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On DHS Funding, GOP Doesn’t Deserve the Blame (But Will Probably Get It)
Posted on February 17, 2015
Republicans in Congress remind me of the kid who constantly gets in trouble at school. Even when it’s not his fault, he gets blamed. Speaker Boehner said over the weekend...
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His Words Jumped Off the Pages
Posted on February 14, 2015
His words jumped off the pages. And at that point, I knew I was in the Major Leagues. I moved to Washington in September of 1989, and improbably found myself...
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AUMF
Posted on February 12, 2015
Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries. Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....
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Fake News, Real News and the State of Journalism
Posted on February 11, 2015
I am not a journalist. I went to journalism school for two years, but transferred my major to History because I just liked it more. I do write this blog,...
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Democracy Unbalanced
Posted on February 10, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Where is Robert Byrd, now that the Senate really needs him? The former long-serving senator from West Virginia was a stickler for congressional prerogatives....
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