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Steve Bannon’s Refusal to Pay His Bills Is Costing Him Big

Could this be a forecast for Donald Trump? Jose Pagliery Thu, March 7, 2024 at 3:31 AM CST·3 min read 161 Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty For two years, Steve Bannon has refused to pay the half-million dollars he owes his former lawyer. Now, his refusal to settle his debts has exposed him and his current attorney to potential sanctions. “Bannon, with the aid…

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Lest We Forget!!!

Factual History Always prevails The past 8 to 10 years has revealed how badly our government has been run. This less to do with the President than the long serving Congress. Granted that all persons elected to the highest office are not suited to do or even make an attempt at doing the job but many over the years have listened to the counsel of staff members who have expertise in the assorted…

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Lest We Forget!!!

Factual History Always prevails The past 8 to 10 years has revealed how badly our government has been run. This less to do with the President than the long serving Congress. Granted that all persons elected to the highest office are not suited to do or even make an attempt at doing the job but many over the years have listened to the counsel of staff members who have expertise in the assorted…

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Can His Racism Be Any More Transparent?

Trump says Black voters relate to criminal prosecutions, prefer the ‘white guy’ to Obama David Jackson USA TODAY COLUMBIA, S.C. − Former president Donald Trump, campaigning in South Carolina Friday, brought the issue of race into the campaign by comparing his legal battles to the injustices Black Americans face in the legal system and saying Black voters would prefer him over his predecessor,…

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One Man

DAN RATHER AND TEAM STEADYJAN 23 Here it is January 2024, and we find ourselves reminded anew that we are in a difficult, dangerous, and deepening political reality. As the first primary ballots are being cast in New Hampshire, the country is forced again to face the fact that one man has fundamentally changed us. Simply stated, it’s as sobering and unsettling as that.  He has changed what was…

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Soldier's Wife demands husband's Return at Putin HQ

Reuters Videos Sat, January 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM CST     STORY: The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine on Saturday at the election headquarters of President Vladimir Putin, a defiant gesture in a country where open criticism of the war is banned. “So what’s next? The Ministry of Defence has spent its money, now we need to squeeze everything…

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Greg Abbott Is pushing Texas to the brink

Texas governor pushes on immigration, caring little about the law or the people he hurts in the name of politics By BRIAN KAREM\ Columnist PUBLISHED JANUARY 22, 2024 5:45AM (EST To rule is easy, to govern difficult. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe At the end of the day, you have to wonder if Texans are comfortable being a part of the United States. I’m not just talking about the Dallas…

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Fabric Softener

Expert warns about dangers of common laundry product most Americans have on the shelf: ‘I recently stopped’ Doric Sam Wed, January 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM CST·2 min read Fabric softeners are typically considered a necessity while doing laundry, but a TikToker warned that the popular products are actually more harmful than beneficial. The scoop TikTok cleaning expert Renae (@renduh) explained…

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Evangelicals for Trump? It's Not About Religion

DAN RATHER AND TEAM STEADY JAN 18     Right after his victory in Iowa, where he received 53% of the evangelical and born-again Christian vote, Donald Trump traveled to New York to plead his case — literally. He was in federal court today, where he’ll soon find out how much he’ll have to pay for defaming a woman he’s also been found liable for sexually abusing. You may want to think about that…

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Trump Keeps Suggesting People Who Aren’t White Aren’t Eligible To Be President

Jennifer Bendery Huffpost Tue, January 9, 2024 at 7:27 PM CST·2 min read 3.7k Donald Trump is fueling a lie on social media that Nikki Haley isn’t eligible to be president because she’s not a natural-born U.S. citizen ― the same lie he spread about former President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.). It’s almost as if there is something ― something! ―…

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U.S. aid to Central America: What it does, why Trump cut it and why that may not end the migration crisis

Alan Gomez USA TODAY President Donald Trump’s decision to cut $450 million in foreign aid to three Central American countries – collectively known as the Northern Triangle – will end dozens of projects designed to bolster security, the economy, education and judicial systems. The goal of the programs is to improve conditions in the countries so citizens don’t flee to the U.S. While Trump wants…

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Crybaby conqueror': Columnist nails Trump's appeal to MAGA fanatics

Opinion by Travis Gettys • 21h Donald Trump has recently revived long-standing comparisons to Adolf Hitler, but a columnist hit him Friday for being more like a “crybaby conqueror” — though his fanatical supporters seem happy to embrace either. Trumpists tend to call themselves conservative, which has traditionally signaled a belief in limited government and low taxes, but Chicago…

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Trump claims divine authority and threatens dictatorship in escalating rhetoric.

Donald Trump’s recent public proclamations, in which he presents himself as a godly figure and explicitly threatens to behave like a dictator if re-elected, have raised concerns among experts and observers. Trump’s behavior is indicative of what experts call a “God complex”, a deep-seated belief in one’s own infallibility and superiority. This is a classic element of a cult and a key ingredient…

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How The Court Was Bought

Heather Cox Richardson 12/18/2023 Reporters at ProPublica have uncovered yet more news about the right-wing network of wealthy donors who have supported Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. According to Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, and Brett Murphy, in January 2000, on a plane flight home from a conservative conference, Thomas complained to Representative Cliff Stearns…

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Think Biden's doing badly? Check out the polling for these other Western leaders

David Lauter Sun, December 17, 2023 at 4:33 PM CST·6 min read     President Biden’s standing in polls is bad — generating panic among many Democrats and a raft of theories about what’s wrong. He’s too conservative, say progressives; too liberal, according to centrists. And, of course, nearly everyone mentions his age. But what if all of that misses the real story? What if the main problem…

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  Dictatorship The threat is real.

DAN RATHER AND ELLIOT KIRSCHNER DEC 4     Something important is happening in the conversation and coverage around the 2024 presidential campaign — and not a moment too soon. We’re hearing a lot more about the “D Word”: dictatorship.  Instead of only the usual fare one would expect six weeks before the Iowa caucuses — the latest polling, endorsement counting, comparisons of cash on hand — there…

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For the good of the nation

America needs a new sane Republican Party, and here’s who should lead it ROBERT REICH SEP 18 Friends, Last Tuesday, former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney tweeted this in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the criminal indictments of Trump are politically motivated: “Putin has now officially endorsed the Putin-wing of the Republican Party. Putin Republicans & their…