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Thoughts while waiting for Day 2 of the Republican National Convention to begin: Donald J. Trump must be feeling lucky. On Saturday, he wins the staying alive lottery by surviving an assassination attempt by maybe an inch, and then on Monday, a friendly judge dismisses the charges of mishandling classified
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The plan was to watch the first night of the Republican National Convention, analyze it, condense it, and explain it. As Mike Tyson said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” The first punch came Saturday, with the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump.
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As always, President Joe Biden’s “Big Boy” (that’s how press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described it) news conference started late. Thursday’s presser was scheduled for 5:30, but — whoops, sometime Thursday it was pushed back to 6:30. It actually began at 7:27 This White House has
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Immediately after the disastrous debate, Joe Biden’s polling numbers declined a bit, but not that much. Whew, I thought. How did he dodge that bullet? Two weeks later, the respected Cook Political Report showed that Donald J. Trump is leading Biden by 2.5% in an average of national
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Following up on the lie that President Joe Biden wasn’t prosecuted because he was too old, today we look at Donald J. Trump’s remark that if he isn’t elected, it would mean a “bloodbath” for the nation. Democrats immediately seized on the words and screamed that Trump,
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This is not a coverup for Joe Biden. I have been plenty critical of him. What it is, is an attempt to knock down a persistent and pernicious lie about two people: 1- Democratic President Joe Biden 2- Republican Special Counsel Robert Hur It is the worst kind of lying
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It was a little Dodge City as ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos hammered President Joe Biden on his cognitive ability and his political viability. Stephanopoulos opened by announcing the 22-minute interview was without edits, without cuts. (Anyone believing ABC would risk its reputation by trying to “help” the President through editing
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I am not egotistical enough to think of this as my legacy, but I was tickled by the recent Inquirer 1 ½-page report on the plummeting number of traffic tickets being written by the Philadelphia Police Department. Why would I be tickled? Because a decade ago I started an annual
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I filed yesterday's column about an hour after the debate ended. I did not look at any analysis because I want to give you my opinion, unaffected by what others say. I also like to post fast because people will read one, two or three pieces, but not
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Before analyzing the debate, let’s remember that moderator Dana Bash described the first debate four years ago as a “shit show,” while Philly-born moderator Jake Tapper called it “horrific,” and later drew parallels between Donald J. Trump and Adolf Hitler. And yet, Trump accepted CNN’s offer to host
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Who will win Thursday's presidential debate? It depends who is scoring it. There are three “judges” on the tribunal. # The (anti-Trump) Mainstream Media will see it one way, despite whether Donald J. Trump comes out rude and vicious, or polite and toned-down. (Don’t bet on the latter.
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Europe’s recent lurch to the right in balloting for the European Parliament concerns me as an American, because so much evil has come out of Europe’s Right. To be precise, Nazis and other fascists. And yet I know the lurch to the right comes as a response to