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Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

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He wrote a book to change a life

What is it like to be perceived as a nobody?

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Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

The American people are petrified

For those truly paying attention, there is no mystery as to why the voice of independent candidate for President Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is resonating...

20.04.2024 4

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This one problem is why Democrats must replace Biden at the convention

Biden is seen as yesterday’s news to far-left and young liberal voters.

13.04.2024 5

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Do our leaders, ‘experts’ and pundits want World War III?

At the very top of all the insane and dangerous things upon the planet that can threaten us, I would list triggering World War III as number one.

06.04.2024 9

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Give Saudi Arabia a chance to prove itself as chair of UN Women’s Rights Forum

For those screaming out against Saudi Arabia being appointed chair of the United Nations’ top forum for women’s rights and gender equality, I...

30.03.2024 2

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Biden and Trump know Kennedy’s VP choice is a game changer

The 38-year-old Shanahan has a remarkable life story.

27.03.2024 6

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Why are the Democrats suddenly so petrified of RFK Jr.?

Kennedy’s campaign does seem to have the Biden White House and the DNC in a panic.

23.03.2024 20

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Charles Barkley spoke up for millions of abandoned Americans — and no one cared

Millions of our fellow citizens in our inner cities are unseen, unheard and forgotten by the elites in our government.

16.03.2024 3

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The Biden replacement who strikes the most fear into Republicans

Every Democrat I speak with believes their party is in serious trouble come November if either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris is...

09.03.2024 4

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What if no candidate wins 270 electoral votes?

Buckle up.

02.03.2024 4

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Is Casey DeSantis setting the stage to run for governor of Florida?

Elections are won via toughness, intelligence, name recognition, perception and money. Casey DeSantis easily checks all of those boxes. 

28.02.2024 10

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The political vultures circling Biden and Trump

What if the 25th Amendment is used to remove Biden from office should his health take a turn for the worse? What if Trump's legal issues prevent him...

24.02.2024 4

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Raise your privileged hand if you’re willing to ‘fight to the last Ukrainian’

Hey, what’s a million-plus dead and wounded when you live thousands of miles away in a bubble of arrogant privilege?

17.02.2024 30

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Democrats have a Kamala Harris problem

I have spoken to multiple high-level Democrats and not one of them wants Harris on the ticket for 2024.

10.02.2024 10

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Democratic and Republican elites fear RFK Jr.’s growing path to victory

In what is shaping up to be a three-person contest between President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and independent candidate Robert F....

03.02.2024 3

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With Trump’s help, the resurrection of Ron DeSantis begins today

Were Trump not in the 2024 contest, I believe DeSantis would have been the best Republican candidate.

22.01.2024 6

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The un-American disenfranchisement of RFK Jr. voters

Kennedy's campaign should not have to waste precious time and resources fighting partisan provisions enacted to deny American citizens the right to...

20.01.2024 10

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Trump/Burgum 2024?

In some real and lasting ways, Trump and Burgum are cut from the same cloth.

16.01.2024 3

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Musk and Bezos must team up to save the space program — and humanity

Musk should grasp the olive branch being extended by Bezos with both hands and figure out a way for the two men to team as one regarding their shared...

13.01.2024 3

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Is DeSantis going to drop out of the race on Jan. 15?

We will see if DeSantis folds his hand and walks away from the table or goes all in with his dwindling stack of chips should ego rule reason.

06.01.2024 3

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Life lessons from NASA legends

The technology that determines our lives can and will fail.

30.12.2023 5

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Are Democratic judges, prosecutors and district attorneys trying to get Trump reelected?

A much more plausible argument to be made is that they simply and truly hate Trump.

23.12.2023 6

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Trump for president … of Harvard

If ever an institution needed the skills of a “turnaround expert,” it is Harvard.

16.12.2023 3

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Will Jill Biden save the Democrats?

It’s becoming clear that there is only one person in the country who might be able to dissuade President Biden from seeking a second term.

13.12.2023 1

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Elon Musk declares war on Disney and Bob Iger

While many on the left may now detest Musk for defending himself and his site, tens of millions are embracing this increasingly defiant Musk.

09.12.2023 10

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Has DeSantis also blown his chances in 2028?

Has he flushed all of that goodwill and potential down the political toilet because he jumped the gun, seemed disloyal, comes across as aloof and...

02.12.2023 3

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He saved humanity: The better way to remember JFK

This time of the year should not be remembered for the day Kennedy’s life was taken, but rather for the time he literally saved humanity from...

25.11.2023 5

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Democrats fear this one simple question will doom Biden

“Were you better off four years ago than you are now?”

18.11.2023 30

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Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud creates a flash of hope

After the most sensational sporting accomplishment of his young life, Stroud deliberately chose to move the spotlight off himself to address a subject...

11.11.2023 4

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Why is Biden denying Secret Service protection to RFK Jr.?

Just last week, an intruder was arrested twice after trying to break into the LA home of Kennedy and his wife Cheryl Hines, both of whom were inside...

04.11.2023 6

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Advice for college megadonors whose alma maters fail the test

A growing percentage of our population has come to believe that many colleges and universities have willingly — or via bullying — gotten away from...

28.10.2023 10

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Leading Democrats need to go to the White House to ask Biden and Harris to step aside

This is not a partisan point. It is one about mutual survival. 

21.10.2023 8

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Terrorists don’t care about pronouns, identity politics, smaller government or traditional values

Evil is as evil does. It not only kills the innocents, but it also purposely kills the hope of peace.

14.10.2023 6

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An RFK Jr. third-party run would hurt Trump while building upon his 2016 success

Are the political sands now shifting enough to make a Kennedy victory possible? Evidence seems to be mounting. 

07.10.2023 5

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What does the crown prince of Saudi Arabia know that we don’t?  

As some in the media obsessively focus on the “sportswashing” being conducted by Saudi Arabia, I would submit that they are missing the much...

30.09.2023 2

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John Cusack misses the larger tragedy

As bad as it may be for working-class Americans continually being sold out by the entrenched elite, it is much worse for the millions barely existing...

23.09.2023 6

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Did RFK Jr. hint the ‘rigged’ DNC may force him to run third party?

If the system is “rigged” and he is shut out of the Democratic primary, does his quest become a lost cause?

16.09.2023 20

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Can the hated Trump be correct about the ‘madness’ of electric vehicles — or any other policy?

In the minds of those who hate him, has Trump ever been correct about any policy? Ever?

09.09.2023 1

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