Who are the semi-Never Trumpers? Perhaps the most famous/infamous is Ross Douthat, who recently spent a column, The Once and Future Threat of Trump, desperately trying to explain away the fact that his previous writings on Trump, both before the January 6 riot and after, were politely yet accurately skewered by Robert Kagan in his…
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Charles Grassley, Revised and Extended
U.S. senators have the option to “revise and extend” their remarks made on the floor of the Senate when their remarks are printed up in the Congressional Record. Recently, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa) spoke regarding his involvement in the successful effort to prevent President Obama from placing Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court,…
We have survived Trump. Can we survive the Republican Congress?
My answer is, probably not. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are asking the FBI to investigate allegations (made by them) that Christopher Steele, author of the famous/infamous Trump dossier, may have lied to federal authorities. The basis for these allegations? Well, they aren’t saying. And Politico’s Kyle Chene, reporting…