On Monday, Darline Graham Nordone announced she would run to replace her recently deceased brother Lindsey Graham as a US Senator representing South Carolina. Should we be troubled that blood relation to a prominent legislator seems to be her primary qualification for the job?
If Democrats continue to look good in polling for November's elections, expect Trump to continue to undermine the credibility of our system. And do not be shocked if he directs the federal government to take dubious actions in states in which results are going against his Republican sycophants.
A nation can only withstand so much selfish and delusional undermining of its foundation before it collapses, and then those claiming fraud in California will find out what true fraud and injustice look like.
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In nominating Paxton, Republicans have shown once more that they have become morally unmoored, if they ever seriously cared about morality and right and wrong at all. As long as a Republican politician slavishly supports Donald Trump and hates the right people loudly and nastily enough, he can be thoroughly corrupt and disregard the law without losing the support of Republican voters.
While I too am sympathetic toward an apologetic, elderly, first-time offender, I fear that by giving Peters a break despite having undermined our elections, we may be further motivating others to commit similar or worse actions.
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Perhaps the LA Mayor and City Council have done a poor job handling some of the issues highlighted by Pratt, but is the answer to hand power to a reality TV star with no government experience and a bad personal history of handling money?
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