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Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference at Pinellas County schools, Aug. 11, 2021. (Credit: Gov. DeSantis Facebook/The Florida Phoenix).

Ron DeSantis talks tough to Disney, but is a Putin appeaser | Dick Polman

BY: - March 20, 2023

Putin needs a Neville Chamberlain in the White House. DeSantis fits the bill to a T.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on Nov. 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Rupert Murdoch said the quiet part about Fox News out loud | Dick Polman

BY: - March 6, 2023

The rajah of right-wing propaganda has been stripped bare.

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What’s wrong with electing judges? Let’s start with everything | Dick Polman

BY: - February 27, 2023

I loathe the practice of electing high court judges. It happens in 22 states, including Pennsylvania, and it strikes me as sleaze incarnate.

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Georgia grand jury confirms what we knew about Trump all along | Dick Polman

BY: - February 20, 2023

Bottom line: The weather is warming for most of us. But for Trump, winter is coming.

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Are you really surprised by Joe Biden’s State of the Union performance? | Dick Polman

BY: - February 13, 2023

What other Democrat is best-equipped to keep the GOP Visigoths away from the gates of power?

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Why the debt ceiling fight is the GOP’s Groundhog Day | Dick Polman

BY: - February 6, 2023

It’s clear why Republicans fear specifics. Whenever they’ve pulled that stunt in the past, they’ve gotten burned.

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If you thought Donald Trump was the worst, give Mike Pompeo a look | Dick Polman

BY: - January 30, 2023

Many Republicans want to leave Donald Trump in the dust. The bad news is so many of them are just as odious.

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Another day, another George Santos revelation | Dick Polman

BY: - January 23, 2023

How asymmetric it is that one party tries to police its ranks often to a fault, while the other party is so despicably shameless.

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How Republicans normalized George Santos | Dick Polman

BY: - January 9, 2023

It’s also a mystery how the guy managed to pump $700,000 into his own campaign.

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Biden Marriage Protection Act signing

Gay marriage is no longer a right-wing wedge issue | Dick Polman

BY: - December 19, 2022

Sometimes the long arc of history does bend toward justice.

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Republicans can’t seem to fathom why they lost | Dick Polman

BY: - December 12, 2022

Bad candidates, no ideas, and the Trump factor added up losses up and down the ballot.

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America’s post-midterm forecast is sunnier than we dared to dream | Dick Polman

BY: - November 14, 2022

As right-wing pundit Erick Erickson pointed out, Trump 'saddled the GOP with a lot of clunker candidates.'