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Lucian K. Truscott Iv

Lucian K. Truscott Iv

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ABC News capitulates to Donald Trump. Is this the future of American media?

If past is prologue, a second Trump administration could crush the First Amendment

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Remembering Donald Trump’s last political abduction racket

Let’s stop repeating Republican talking points and call deportation what it is: Kidnapping and theft

10.12.2024 7

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Joe Biden’s Hunter lesson: The political high road is a mirage

How quickly we forget. On the morn of President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, there is nary a column inch about who Trump pardoned before he...

03.12.2024 5

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The end of the special counsel forever? Jack Smith is in survival mode

If you have an abiding interest in American history, as I do, I suggest that you pay close attention to what is happening in Washington D.C. as we...

26.11.2024 20

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Mr. Me Too: Donald Trump surrounds himself with small, weak men 

My email inbox over the weekend was flooded with stories about the appointments of Pete Hegseth to Secretary of Defense and Matt Gaetz to Attorney...

19.11.2024 10

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Donald Trump versus the "woke" military: More proof he hates America

While Memorial Day honors those who have died in our foreign wars, Veterans Day honors the service of all those who have served this country in...

12.11.2024 30

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Betting it all on fluoride: Trump takes a risky final gamble to let RFK Jr. “go wild” on health

If the toxic mix of arrogance and certainty could be captured on film, it would look like the faces of Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The...

05.11.2024 20

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There is a great big hole in the surface of the Earth where a certain man’s heart should be

Donald Trump’s Sunday rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden was only the most recent of the many hate fests that have marked not only his...

29.10.2024 20

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Does the Constitution even apply to Donald Trump? If he wins, probably not

Donald J. Trump infamously called for the termination of the Constitution when he was seeking to be declared the “RIGHTFUL WINNER” of the 2020...

22.10.2024 40

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Trump’s lie-industrial complex

Lying and denial go hand in hand. Every time a lie is told, a denial must be concocted to protect the lie by denying that it is a lie. What Donald...

15.10.2024 3

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The problem with reporting on Donald Trump is the press never took him seriously

The way political journalism worked before Donald Trump seems quaint in retrospect. If it was a presidential election year, a reporter was assigned a...

08.10.2024 50

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When natural disaster strikes, the legacy of Ronald Reagan haunts

It’s long been a cliché that Republicans are against the government until disaster strikes. At a 1986 press conference, Ronald Reagan uttered the...

01.10.2024 60

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For Donald Trump, it’s the golf that matters

I remember when I covered the presidential campaign (briefly) for the late-lamented Village Voice in 2016.  The first thing I did was log onto...

24.09.2024 20

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Unbalanced is the new black

Here’s a question: Why hasn’t there been more shock about the second (apparent) attempt on the life of Donald Trump in as many months?  I mean,...

17.09.2024 9

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Abortion, abortion, abortion: Harris has a surefire path to knock Trump off his game

All that the thing on ABC tonight will have in common with a debate is two lecterns and two people...er, ah…one person and a mental health crisis in...

10.09.2024 20

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There is one big reason why this election feels so different: Donald Trump is lost

If  2020 was the face mask election, this one is turning out to be the Bounty election — you know…the “quicker picker upper” paper towels we...

13.08.2024 90

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“Whirlwind”: The fastest two weeks in American political history

“I launched my campaign for the President of the United States a mere two weeks ago,” Vice President Kamala Harris noted at the start of her...

08.08.2024 50

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Kamala's amazing rise: It wasn't flipping the script — it was releasing pent-up emotion

It’s hard to believe that it’s been only a week. I’ve been looking for the word to describe the feeling of the change that happened since Joe...

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The Secret Service director should be fired

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Monday to answer questions about the attempted...

23.07.2024 9

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Bye, bye Aileen

Judge Aileen Cannon ran her courtroom in Fort Pierce, Florida, like a massage parlor for one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best friends, and on Monday she...

16.07.2024 40

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Trump Claims Ignorance on Project 2025 But Can’t Run From His Agenda 47 Plan

While Democrats have busied themselves arguing whether they should stick with the presidential candidate they’ve already got, the current president,...

09.07.2024 7

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"Freedom cities" and a "Department of Life": It's too late for Trump to ditch Project 2025

While Democrats have busied themselves arguing whether they should stick with the presidential candidate they’ve already got, the current president,...

09.07.2024 60

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This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum

Compare and contrast. That’s what a political campaign is for; candidates present their vision of where they will take the country, and why you...

02.07.2024 20

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Don’t explain. Don’t excuse: Joe Biden’s only debate strategy is to attack Donald Trump

It’s Lee Atwater time for the Trump campaign.  It’s understandable if the name escapes you. Atwater hasn’t been in the news much since he...

25.06.2024 10

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How a semi-secret right-wing media empire is blanketing America with lies

Propaganda used to be a dirty word in this country. Long associated with authoritarian regimes in countries like Russia and China, propaganda as it...

18.06.2024 60

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Trump’s shark tale: We have to come up with a new word for “unhinged”

We have to come up with a new word for “unhinged.” That was my reaction after watching the entirety of Donald Trump’s speech at his Las Vegas...

11.06.2024 7

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America’s stormy weather clears a path for hope

The news today is filled with photographs and stories about tornados that have blasted through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky. At least 25...

29.05.2024 60

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Judge Cannon's secret right-wing getaway: Why didn't we know about this?

Let me ask you a question: How many all-expenses-paid vacations at luxury hunting and fishing lodges have you enjoyed over the last few years? I’m...

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The trouble with Trump polls

Up and down and around and around and up and down we go, and where we’ll stop nobody knows!  That’s not me talking; it’s not even a carnival...

30.04.2024 8

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The terrible equations of war: What GOP success stalling Ukraine aid looks like on the battlefield

Both chambers of Congress, including the Republican-led and disarrayed House of Representatives, just passed a supplemental foreign aid bill that...

24.04.2024 10

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A world war in waiting: After Iran's attack, it's almost here

An act of war. I’ll just bet you didn’t see or hear those words in any coverage over the weekend of Iran’s aggression from the air on Israel....

16.04.2024 10

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In the absence of American unity, we return to trust

When was the last time you pulled the elastic bands of a KN-95 mask behind your ears and felt its effect on your lungs as you took your next breath? ...

02.04.2024 4

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Trump blows the MAGA whistle — and his signal is heard loud and clear

It may seem superfluous to say this, but it needs saying: He means it. Donald Trump meant it when he called his mob to Washington in December of 2020...

19.03.2024 70

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The pure emptiness of Katie Britt

If there’s one thing the last 72 hours have taught us, it’s how hard it is to be a woman and a Republican these days.  Take the woman who has...

12.03.2024 70

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There is something wrong at the New York Times

Two things…check that…three things appear to have gone off the rails at the paper we used to call the Gray Lady.  First, whoever is in charge of...

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First abortion, then IVF… and now birth control?

Man, one thing you can depend on Republicans for is that if you give them a shovel, they will just keep on digging.  Last week the Alabama Supreme...

27.02.2024 80

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Trump’s plan to disappear millions

What do you think would happen if one day you looked out your window and saw a box truck pull up and park outside your house, and a bunch of armed men...

20.02.2024 90

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The GOP primary is in a parallel universe. Republicans are about to get a reality shock

This is what was happening in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday night.  Donald Trump was speaking at a rally he said was the biggest ever held...

23.01.2024 20

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The thumb-twiddler caucus toys with funding while Ukraine fights for its very existence

You have to wonder what it would take to get House and Senate Republicans to get off their collective duffs and walk across their respective cloak...

12.12.2023 10

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