Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is having a moment. Pundits are suggesting that the Jan. 6 hearings, by exposing former president Donald Trump’s complicity in a coup attempt, will redound to DeSantis’s benefit in 2024.
In the aftermath of testimony given to the January 6 committee by former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson, a wave of nostalgia has swept across the nation’s capital.
The photo was surreal . . . a young girl with a look of shock, being consoled by her mother as they walked along the sidewalk. Accompanying them - one behind and one in the front - were two armed police officers in military gear offering protection.
At last, Congress has passed its something’sbetter-than-nothing package of gun-safety legislation. Though the vast majority of Republicans voted against the extremely modest law, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) assures us that they are “committed to identifying and solving the root causes of violent crimes.”
The speed at which the teachers in our public schools went from being heroes who quickly adapted to pandemic isolation to villains causing longterm emotional stress for young people has been mind-numbing.
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