Dick Polman

Chaplain of the House of Representatives Father Patrick J. Conroy, upper left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, bottom enter, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Anyone nurturing a faint hope that Paul Ryan would turn compassionate in his waning hours of power has been jolted back to reality by his mimicking of King Henry II of England

7 years ago

President Trump called in to 'Fox & Friends' on Thursday, April 26, 2018.

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Bingeing President Bonkers: A rant for the record books

Seriously, anyone who still doubts the veracity of Michael Wolff’s bestselling book, notably his anecdotes about Trump’s backstage tantrums, need only watch this Fox episode.

7 years ago

Republican U.S. Congressional candidate Debbie Lesko, right, celebrates her win with former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at her home, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Peoria, Ariz. Lesko ran against Democratic candidate Hiral Tipirneni for Arizona's 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Arizona. (Matt York/AP Photo)

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Republicans freak out after narrow win in deep red Arizona

Republicans notched a victory Tuesday night in a special House election. They should be happy, right? Well, they’re not. Par ...

7 years ago

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, M.D., sits with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Veteran's Affairs Committee, before their meeting on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 16, 2018 in Washington.

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Ronny Jackson and the Trump cult of incompetence

Ronny is on the rocks. Gee, What a surprise.

7 years ago

Former FBI Director James Comey and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Susan Walsh and Patrick Semansky AP Photos)

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James Comey’s original sin still resonates

James Comey is currently touring the nation as Donald Trump’s nemesis, which is fine. But if not for Comey’s inexplicable int ...

7 years ago

Police tape blocks off a Waffle House restaurant Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. At least four people died after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant early Sunday. (Mark Humphrey/AP Photo)

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The ‘well-regulated Militia’ hits the Waffle House

It was just another standard all-American shooting — guy with an AR-15 kills people at a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee — but it ...

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a discussion on bridging political and partisan divides with Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., last month.

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Three reasons why Joe Biden should run in 2020

Biden signaled again last Sunday that he's weighing the race.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 29, 2018, file photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks in Palmyra, Mo. Attorneys defending Greitens against an invasion-of-privacy charge are raising doubts about the testimony of a woman with whom he had an affair. In a court filing dated Sunday, April 8, 2018, his attorneys say the woman testified she never saw Greitens with a camera or phone on the day he is accused of taking a partially nude photo of her while she was blindfolded and bound. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo, File)

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Missouri’s Republican sex scandal is way better than Trump’s

Need a break from Trump? Come with me to Missouri.

7 years ago

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Why are right-wing paranoids so obsessed with George Soros?

It was inevitable that right-wing fans of the Trump-Cohen-Hannity troika would try to slime the federal judge who’s handling the Mi ...

7 years ago

In this March 4, 2016, file photo, Sean Hannity of Fox News arrives in National Harbor, Md. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo, file)

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Sean Hannity’s cozy conflict-of-interest hackery

It’s exquisitely delicious that Michael Cohen’s mysterious third client turns out to be Sean Hannity. But the news barely bud ...

7 years ago

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives to address an interactive session on "America, India and Democracy in the 21st Century" in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006. The session was organized by The Aspen Institute India and Confederation of Indian Industry. Also seen background right is President of The Aspen Institute India Tarun Das. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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Madeleine Albright: Democrats share blame in the rise of Trump

Madeleine Albright's new book, "Fascism, A Warning," is an eloquent diagnosis of the grassroots ills that threaten democracies and give rise to demagogues like Donald Trump.

7 years ago