In the 1700s, the British derisively called hostile colonists “yankees.” The word came to define a people who turned their crankiness into a new nation. I'm a Cranky Yankee for modern times.
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His “golden age” is built on a foundation of fool’s gold, shiny but ultimately worthless. Taxpayers are the fools paying for it daily, and we’ll likely be paying for it for years to come.
His boasts on crime, Iran, and “communism” sound convincing until you add in the historical perspective that he -- and often, the journalists covering him -- leave out.
The party’s moderates and progressives may see the world differently, but neither side can beat Trump’s MAGA bully boys without the other.
The Trump regime seems more interested in selling its false narrative about the economy than in working to improve it for most Americans.
Obama contained Iran’s nuclear threat without firing a shot. Trump destroyed the deal and, with the Trumpworld blame game in full swing, Americans are paying the price.
Trump sold himself as a champion for working Americans, then filled his government with billionaires while enriching his own family. Abe Lincoln must be turning over in his grave.
Trump wants credit for cheaper medicines, but his regime is ending the federal help that has kept insurers from sharply raising premiums on the drug plans grandma and grandpa depend on
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson may be a yeller, but Democrats need more leaders who sound as angry as working Americans feel.
Saudi billions enriched the president’s family. Now Trump is opening the door to that kingdom’s nuclear enrichment. Whose interests are being served here?
A look back at some of the lies, blunders and rising costs of Trump’s nearly five-month war.
