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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

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Democrats need a new message: 'Blame Republicans' 

Democrats have one simple message to deliver: Republicans are responsible for everything that happens from now on. All the unintended consequences,...

14.02.2025 2

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Don’t worry about Trump’s birthright citizenship order — it’s not going anywhere 

This effort to end birthright citizenship is just Trump tossing red meat to MAGA. None of it is going to actually happen.

23.01.2025 5

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

A monument to failure: Jack Smith's report and what might have been

Trump escaped being tried by a jury but posterity will judge him guilty nonetheless. 

17.01.2025 1

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New year, new playbook: No more bipartisan favors for the GOP 

Hakeem Jeffries is not the leader Democrats are looking for. 

03.01.2025 1

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Can the American news media survive Donald Trump’s fear-based regime?  

Trump is making it clear to everyone that he will take retribution on his enemies and nothing will get in his way — not logic, not evidence, not...

27.12.2024 10

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Live coverage: New Jersey drones drive fears; Dems seethe at Manchin, Sinema

New Jersey officials are growing increasingly worried about the now-regular spotting of drones over the state. It's been 10 days since the FBI...

13.12.2024 10

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

America voted for a dumpster fire — Democrats just need to let it burn itself out 

MAGA Republicans have caught the car of undivided power. If the government now lurches from one pointless crisis to the next, or if Trump’s plans...

13.12.2024 90

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Will the Senate give up its constitutional check on Trump's nominees? 

As Donald Trump takes a wrecking ball to what is left of our political norms, we need to stop thinking about guardrails of democracy and start...

06.12.2024 5

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Donald Trump and the tyranny of the uninformed 

This election wasn’t about policy. It was about fundamental principles — and voters knew exactly what they were voting for. Or did they?

22.11.2024 10

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Goodbye, democracy — it’s Trump’s America now 

In 2016, we could all pretend that Trump was an aberration. Not this time. People knew exactly what they were voting for.

08.11.2024 4

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Patriots, be brave: Don't waste your vote on a write-in like George Washington

We ask the men and women of our military to risk their lives to defend America. Is it so much for you to check a box?

25.10.2024 3

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Donald Trump is dangerous; JD Vance is much worse 

To misquote Maya Angelou, when someone tells you what they are going to do, believe them.

16.10.2024 10

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Harris, a freedom-loving defense hawk, is the choice for traditional conservatives

Conservatives should vote for Kamala Harris because she is a pragmatic center-right politician who understands the importance of national security,...

11.10.2024 20

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Who was the JD Vance voters saw at the debate?  

If you had never heard of Vance before, you would have thought this was a thoughtful, moderate politician — not a guy who rants about childless cat...

02.10.2024 3

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Watch live: Netanyahu, world leaders address UN General Assembly

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Friday morning, as tensions in the Middle East...

27.09.2024 30

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

NYPD’s ‘get out of jail free’ cards are real — and they’re wrong 

Traditional or not, the “courtesy card” system is the rankest form of corruption. That it is institutionalized corruption makes it worse.  

27.09.2024 7

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Why don't more Republicans speak out against Trump?

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is a profile in American courage after taking a stand against Donald Trump.

13.09.2024 10

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Grading the Trump-Harris debate — the good, the bad and the weird 

At long last, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off in a formal presidential debate — how did each candidate perform? 

12.09.2024 2

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Harris should put on her prosecutor pants when she suits up for the big Trump debate  

Kamala Harris shouldn’t debate Trump — she should prosecute him in the court of public opinion.

03.09.2024 4

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

This is not your mother’s Democratic Party 

There was none of the finger-wagging and pronoun-obsessing navel-gazing that we’ve all come to associate with progressives at the DNC. The only...

27.08.2024 2

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Project 2025 could be the end of America as we know it — enter Democracy 2026 

A Harris victory might see off Donald Trump but the next aspiring authoritarian — and there will be one — will be smarter, smoother and more...

16.08.2024 10

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Keep it simple, Kamala, and ride the wave to victory 

In the last 12 days, we’ve seen the birth of something genuinely new: the crowdsourced campaign. 

02.08.2024 9

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

Biden’s Supreme Court reforms will never happen, but they’re still important. 

Having a functional Supreme Court is not a political issue any more than having a functioning heart is a lifestyle choice. And while Biden’s...

31.07.2024 3

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

With their new nominee, Democrats could have their own ‘Morning in America’ moment 

It’s been a while since we had one, but positive campaigns can work under the right circumstances. Reagan’s Morning in America campaign theme...

23.07.2024 2

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor

The Democratic Party wants to replace Biden — they’re just not saying it yet in public 

Don’t mistake a lack of public posturing for a lack of action. None of this is over until it’s over. 

18.07.2024 1

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Chris Truax, Opinion Contributor