Judging by his State of the Union address, Donald Trump is out of ideas
It was essentially a recitation of his greatest hits
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Tuesday
Donald Trump chooses greatness — and so should we
SOTU 2019 had a fuller agenda of things to be done and a more circumspect and humble offer to the other side of the aisle
Wokeness eats the Virginia Democrats
Holding others to a high progressive standard can have its pitfalls
Monday
In ‘Executive Time’, the president is doing everything but presiding
Do Trump’s detractors really want him to take a more active role in the White House?
Shouldn’t AOC have Googled Jeremy Corbyn?
She knows who Corbyn is, what he is, and the anguish he has caused the Jewish community
Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Corbyn
AOC is the acceptable face of socialism, washed clean of the crimes which New Left people like Corbyn have spent their lives explaining away
Friday
The Democrats’ phony war on corporate PACs
Corporate political action committee donations make up a tiny amount of most candidates’ war chests
Wednesday
Is Donald Trump losing even more allies?
If enough Republican senators decide that Trump is a political liability, then his goose is cooked
Tuesday
How the shutdown helped Trump
A new poll indicates an increase in support for his border security plans in battleground states
Monday
Trump didn’t cave
Democrats and journalists are, as usual, far too quick to declare Trump ‘totally’ defeated
‘She’s got major ovaries’ – why people like Kamala Harris
If Kamala Harris is an act, she performs it well – and Republicans would be foolish to dismiss the threat she poses in 2020
Sunday
The NeverTrumpers never learn
The 2020 attempts to ‘primary’ Donald Trump will be even more pathetic than 2016
The rise and rise of the daddy big bucks candidate
Billionaire presidential campaigns are a great excuse for political consultants to try and flatter super-rich men
Saturday
Could Bernie bashers propel Sanders to the nomination?
Barring some unforeseen catastrophe, he’s obviously running
Friday
Roger Stone, Robert Mueller and the Shutdown Samba
Who will win this game of chicken? Unless Trump builds the wall, he loses
In ending the shutdown, has Pelosi brought Trump to heel?
His failure to procure a single cent for a border wall is already enraging his erstwhile supporters on the right
Roger Stone is not Robert Mueller’s real target
He’s certain to enjoy the melée of media attention surrounding his arrest
How Trump can fix his Pelosi SOTU problem
There’s a Jeffersonian solution
Tuesday
The Women’s March and the anatomy of fascism
The movement is in crisis, because many women won’t allow themselves to be marched
Monday
Can Kamala Harris steal a march on her rivals?
Her new book is a serviceable tract attesting to the ambition, grit and sheer cunning of its author
