2020 election

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The war for your mind

13 August 2020 1:57 am

The romantic plans of a Kazakh bodybuilder named Yuri Tolochko have become one more casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. He…

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Will it be Biden-Harris or Harris-Biden?

12 August 2020 9:51 am

News of Kamala Harris’s selection as Joe Biden’s running mate was greeted by everything but the popping of champagne corks…

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President Kamala, mistress of puppets?

12 August 2020 9:06 am

So, will it be President Kamala Harris after all? You might think so. After all, whoever Joe Biden’s ventriloquist is…

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Kamala Harris ticks all Biden’s boxes

12 August 2020 7:18 am

With his selection of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden bowed time the inevitable. Harris ticks all the boxes — Bay Area…

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Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

12 August 2020 6:36 am

In a rare win for the police, Joe Biden has selected California senator Kamala Harris to join him on the…

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Joe Biden should debate

11 August 2020 4:24 am

Why would a benevolent God deny us the prospect of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? As the…

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There is no ‘do no harm’ VP pick

10 August 2020 10:56 pm

If you’ve kept half an eye on the ‘who will it be?’ story that is the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nomination,…

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The Democrats want a Cold War, but will they get a civil war?

10 August 2020 1:18 am

With the Swamp lovingly tended under the Obama/Biden administration, the Democrats sense a chance to end President Trump and carry…

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What’s on the agenda?

8 August 2020 7:47 am

Donald Trump has been tight-lipped about his second-term agenda, preferring to speak about the past accomplishments of his administration when…

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Hidin’ Biden’s basement convention

7 August 2020 3:45 am

Not everyone appreciates the extent to which the Democrats pushing Joe Biden for president are students of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.…

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Top Democrats contemplate civil war if Biden loses

6 August 2020 9:09 pm

The chattering caste of Washington DC has spent much of the summer obsessed with the idea that Donald Trump will…

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Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack

6 August 2020 7:19 am

Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…

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Who does Trump want?

6 August 2020 3:45 am

Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…

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Have we passed peak Biden?

4 August 2020 3:12 am

A consensus has formed about this presidential election: it is Joe Biden’s to lose. As long as his vice-presidential nomination…

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Has Trump turned you into a masochist?

31 July 2020 5:21 am

Welcome back to the Red Room, Democrats. On Thursday morning President Trump fired off a stream of consciousness tweet tinkering…

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Trump’s election delay tweet smacks of desperation

31 July 2020 1:39 am

Donald Trump’s tweet mooting an election delay isn’t a sign of strength but weakness. Maybe he’ll say it was just…

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No, Trump can’t delay the election

31 July 2020 12:10 am

While cries of ‘authoritarian dictator’ have been lobbied at the President by America’s progressives over the past three and a…

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The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?

30 July 2020 1:23 pm

It is usually a bad idea for a presidential candidate to leave himself open to the accusation that he is…

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Biden is not the president America needs

29 July 2020 11:43 pm

In a 2008 essay in the American Conservative, I encouraged my fellow conservatives to vote for Sen. Barack Obama in…

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Get ready for Trump’s second term

28 July 2020 10:18 pm

President Trump’s adversaries are running Joe Biden, a fallback Beltway lifer who is credibly accused of selling his office, leaking…

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This is what $1,200 looks like in campaign merch

28 July 2020 4:29 am

Is your stimulus check on its way? New reports suggest the Republican-run Senate planning to include another $1,200 check in…

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Why Trumpism won’t outlive Trump

27 July 2020 11:52 pm

Trumpism is, according to its adherents, meant to replace Reaganism, the political doctrine that has dominated the Republican party and…

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Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature

25 July 2020 1:13 am

Throughout the summer, various polls from the key battleground states indicate Joe Biden is in a very strong position. He…

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Kanye West is the sanest presidential candidate

24 July 2020 5:51 am

Kanye West has again proven his ability to draw the attention, fascination and ire of the public — this time…

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What will Biden do?

22 July 2020 1:48 am

The oddities of Joe Biden’s third presidential campaign are impossible to ignore. He is the oldest man ever nominated by…