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A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class
WASHINGTON -- Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades to Altadena in one social media post: "We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared. Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal ...Read more
Trump Takes the World Stage. Embrace the Chaos
WASHINGTON -- Embrace the chaos -- that's my formula for dealing with Trump 2.0, especially on the world stage.
If you thought that the second time around President-elect Donald Trump was going to be more congenial toward our allies in the international community, Tuesday you got your wake-up call.
During a Mar-a-Lago press conference, Trump...Read more
Biden Stumbles Again. Where Are the Handlers?
WASHINGTON -- Sunday night, President Joe Biden welcomed new Democratic members of Congress at the White House. By the time his remarks were over -- he talked for just under a half-hour -- there was little doubt that with two weeks to go until Jan. 20, the U.S. president is living in the long-ago past, not the present.
Remember how Team Biden...Read more
Did Donald Trump Want Matt Gaetz to Be the next Attorney General, or Was the Very Notion a Ruse?
WASHINGTON -- Why did President-elect Donald Trump pick then Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be the next attorney general back in November?
Gaetz is no legal heavyweight. He's never run an organization with thousands of workers, like the Department of Justice. And he's not exactly big on respecting the law.
Nonetheless, Trump went with Gaetz ...Read more
Jimmy Carter Had the Best Post-Presidency
WASHINGTON -- "Decency. Decency. Decency," President Joe Biden responded when a reporter asked him about late President Jimmy Carter's legacy Sunday hours after the former president passed away.
It was a self-serving summation on Biden's part, as the barely-there chief executive seized the moment to trash President-elect Donald Trump.
"Can ...Read more