by Tim Donner | Sep 1, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
First, it was Hillary Clinton in 2016: “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.” Now, it’s Joe Biden in 2022: “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy … it’s like semi-fascism.” So, he’s done it now, hasn’t he? Mr....
by Kelli Ballard | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
President Joe Biden held his first political rally of the midterm season on Thursday (Aug. 25) in Maryland, and his message was very clear: Dump MAGA. Taking a leaf from Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” speech, he had even stronger words, calling former...
by Tim Donner | May 31, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It was meant as an insult, focus group tested and all, but has been taken as a badge of honor among the Trump faithful who hold sway over the Republican Party. For them, it is Deplorables 2.0, and they are proud to wear the label Ultra-MAGA. But given that the...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jul 17, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
During the 2020 campaign season, then-President Donald Trump provided an early and unequivocal endorsement of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), a former opponent of constructing a border wall who suddenly saw the light once he was up for re-election and turned into something...
by Tim Donner | Jul 6, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
It’s a tough one, trying to calculate whether the movement to make America great again has expanded or contracted since Donald Trump left office. But despite the multiple factors in play and a plethora of unknowable emotions stirring among both the Trump faithful and...