signs as Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference April 4 in Hyattsville, Md. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and … Read more
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