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Author: Chris Truax, Opinion columnist

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Pence should threaten the 25th Amendment and Congress should impeach to purge Trump stain

January 11, 2021Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Pence should threaten the 25th Amendment and Congress should impeach to purge Trump stain

Many are calling for unity and healing. The best way to start the process is for a sweeping bipartisan majority to officially condemn Trump’s behavior.

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What to do about that pardon Trump will grant himself

December 2, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on What to do about that pardon Trump will grant himself

There can be no higher priority for the Biden administration than repairing and strengthening our democratic institutions.

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Trump COVID-19 diagnosis reveals yet another way he has corrupted our national life

October 5, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Trump COVID-19 diagnosis reveals yet another way he has corrupted our national life

Foreswearing our worst impulses doesn’t mean we can’t luxuriate in the irony. Nor does it mean we can’t recognize that Trump has done this to himself.

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Trump’s weekend photo op reveals dangerous 2020 strategy: Populist Dictators for Dummies

August 10, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Trump’s weekend photo op reveals dangerous 2020 strategy: Populist Dictators for Dummies

This is only the opening bell in perhaps the wildest, riskiest three months in US political history. We’ll need grim determination to get through them.

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Attorney General William Barr was once widely respected. Thanks to Trump, not anymore.

July 13, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Attorney General William Barr was once widely respected. Thanks to Trump, not anymore.

Barr’s repeated interventions in the Justice Department in support of Trump’s political goals have blackened what was once a sterling reputation.

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Trump: I’m the president, I can’t be subpoenaed or investigated. Supreme Court: Uh, no.

July 10, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Trump: I’m the president, I can’t be subpoenaed or investigated. Supreme Court: Uh, no.

Attending to foreign policy crises might theoretically be grounds for putting off a subpoena. Working on your golf game is not. Trump could make the time.

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Star Trek has a lesson Bernie bros need to hear: We’re not ready

February 29, 2020Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Star Trek has a lesson Bernie bros need to hear: We’re not ready

If you are a progressive, I understand you yearn for President Sanders with all your heart. But I beg you. Consider the rest of us.

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Donald Trump’s baseless Joe Biden conspiracy fantasy should make Americans feel sick

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019Chris Truax, Opinion columnistComments Off on Donald Trump’s baseless Joe Biden conspiracy fantasy should make Americans feel sick

Trump is proud of pressing a foreign government to investigate a nonsensical conspiracy theory about a political rival. That was corrupt on its face.

Headlines

‘Never seen anything like this’: Idalia deluge still wreaking havoc in Southeast. Live updates

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023John Bacon, Douglas Soule and Christopher Cann, USA TODAY

A State Department office is giving young people a voice. Abby Finkenauer is leading the effort

August 31, 2023Rachel Looker, USA TODAY

Far-right candidate seduces Argentine electorate

August 31, 2023AP

Hundreds join Nepal gay pride rally

August 31, 2023AP

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

These kids are good: Young Reds in pursuit of a pennant stretch to remember

August 31, 2023Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

Dog repeatedly escapes Michigan shelter, sneaks into nursing home, is adopted by residents

August 31, 2023John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

Kia recalls nearly 320,000 cars because the trunk may not open from the inside

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY
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