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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.

An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.

For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.

He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.

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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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4 dirty tricks Republicans learned from Trump

Stephen H. Provost

Pundits have focused a lot of attention on how much Republicans have done to protect Donald Trump, regardless of how outrageous or destructive his behavior has been. But less has been said about the things Republicans have learned from Trump about how to engage in that behavior themselves. Here are four ways they’ve done just that.

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Here’s what it would take for Republicans to turn on Trump

Stephen H. Provost

I used to think Donald Trump’s claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it was a bit of hyperbole from a circus clown. I never imagined it would actually be an understatement.

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GOP nightmare: If they disavow racists and traitors, they’ll lose

Stephen H. Provost

Would these lawmakers bolt the party for Trump’s new party if he were to form one? Given their — and their constituents’ — unflinching loyalty in deep-red (or deep-Trump) gerrymandered districts, they might feel as if they had no choice.

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How the GOP became a Trojan horse for white supremacists

Stephen H. Provost

What has happened is the same thing that happens in a parliamentary government: The Republican Party as we knew it in the 1980s through 2004 has become too weak to hold power by itself. So it has been forced to form a coalition with a “minority party” called the KKK, the Proud Boys, and other white nationalist/Aryan groups in order to stay in control.

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How 2020 is different from 2016 — and why Trump loves it

Stephen H. Provost

Pundits make a point of emphasizing that Trump is running against a far more likeable candidate this time, and one he can’t tar and feather with sexist rhetoric. (He tried ageism, but that didn’t work.) This should be 1936, 1972, and 1984 all over again. So why the hell is this race so close?

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