GOP's two-faced leaders have one thing in common
Stephen H. Provost
There’s something more than politics to this. Giuliani, McConnell, Graham, Hawley, and Cruz all have one thing in common — other than being Trumpian sycophants, that is.
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Inauguration: It was like a fever had broken
Stephen H. Provost
I watched most of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ inauguration Wednesday, and I was struck by one thing. … The best way to describe it is feeling like a fever had broken: that moment when you’re lying in your bed, exhausted from fighting a really bad case of the flu, but the chills are gone, the headache had subsided, and you’re no longer shivering. When you feel weak from the fight, but no longer weak from the disease.
Read MoreLana Del Rey, Vogue, and how liberal shaming fuels Trumpism
Stephen H. Provost
If you’re struggling to make enough money to pay the rent and put food on the table, you probably don’t care about Kamala Harris’ photo or fashion magazines in general, and you may not care one way or another what Lana Del Rey thinks. To working-class people, criticisms like this appear to come from out-of-touch cultural snobs with too much time on their hands.
Read MoreHere's the dividing line in our uncivil war
Stephen H. Provost
You might say it’s a war between Republicans and Democrats, or conservatives and liberals, and in large measure, that’s true. But at the heart of it, it’s a war between reality and denial. Nearly half the country has been sold a bill of goods by Donald Trump and his cronies. But they don’t want to admit they’ve been swindled — because it would involve admitting they’re the worst thing in Trumpworld: losers and suckers.
Read More5 ways debate watchers were fooled into thinking Pence won
Stephen H. Provost
Going into the debate, the election was a referendum on Trump, and nothing about the debate changed that — nor could it have, no matter what happened. The thing that saved Pence was that this was a vice-presidential debate, and those almost never matter. It won’t this time, either, which is a good thing for Pence, because he lost. Bigly.
Read MoreHow to fix the debates without cutting off candidates' mics
Stephen H. Provost
Asking journalists to moderate a presidential debate is like asking ballplayers to umpire the World Series. Yes, they know the game, but no, they’re neither trained nor qualified to call balls and strikes. Even then, baseball umpires have a relatively easy job compared to, say, basketball referees. On the hardwood, refs have to deal with rapid-fire challenges and players who whine about every call they make.
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