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POLITICALLY, PAUL RYAN is suffering rigor mortis - his last impotent months as speaker of the House. The immediate cause of death was Donald Trump and the mindless tribalism that turned Ryan's Republican caucus into a snake pit.
Passions on the left against Brett Kavanaugh are running high. But the main lines of argument against his confirmation to the Supreme Court have pretty much crumbled.
Despite releasing a comprehensive and remarkably radical criminal justice reform agenda in 2015, Senator Bernie Sanders was accused throughout his presidential campaign of being insufficiently concerned with the topic, and of habitually changing the subject to economics . The reality is that Mr. Sanders has the clearest insight into the connections between criminal justice issues and economic inequality of any major politician today.
'DREAMERS': The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is back in the spotlight as midterm elections near. Above, protesters make themselves heard at Faneuil Hall last year.
The three Republican contenders vying to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will face off for the first time tomorrow in a potentially pivotal debate on Boston Herald Radio. The hourlong debate live on the "Battenfeld" show, set for noon in the Herald Radio studio, will be the first time all three GOP candidates sit down together and tangle over the issues - ranging from taxes to President Trump to foreign policy.
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But other binaries can be more relevant. "Forward" vs. "backward" often define a choice facing an electorate better than the standard ideological categories.
Right-wing commentators had a field day last week with the news that Sarah Jeong, a young Korean American hired to write about technology for the New York Times editorial board, had a history of attacking "white people" on Twitter. She was predictably pilloried as a racist by the usual suspects - Fox News, the Daily Caller, Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Infowars, etc.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, left, welcomes Gov. John Bel Edwards to the stage Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, left, welcomes Gov. John Bel Edwards to the stage Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La.
A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in Southeast Asia: the Philippines in 1986, Burma in 1988, Thailand in 1992 and Indonesia in 1998. The Arab Spring was largely drowned in blood , but democracy really seemed to be taking root in Southeast Asia - for a while.
By all accounts, Tony Evers has the lead in an impressive eight-candidate field of Democrats seeking their party's nomination for Wisconsin governor. Evers, who just started running broadcast ads last week, is the state superintendent of education and has won three statewide elections with 70 percent of the vote the last time.
John Bilotti, former mayor of Kenosha, holds a year-end section from the Kenosha News dated Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1980, and highlighting the top stories for 1980, including the mayoral election recount which saw him win by one vote. John Bilotti, former mayor of Kenosha, holds a year-end section from the Kenosha News dated Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1980, and highlighting the top stories for 1980, including the mayoral election recount which saw him win by one vote.
When he's not casting doubt on findings that nail Russia dead to rights on 2016 election interference, President Trump makes sport of his predecessor's failure to disrupt that meddling. Obama "did NOTHING about it," Trump says, ignoring the fact that Obama did, in fact, urge Vladimir Putin to stop.
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Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, left, speaks Thursday at the White House briefing on election security as FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen listen.
By favoring the wealthy and corporations over working families, Washington's recent tax and budget decisions follow Harrisburg's bad example. The newly enacted Trump-GOP tax law, for instance, gives most of the benefits to the rich while driving up federal debt, threatening funding for vital public services like Medicare and Medicaid.
A supporter of Federal deputy Jair Bolsonaro wears a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump before the national convention of the Party for Socialism and Liberation where he is to be formalized as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2018. Photo - Reuters/Ricardo Moraes/File A supporter of Federal deputy Jair Bolsonaro wears a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump before the national convention of the Party for Socialism and Liberation where he is to be formalized as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2018.
Just because the current political landscape in Washington suggests that most, if not all, Senate Democrats will oppose Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court while their Republican counterparts are likely to endorse it, the Senate is not absolved of its constitutional duties. Advice and consent should be informed.