Alon Ben-Meir: From anti-Russian McCarthyism to pro-Russian Trumpism
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Back in the 1950s, in the United States, even a whisper of sympathy for Russia or the Soviet Union was unthinkable and seen as almost traitorous.
Search Results for U.S. Congress
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We are now at war with Iran: Trump launches strikes; objectives not clear
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The U.S. and Israel are now at war with Iran, over Iran’s nuclear program, which was supposedly obliterated, per the insistence of Donald Trump, a few months ago by a round of U.S. and Israeli air strikes, but apparently wasn’t.
The two faces of Ben Cline when it comes to deficits, the national debt
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The national debt when Donald Trump took office in 2017: $20.2 trillion. The debt would rise during his first term by $8.2 trillion, then during the four-year term of Joe Biden another $7.8 trillion.
It’s OK for Trump to bully people: Fight fire with fire, and you’re the bad guy
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Our average Augusta County reader: not offended by the president posting videos of the Obamas as apes, Ben Cline calling a Senate Democratic leader a “clown.”
Tom Perriello: ‘What people remember is when we stand up for people’
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Tom Perriello knew when he cast his vote for the Affordable Care Act in 2010 that it may very well cost him his job as a freshman congressman.
Augusta County moving to West Virginia? According to one dumb BOS member, sure
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Memo to Michael Shull: Route 250 is your way across the mountains, and there’s no doubt a wide availability of properties, probably at bargain-basement prices.
A cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome: Group wisdom from ‘The West Wing’
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When I began watching reruns of “The West Wing,” I thought I had discovered a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome, the malady Republicans created to disturb the sleep of thoughtful Americans.
Fool’s Gold: The Art of the Steal, and the privatization of the presidency
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In his State of the Union address, President Trump declared that America is entering a “Golden Age.” Golden for whom?
Ben Cline on the State of the Union, Spanberger: Somebody is truth-challenged
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Ben Cline issued a statement on the State of the Union, and the response from Abigail Spanberger, quick enough after both that you have to assume the statement was pre-written.
New law moves 2026 midterm primaries in Virginia from June to August
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Good news for all of us here in Virginia ahead of the 2026 midterms: the party primaries have been moved from June to August, with the expectation that we’re going to have new congressional districts.
