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By Rebecca Solnit, Guest political essayist, The New York Times, Jan 5, 2022. When called upon to believe that Barack Obama was really born in Kenya, millions got in line. When encouraged to believe that the 2012 Sandy Hook murder of 20 children and six adults was a hoax, too many stepped up. When urged to

By Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Columnist, December 13, 2021. In a crowded 2024 presidential field, Republican politicians are seeking any path available to the nomination. Lately, they’ve decided the most promising one is paved on the backs of vulnerable immigrant children. Among the most brazen to adopt this strategy: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Republicans see immigration

By E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post Columnist, Nov 21, 2021. The leaders of both parties in the House of Representatives offered the nation an important lesson last week about why our politics are broken and our national mood is so surly. The master class was taught inadvertently by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and somewhat more

Extract of an opinion by Dana Milbank  Washington Post Columnist, October 20, 2021. Republican Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) have refused to join the rest of Donald Trump’s GOP on its goose step toward authoritarianism. The lonely pair voted with Democrats on the Jan. 6 committee to hold Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon in

Editor’s note:  The following Letter to the Editor was printed in the Sept 15th edition of The Daily Sun. How dare Florida Republicans call themselves pro-life while refusing federal aid benefiting Florida’s most vulnerable children! Republicans failed to expand Medicaid which would have provided healthcare for many of those children and failed to distribute the

Opinion by Dana Milbank, Washington Post Columnist, September 1, 2021. Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like. Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants: to take us to an America where women cannot get abortions, even

The state of our state continues to decline due to Republican negligence. Day after day, in city after city, horrific news about the toll COVID-19 is taking on Florida continues to spill out. Thousands of children have either tested positive or are in quarantine due to potential exposure. Hospital systems in Tampa Bay and Orlando