To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Observercast

2022 Midterms Might Surprise Us

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Tradition tells us that, come the midterms, the president’s party loses seats in the House. If this tradition holds in 2022, that could be bad news for Democrats, whose House majority now stands at only nine seats. But history of late doesn’t seem to be commandeering the driver’s seat. Right after Joe Biden turned Georgia […]

The Party Of Surrender To Tyranny

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When the violent mob finally dispersed from the Capitol late on Jan. 6, it left behind a troubling choice that Republican congressional leaders are only now being forced to make. This week, they had to decide whether to fulfill their constitutional oath by supporting a full and independent investigation of that day’s terrible events, which […]

Liz Cheney Is Not Going To The ‘Political Wilderness’

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Liz Cheney’s ouster from the House Republican leadership has prompted many observers to say that the Wyoming representative is headed to the “political wilderness.” This assumes that the Republican Party is itself a civilization and not some decaying political entity about to be buried under the lava of its craziness. The Donald Trump personality cult […]

Scaredy-Cats Eat Their Own

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The decision of the Republican House, led by Kevin McCarthy, an otherwise sane person, to oust Liz Cheney from her leadership position is a measure of just how afraid Republicans are, not of Democrats but of each other. The arithmetic is simple. Most House seats are “safe,” meaning that the incumbent’s party has a comfortable […]

The Dirty Secret Behind The Cheney Purge

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When House Republicans deposed Liz Cheney from her leadership post, they were widely mocked for that display of abject servility to former President Donald Trump. But the motives behind her abrupt removal are more profound – and far more sinister – than the Wyoming representative’s penchant for angering Trump. Only a few months ago, Trump’s […]