Bill Press: Bernie is not a threat
Enough’s enough. Bernie Sanders has had his fun. Yes, he did better than anybody thought he would. He attracted huge crowds, he inspired legions of young people, he set the agenda for the Democratic...
View ArticleBill Press: Bernie is a winner
It’s been a long time since Feb. 1 and the Iowa caucuses, but the fat lady’s finally going to sing in California, bringing the 2016 Democratic primary season, with the exception of the Washington,...
View ArticlePress: Say good-bye to superdelegates
Bernie Sanders will not be the Democratic nominee in 2016, but his amazingly successful candidacy will nonetheless have a lasting impact on the Democratic Party in many ways — starting with the...
View ArticlePress: Trump: A party of one
Former President Abraham Lincoln is celebrated for the soaring prose of his Gettysburg Address and his speech at his second inauguration. But he uttered some of his most famous words before he became...
View ArticlePress: Bernie won by losing
Of course, Hillary Clinton is the big winner of the 2016 Democratic primaries. She won 34 states or territories. She got almost 17 million votes. She racked up 2,811 delegates. She will be the...
View ArticleBill Press: Vote for Putin?
For those who are discouraged about the choice offered to American voters in this election — especially those Republicans who can’t stand Donald Trump but can’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary...
View ArticlePress: Tipping point for Trump?
Democrat, Republican or independent, can’t we all agree? This is the craziest presidential campaign we can remember. We have two of the oldest presidential candidates ever, the two least popular...
View ArticlePress: Cameras don’t stop violence
Some things don’t work as well as planned. After the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., we believed body cameras and dashboard cameras would reduce the number of young, unarmed black men shot and...
View ArticlePress: GOP owes apology to America
God is good. Finally! This execrable 2016 presidential election crawls to a close today. And there’s no doubt what should happen next.Tonight, we count the votes. First thing tomorrow morning,...
View ArticlePress: Dems need a shake-up
Especially because nobody expected it to end the way it did, there will be hundreds of books written about the 2016 election. Everybody will be trying to answer the question we’ve all been asking...
View ArticlePress: Cashing in
Count Donald Trump a success. In 2000, he told Fortune magazine: “It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” Trump’s already succeeded in that...
View ArticlePress: You can’t blame Bernie
The election’s over. Republicans won everything. Democrats lost everything. So now’s the time for all Democrats, both Hillary Clinton supporters and Bernie Sanders supporters, to get together and...
View ArticlePress: Greatest show on Earth
Welcome, dear readers. Since this is a new year, with a new president, new Congress, and so many members of the new administration new to Washington, I think it’s important that we get to know each...
View ArticlePress: Profiles in cowardice
First impressions are important because they are so lasting. And the lasting impression of Donald Trump’s first week in office is devastating. It seemed he set out to prove Hillary Clinton was right...
View ArticlePress: Trump — to Russia with love
You have to wonder: Is there no limit to what Donald Trump can say and get away with? So often during the campaign, we were certain: That’s it. He’s finally said something so outrageous his supporters...
View ArticlePress: Black robes matter
It may be the first time that Donald Trump and the ACLU ever agreed on anything. On Nov. 9, 2016, the ACLU issued a statement with a direct message to the president-elect. When it comes to many of his...
View ArticlePress: The real enemy is Trump
He came across as so trigger-happy during the campaign that experts were wondering where Donald Trump would start the next war: Syria, Yemen or Iran. They were all wrong. He has launched the next war...
View ArticleThe truth about Russia
Forget the politics. Now that both congressional Democrats and President Trump are calling for an independent investigation, it’s time for Republicans in Congress to put country ahead of politics and...
View ArticleTrump flunks leadership test
In 2015, even before he decided to run for president, Donald Trump told The Daily Signal: “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican. And I’m not going to cut Medicare or...
View ArticlePentagon first for Trump
Starting with the size of the crowd that showed up on Inauguration Day, we’ve heard a lot of whoppers from President Trump. We’ve now heard another great, big, fat one: that his 2018 budget puts...
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