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Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
Commentary, Nation World
DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 15, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — TheDemocratsare leaderless; theDemocratshave an identity crisis; theDemocratshave lousy approval ratings. None of that precludes them...
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Commentary, Local Columnists
BILL HAMMOND 
May 13, 2025
ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...
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Commentary, Nation World
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
May 08, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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Lawmakers make bank on stocks
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 02, 2025
The DOGE-damners on Capitol Hill are going to hate Elon Musk’s latest target: Congressional wallets. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night...
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Readers’ Turn to Write: Taking lessons from history
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
BILL STEPHEN 
Mar 20, 2025
The country’s political and economic instability, combined with its citizens’ anger and dissatisfaction with the state of the country, enables a chari...
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