TODAY No Sweep for Progressives
IT’S POLITICAL: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary race for Senate, another win for a progressive defeating a centrist congresswoman in the latest victory for the party’s left wing.
YESTERDAY Dr. Trump Prescribes for the Nation
DR. TRUMP PRESCRIBES: President Trump yesterday signed an executive order calling for American children to be immunized against fewer diseases with a longer schedule of shots.
But in Wisconsin the progressive Francesca Hong lost to the more moderate David Crowley to win the Democratic nomination for governor.
On the Republican side, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth beat MyPillow founder and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell to win the state’s Republican primary for governor.
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Your Attention to This Matter
Monday, August 10, 2026
CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES: Nothing seems urgent this morning so we are going to mostly take the morning off. But we thought we would share that the President of the United States, who presides over a war he started and can’t …
Read moreCourt Says Stop the Ballroom Dance
Saturday, August 8, 2026
August 8, 2026Vol. 15, No. 2346 STOP THE DANCE: A federal appeals panel in a scolding opinion yesterday voted two to one to stop construction on President Trump’s White House ballroom. The court said in its decision that, “Each president is …
Read moreBlanche Nomination in Trouble
Friday, August 7, 2026
IT’S POLITICAL: Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche to the position of attorney general. While Blanche serves as acting attorney general, Murkowski said in a social media post that, “The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department …
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Page Two: America at 250
Friday, July 10, 2026
PAGE TWO: FIRE ANDY ROONEY
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Page Two: 1984 in 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Take Back the Flag
Monday, January 13, 2025
Subscribe and Read
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The Most Corrupt Justice
Monday, October 2, 2023
Democracy and Video in the Dark
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Page Two: Do the Right Thing
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
