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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

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Live coverage: New Jersey drones drive fears; Dems seethe at Manchin, Sinema

New Jersey officials are growing increasingly worried about the now-regular spotting of drones over the state. It's been 10 days since the FBI office...

13.12.2024 10

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America voted for a dumpster fire — Democrats just need to let it burn itself out 

MAGA Republicans have caught the car of undivided power. If the government now lurches from one pointless crisis to the next, or if Trump’s plans...

13.12.2024 90

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Will the Senate give up its constitutional check on Trump's nominees? 

As Donald Trump takes a wrecking ball to what is left of our political norms, we need to stop thinking about guardrails of democracy and start...

06.12.2024 10

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Donald Trump and the tyranny of the uninformed 

This election wasn’t about policy. It was about fundamental principles — and voters knew exactly what they were voting for. Or did they?

22.11.2024 20

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Goodbye, democracy — it’s Trump’s America now 

In 2016, we could all pretend that Trump was an aberration. Not this time. People knew exactly what they were voting for.

08.11.2024 10

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Patriots, be brave: Don't waste your vote on a write-in like George Washington

We ask the men and women of our military to risk their lives to defend America. Is it so much for you to check a box?

25.10.2024 10

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Donald Trump is dangerous; JD Vance is much worse 

To misquote Maya Angelou, when someone tells you what they are going to do, believe them.

16.10.2024 10

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Harris, a freedom-loving defense hawk, is the choice for traditional conservatives

Conservatives should vote for Kamala Harris because she is a pragmatic center-right politician who understands the importance of national security,...

11.10.2024 30

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Who was the JD Vance voters saw at the debate?  

If you had never heard of Vance before, you would have thought this was a thoughtful, moderate politician — not a guy who rants about childless...

02.10.2024 10

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Watch live: Netanyahu, world leaders address UN General Assembly

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Friday morning, as tensions in the Middle East...

27.09.2024 30

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NYPD’s ‘get out of jail free’ cards are real — and they’re wrong 

Traditional or not, the “courtesy card” system is the rankest form of corruption. That it is institutionalized corruption makes it worse.  

27.09.2024 10

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Why don't more Republicans speak out against Trump?

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is a profile in American courage after taking a stand against Donald Trump.

13.09.2024 10

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Grading the Trump-Harris debate — the good, the bad and the weird 

At long last, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off in a formal presidential debate — how did each candidate perform? 

12.09.2024 3

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Harris should put on her prosecutor pants when she suits up for the big Trump debate  

Kamala Harris shouldn’t debate Trump — she should prosecute him in the court of public opinion.

03.09.2024 10

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This is not your mother’s Democratic Party 

There was none of the finger-wagging and pronoun-obsessing navel-gazing that we’ve all come to associate with progressives at the DNC. The only...

27.08.2024 6

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Project 2025 could be the end of America as we know it — enter Democracy 2026 

A Harris victory might see off Donald Trump but the next aspiring authoritarian — and there will be one — will be smarter, smoother and more...

16.08.2024 20

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Keep it simple, Kamala, and ride the wave to victory 

In the last 12 days, we’ve seen the birth of something genuinely new: the crowdsourced campaign. 

02.08.2024 10

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Biden’s Supreme Court reforms will never happen, but they’re still important. 

Having a functional Supreme Court is not a political issue any more than having a functioning heart is a lifestyle choice. And while Biden’s current...

31.07.2024 8

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With their new nominee, Democrats could have their own ‘Morning in America’ moment 

It’s been a while since we had one, but positive campaigns can work under the right circumstances. Reagan’s Morning in America campaign theme...

23.07.2024 10

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The Democratic Party wants to replace Biden — they’re just not saying it yet in public 

Don’t mistake a lack of public posturing for a lack of action. None of this is over until it’s over. 

18.07.2024 9

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The assassination attempt against Trump was wrong. He still shouldn’t be president. 

Condemning violence and pointing out that Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy isn’t just logically consistent. It’s a logical...

15.07.2024 10

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Joe Biden's presidential run is on life support — it's time to pull the plug

Democrats have been too polite to openly criticize their own party’s presumptive nominee. So let’s rip off the scab. 

10.07.2024 20

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If Joe Biden wants to prove he can win in November, he’ll need to go the full McCain 

Follow John McCain’s example. Do three 90-minute town halls a week every week for three weeks. At the end of the process, America will know — and...

05.07.2024 10

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Everything that’s wrong with the Supreme Court’s Trump ruling 

There is so much wrong with the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. United States that it’s hard to know where to start.  

02.07.2024 8

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Democratic panic: Who should replace Joe Biden after Thursday’s disastrous debate? 

The panic among Democratic movers and shakers began well before the first commercial break. Can Biden be replaced? Who should replace him? 

28.06.2024 6

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The one issue you (probably) won’t hear Biden talk about in the debate 

Put your hand up, everyone (anyone?), if you knew that Biden is pushing one of the biggest and most fundamental changes in asylum rules since, well,...

27.06.2024 4

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Donald Trump's all-powerful presidency 

It’s no secret that Donald Trump wants to remake the presidency in his own image: all powerful and answerable to no one.  

21.06.2024 10

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Juneteenth is a celebration of progress, and an inspiration for the long road ahead 

This Juneteenth, think about how far we still have to go. But also spare a thought for how far we have come. 

19.06.2024 9

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The Supreme Court’s slow-walk on Trump immunity is playing with fire 

Whether the court likes it or not, there is no escaping the politics in Trump’s immunity case. Pretending otherwise is the most political — and...

07.06.2024 10

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Out of order: Who will keep the Supreme Court accountable if it won’t police itself? 

Hopefully, the Supreme Court will decide to clean its own house. But if it won’t, Congress should.

24.05.2024 30

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House Republicans may be humoring Trump at his trial, but it's no laughing matter 

Donald Trump seems to believe that every trial he loses must be corrupt, just as he believes that every election he loses must be fraudulent.

17.05.2024 30

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If Trump wants to win his hush-money trial, he’ll need to shut up and listen to his lawyers 

Donald Trump once said his “gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.” Maybe that works for him in politics, but...

10.05.2024 20

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Kristi Noem kills puppy, unites America 

In her new autobiography, Noem tells the story of killing a 14-month-old puppy because it misbehaved. Reaction was swift and unanimous across the...

30.04.2024 10

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If Trump gets convicted, what happens next? 

Jailing an ex and possibly future president would be unprecedented. But these are unprecedented times.

24.04.2024 30

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Trump’s presidential immunity claim is an obvious loser

Whether an ex-president ought to be criminally prosecuted by a subsequent administration is practically the definition of a “political question”...

08.04.2024 7

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The Supreme Court may have saved Trump, but is it dooming itself? 

The court was never likely to let the Colorado decision stand and open the door to “chaos.” But if the court is not very careful, it may find...

05.03.2024 30

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House Republicans’ excuses on Ukraine are empty — we must fund our allies now 

American military assistance to Ukraine is the most phenomenal bargain in the history of foreign aid. So why are Republicans blocking it?

26.02.2024 10

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If you respect the Constitution, you must respect enforcement of the 14th Amendment  

The American Constitution is just a bunch of words on parchment unless we take those words seriously — especially when we’d rather not. 

18.01.2024 20

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Betting the odds on Trump’s Supreme Court case 

Guessing how the Supreme Court will handle the political grenade that's been lobbed into their chambers is no easy task.

02.01.2024 10

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