Well, this is an eye-roller. Former President Donald Trump has been taking flack for calling Russia’s Vladimir Putin “smart,” “savvy,” and a “genius.” The howls from his critics were instant. No less than usual friend House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy…
Sacramento In a normally managed state, news of a ban on oil imports from Russia — and gas prices that are nailing local residents to the tune of $6 or more a gallon in some cities — would spur officials…
There’s so much celebration and analysis of the 2021 election, especially in Virginia, that it has become hard to separate one from the other. Some Republican congressman are reportedly already calling House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “Mr. Speaker.” That’s a…
To say it is disturbing is to understate. A recent Washington Post editorial was headlined, “Kevin McCarthy’s downward spiral.” Then ex-Bush 43 speechwriter-turned-Post columnist Michael Gerson, of all people, wrote an op-ed titled, “Kevin McCarthy emerges as a demagogue in…
Here is the headline in the Washington Post: Liz Cheney appointed vice chair of select committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol attack The story says this, bold print for emphasis supplied: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has been appointed as vice chair…
Ahead of and after the 2020 presidential election, a number of my friends who also are Republican women engaged in what came to be known as “The Conversation.” As special House Committee hearings on the January 6 Capitol attacks have…
We’re beginning to see what happens when they run out of shiny objects, and all that’s left is dull. Tuesday the Jan. 6 Committee, which was constructed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as an edifice intended to resemble the 9/11…
Let’s not kid ourselves. Former — yes, former — President Donald Trump wants to run for president in 2024, and so he shall. The story some Republicans like to tell themselves — that Trump will not run again for the…
If we learned one thing after two generations of Cheneys in American politics, it is that they shoot their friends. Exasperated Republicans decided this week that potshots from one of their own atop the incoming from Democrats and their media…
