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2018-06-01T13:16:39-04:00

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There’s a Monster in Virginia and He’s Running for Congress

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 1:16 pm By Susan Wright

Is this guy for real? We’re probably all used to novelty candidates, by now. They’ve become sort of a fixture in American politics. You know, some goober wearing an old boot on his head pops up in the news, claiming he’s running for this or that, or a reality TV clown, known more for his comically bad hairstyle than his searing intellect suddenly decides he wants to be president. Oh, wait… Regardless, a Charlottesville, Virginia Independent, Nathan Larson, is taking... Read more

2018-06-01T10:46:37-04:00

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Dinesh D’Souza’s Thursday Presidential Pardon Came After a Ted Cruz Push

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 10:46 am By Susan Wright

Donald Trump is flexing his pardon power, and on Thursday, he announced he would be pardoning Dinesh D’Souza, an author and outspoken Trump loyalist, convicted in 2014 of campaign finance law violations. During his trial, D’Souza pleaded guilty to using “straw donors” to illegally funnel money into the campaign of his friend, Wendy Long, who was running for Senate in 2012. After his guilty plea, which was accompanied by an apology, where he said he knew what he did was... Read more

2018-05-31T15:37:00-04:00

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The Cancer of Trumpism May Be Too Deeply Set in

Last updated on: May 31, 2018 at 3:37 pm By Susan Wright

The third anniversary is approaching of the moment Donald Trump rode that gaudy, golden escalator down to announce to the waiting world that he was throwing his hat in the ring. He’d be running for the presidency on the Republican ticket. I remember two things about that day. First, I remember wondering why somebody who was obviously a Democrat – in spite of his feud with President Barack Obama, over the “birther” issue – was suddenly running as a Republican.... Read more

2018-05-31T09:02:48-04:00

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Parkland Shooter Had Cell Phone Video of His Massacre Plans

Last updated on: May 31, 2018 at 9:02 am By Susan Wright

There is no doubt that Nikolas Cruz, the 19 year old Parkland, Florida school shooter, is a troubled young man. “Troubled” does not mean he gets off the hook for what he did. On February 14, 2018 Cruz entered his old school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, armed with an AR-15, then roamed the hallways of the 1200 building, shooting into classrooms and hallways on the first and second floors. In all, seventeen people lost their lives that day. Just... Read more

2018-05-30T20:25:08-04:00

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Trump Pushed Jeff Sessions to End His Recusal and Retake Control of Russia Probe

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 8:25 pm By Susan Wright

For the hundredth time, if you’re innocent, stop acting like a guilty man! For Donald Trump, his panicky freak-out isn’t something that developed slowly, over time. It’s not the stress of knowing the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election just flipped past its first year, and that various members of his campaign team have been swept up in Robert Mueller’s net. From the very beginning, Trump has acted as if the investigation into Russian interference in the election... Read more

2018-05-30T17:12:16-04:00

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Trump’s Perpetual Victimhood Is the Most Troubling Part of His Presidency

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 5:12 pm By Susan Wright

We’re dealing with an utter, and complete man-baby in the White House. Of this, I have no doubt. He does not take good counsel. He’s driven away more legal counsel than he’s probably hired in his lifetime. The reason for that has a lot to do with the fact that most lawyers like to get paid for their work, and Donald Trump’s history is that of someone who likes to leave creditors and small businesses holding the bag. Also, it’s... Read more

2018-05-30T14:31:47-04:00

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Donald Trump in the White House and Kim Kardashian Discussing Prison Reform (Welcome to 2018)

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 2:31 pm By Susan Wright

Is this the most 2018 thing, or what? I’m guessing the Trump White House needed some intellectual heft to fall back on. I’m even more certain that he wasn’t getting that when the nepotism kicked in and he tasked his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, with a portfolio of responsibilities that covered everything from solving the opioid crisis to bringing about peace in the Middle East. The husband of his favored child, Ivanka, had to have some position, and even though he... Read more

2018-05-30T09:26:50-04:00

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Trey Gowdy Gives President Trump Good News, so Why Isn’t He Calming Down?

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 9:26 am By Susan Wright

If you’re not in trouble, why act like you are? It’s an appropriate question to ask, given President Trump’s increasingly shrill and pointed attacks against special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia probe. While in Nashville on Tuesday night for a rally, Trump did the only thing he really knows how to do, at this point: He rehashed the 2016 election, complete with attacks on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (And you can stop chanting, “Lock her up!” because he... Read more

2018-05-29T19:04:09-04:00

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Philadelphia High School Students Forced to Fight the Bathroom Wars

Last updated on: May 29, 2018 at 7:04 pm By Susan Wright

That which is unnatural cannot be made natural, so at what point do we stop the social experimentation that is going on with our children’s lives? In 2016, my home state of North Carolina was in a particularly intense battle, surrounding an ordinance voted on by the Charlotte City Council, when they decided to pass a sweeping city ordinance, that would have thrown public bathroom, in restaurants and schools, wide open. As the broadly worded ordinance was written, merely by... Read more

2018-05-29T14:29:52-04:00

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BREAKING: After Ill-Advised Tweet, Roseanne Barr’s “Roseanne” Reboot Canceled

Last updated on: May 29, 2018 at 2:29 pm By Susan Wright

I’m not sure what happened to Rosanne Barr in the years between the end of her original self-titled ABC television sitcom series and the reboot that emerged to such praise, but apparently, feigning an embrace of the Trump crowd has gone to her head. In a series of tweets that began on Monday night, the comedienne began addressing Chelsea Clinton, moved on to George Soros, the 88 year old investor and far left donor, then she landed with a splat... Read more

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