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Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Feb 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...
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Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID FITZ Special to The Era 
Feb 17, 2025
An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...
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DOGE makes math great again
Opinion, Сolumns
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 13, 2025
President Trump is slapping America in the face. If we’re lucky, it will revive our sleepwalking nation. While cramming more action into a few hundred...
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US aid can’t be above scrutiny
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 05, 2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have triggered panic in Washington with their efforts to cap the U.S. foreign aid spigot. To the extent that this ignites a...
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Is Trump pushing powers beyond the Constitution?
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID G. SAVAGE Los Angeles Times 
Jan 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversit...
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Presidents and their pardons
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 22, 2025
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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Republicans have chance to seize the moment
Opinion, Сolumns
MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Jan 17, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation was quintessential Biden. He wove in folksy stories of America’s past. He...
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DEI and the H-1B visa undermine American workers
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
Jan 06, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Many Americans have never experienced a “good economy,” if a good economy is defined as one in which an individual can graduate fr...
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A look ahead to what might happen in 2025
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Dec 27, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — My prediction that President Joe Biden would drop out was a rare bright spot among last year’s not totally serious predictions. Und...
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Biden vetoes JUDGES Act
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 26, 2024
There’s precious little agreement between congressionalRepublicansandDemocratsthese days. So it’s unusual that the president this week vetoed a bill t...
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McCormick can take cue from Casey
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 23, 2024
Pennsylvanians have said goodbye to Sen.Bob Caseyfollowing a contentious campaign against RepublicanDavid McCormick, who prevailed in a tight vote las...
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A bad idea for Social Security
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 19, 2024
The Social Security Trust Fundwill run dry by 2033. At that point, incoming payroll tax revenues will be able to pay just 79% of scheduled benefits. T...
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