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By James J. Devine The bag was from Cava. A chain you find in any strip mall, selling Mediterranean bowls. Inside this one, however, wasn’t rice and lamb. It was fifty thousand dollars in cash. And the man taking it, Tom Homan, wasn’t some two-bit hustler on a street corner. He was a guy onContinue reading “Trump’s border czar accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents”

By James J. Devine The American presidency, an office consecrated by history and burdened by consequence, has been occupied by many complex figures: the visionary, the schemer, the warrior, the sage. But in the case of Donald J. Trump, the nation is subjected to a phenomenon for which no political science textbook could prepare: theContinue reading “The Peter Pan President: A problematic portrait of perpetual adolescence”

By James J. Devine Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. marked the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade this year with a familiar refrain: a call for federal protections for reproductive rights. These are noble words—but where was his urgency during his 36 years in Congress before the Supreme Court gutted abortion access in Dobbs v. Jackson?Continue reading “Pallone’s reproductive rights rhetoric rings hollow after 36 years of inaction”

By James J Devine The foundation of global commerce trembled as the United States enacted the most sweeping and punishing tariff regime seen in nearly a century. With the cold finality of a signed proclamation, President Donald Trump has erected towering financial barriers against imports from nations as diverse as the powerhouse economies of theContinue reading “The weight of reality is about to come crashing down on MAGA”

By James J. Devine In the darkened corridors of power, something foul is festering—an unholy circus where the game is no longer about law, but about absolute dominance. President Donald Trump, on the throne of what was once a democracy, is repeatedly trying to rewrite the rules, smashing every constitutional limit with the reckless abandonContinue reading “Trump’s war against America unleashes the sickening twilight of democracy”