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SONDERMANN | Thanking Lincoln for his Thanksgiving proclamation
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When we are not taking a sledgehammer to statues of Abraham Lincoln or desecrating those monuments with graffiti or changing the name of Abraham Lincoln High School (even while the place was shuttered due to COVID) or otherwise suggesting that the savior of our union be held to some impossible standard of newly defined enlightenment,…
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Colorado’s Buck, Neguse hammer along party lines in Trump impeachment hearing
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Two Coloradans sitting on opposite sides of a wide partisan divide questioned legal scholars Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its first day of hearings to determine whether to impeach President Donald Trump. U.S. Reps. Ken Buck and Joe Neguse each held the microphone for five minutes during tense, day-long testimony that featured four…
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May: These not-so-united states
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In a truly diverse America, why shouldn’t Oregonians and Kansans have different values? The People’s Democratic Republic of Oregon. That has a kind of ring to it, don’t you think? The reason this phrase has crystallized in my mind: Just after it was confirmed that Donald Trump had defeated Hillary Clinton, a petition was submitted…
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Hudson: Trump’s wild ride to convention could hit historically predicted dead end
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“Close only counts in horseshoes.” The old adage is nowhere more meaningful than at national political conventions. This round, Democrats are salivating at the opportunity to run against Donald Trump in November; but, truth be told, he is becoming increasingly less likely to emerge as the Republican nominee. One minor historical fact consistently overlooked is…
