Most of you are familiar by now with the concept of Coattails, since I have written several times that I've never seen a politician with shorter ones than Trump. Briefly, the concept is that a popular candidate, usually an incumbent at...
When suppertime came the old cook came on deck saying, Fellas it's too rough to feed ya. At 7 PM a main hatchway caved in, he said, Fellas it's been good to know ya   Gordon Lightfoot   The Wreck of...
If there's a MAGAt on your Xian Xmas shopping list, here's just the thing. This is for the man who's decided that if you've got to be politically correct like those lib wimps and wear a *%(@# face mask,...
Sometimes conmen even con themselves and I think we're about to view one of those times. Alex Jones has done everything that he can to get off the hook for his horrible conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook mass...
I wish Republicans would just settle on one alternative to "anything BUT the guns" causing mass shootings. I have just written that Trump-supporter Tony Perkins insists it is because we teach real science and prevent his idea of prayer in school....
This would be a great black comedy sketch and nobody would be laughing harder than me, but for the fact that not only is this real, but that the headlines are filled weekly, nowadays, with tales of the latest...
It was a busy morning but I tuned into the news to see the DOJ presser on the release of the report into the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde Texas.  The early write ups for print like...
Maybe it will benefit the gun control issue that actor Matthew McConaughey spoke at the White House today. It can't put the issue any further behind the eight ball, that much is certain. McConaughey's home town is Uvalde, Texas...
Personal admission. I'm a Matthew McConaughey fan. I especially liked his role in The Free State of Jones, but then I love historical pieces. But he is also a proud gun owner, a father, and most importantly a son of Uvalde. Who better...
Kevin McCarthy has a new headache in his caucus, one Randy Fine of Florida. The nation is reeling, once again, from another gun tragedy. Gun manufacturing stocks are soaring -- once again -- because after one of these debacles...

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