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Trump Really Did Try to Kill Obamacare
Donald Trump tried to kill Obamacare. If elected to a second term, he would try to kill it again.
No, the former president didn't save the Affordable Care Act as his running mate J.D. Vance said at the vice-presidential debate. That was a bald-faced lie.
Here's what happened: During the 2016 campaign Trump vowed to replace the popular health...Read more
Vance Couldn't Even Defend the Democracy
He could summon all the oily debate tactics needed to evade questions and renovate lies. But one thing that J.D. Vance couldn't find in his toolbox was the courage to say something that is totally obvious: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Until that point in the vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's running mate had gussied up some of ...Read more
Bottom Line on the Border: It's Already Orderly
There were fewer arrests at the Southern border in July than in the last month of the Trump presidency. Shelters have seen a massive drop in migrants. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is having a hard time finding enough recent arrivals to fill buses headed north.
The reason for this development is President Joe Biden's new border policy, which ...Read more
Want Cheap Energy? Vote for Harris
Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill" mantra portrays fossil fuels as the magic road to lower energy prices. He's exactly wrong. Solar, wind and other renewable sources are.
Renewables already provide electricity to consumers in Europe that's so cheap, it's at times free -- this according to The Wall Street Journal, a decidedly non-socialist ...Read more
Liz Cheney Walks the Walk for Democracy
Back in the days when I was a moderate Republican, I still found Liz Cheney too far right-leaning for my tastes. And that went for her dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney, as well.
Even today, I may not agree with her on this issue or that, but we're on the same page on the primal importance of preserving our democracy. And this year, the ...Read more