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Opinion · 118th Congress

Is the American dream for everyone? Just ask Ilhan Omar

congressional audience Tuesday night who seemed to find it darn near impossible to stand and clap for Biden’s defense of democracy and condemnation of the true “mob,” who tried to undermine it on Jan. 6,

Opinion · 118th Congress

Pelosi started a war Jeffries has to finish 

But Pelosi apparently learned nothing from Reid’s flagrant partisanship when, in her determination to control the Jan. 6 select committee’s scope and narrative, she egregiously broke precedent by

Opinion · 118th Congress

House Freedom Caucus goes full ‘swamp’

Matt Gaetz of Florida, boasted during a Jan. 6 Fox News appearance that he had run out of things to demand McCarthy give up in return for cooperation to secure the speakership.

Opinion · 118th Congress

Meet 2023’s politics, even more dramatic than 2022’s

Many of McCarthy’s detractors are Trump loyalists, which should not be glossed over on this second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and they want to push harder to enact his “Make America

Opinion · 117th Congress

Republicans have a very strange idea of self-interest

As some might recall, there was a bit of a contretemps on Jan. 6, 2021, over Vice President Mike Pence’s purported power to reject duly cast electoral votes. 

Opinion · 117th Congress

It’s about more than one dinner and a man named Trump

But to ask anyone to ignore Trump’s well-documented history, his both-sides wink at the deadly Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally and his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the

Opinion · 117th Congress

Impeach Biden or investigate Trump? Voters have a choice to make

oversimplify a bit, the choice on the ballot in November — especially for the House — comes down to whether voters want to impeach Joe Biden or complete the investigation into Trump’s complicity in the Jan. 6

Opinion · 117th Congress

What happens to America when optimism dies?

talking about his GOP House colleagues, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, and their waffling about complying with subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,

Opinion · 117th Congress

When did admitting mistakes become weakness for Republicans? 

McCarthy’s own voice reveals this witness to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol not only blaming Trump but also worrying that members of his own caucus would be complicit in undermining

Opinion · 117th Congress

In game of congressional limbo, how low can the GOP go?

Even if the nation staggers through December with its credit unsullied and its diplomatic corps replenished, there is the sad-eyed Jan. 6 anniversary to worry about.

Opinion · 117th Congress

My uphill battle not to worry about our democracy

As Confederate-flag-waving zealots, threatening to hang Mike Pence, invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, I kept repeating the mantra that they were only a tiny, crazed fraction of the 74 million Trump

Opinion · 117th Congress

When an insurrection is seen as just another day in America

It’s a question I ask after hearing too many Republicans dismiss the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a violent pro-Trump mob trying to halt the counting of American citizens’ votes as a “normal tourist

Opinion · 117th Congress

Still in trouble … and getting worse

Since that column, the Capitol was attacked and defiled by Trump-fueled rioters on Jan. 6, with members from both parties (including the sitting vice president) threatened.