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Clarence Page: Attorney General Pam Bondi faces critics, ‘burns’ them

Clarence Page: Attorney General Pam Bondi faces critics, ‘burns’ them

In her first oversight hearing as attorney general, Pam Bondi made it clear that she...

12.10.2025 9

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump faces his generals

Clarence Page: Donald Trump faces his generals

Was an address by the president and defense secretary to military leaders a green light...

05.10.2025 10

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Clarence Page: The conflict entrepreneurs behind our broken politics

Amateur social media "influencers" are free to lie and manipulate reality if they find the...

28.09.2025 4

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Clarence Page: Free speech is under fire again because we need it

For now, the endless debates over free speech and hate speech are necessary to protect...

21.09.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Is another era of political violence upon us?

I remember the sort of tit-for-tat violence that plagued this country in the 1960s —...

14.09.2025 10

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Clarence Page: When the immigration debate becomes war by another name

However Americans may feel about immigration broadly speaking, most of us don't like when immigrants...

07.09.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Don’t know much about history? That’s OK with President Donald Trump.

Art, like history, must never stir troubling thoughts or any critical impulses in our heads,...

24.08.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Trump’s D.C. law enforcement takeover only making matters worse

President Trump's federal takeover of the Washington, D.C., police only is sowing division.

17.08.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Time for Democrats to get serious about their political future

Are we starting to see the hardball attitude that many frustrated Democrats have been urging...

10.08.2025 10

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump drives wedges into his own movement

The irony for Donald Trump is the fervor of the conviction that Jeffrey Epstein's crimes...

03.08.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s naming game is a pitch to his restive base

As if he didn’t have enough on his mind in late summer, President Donald Trump...

27.07.2025 7

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Clarence Page: Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us? Don’t bet on it.

Whether they exist or not, "the Epstein files" became a story in themselves.

13.07.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Old ‘welfare queen’ legends haunt Donald Trump’s budget plan

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich...

06.07.2025 10

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Clarence Page: New York’s mayoral race could be a testing ground for a Democratic comeback

Among the many postmortem conclusions in Democratic ranks is the sense that it's time for...

29.06.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Did you miss a national holiday, Mr. President?

Juneteenth came and went Thursday, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual...

21.06.2025 7

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Clarence Page: When the president’s peacemaking efforts invite more chaos

We need to give peace a chance. But peace is not what Donald Trump and...

15.06.2025 8

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Clarence Page: Big, beautiful bromance breaks up — live on social media

By Thursday afternoon, White House staff were calling fracas as “the one big, beautiful breakup,”...

08.06.2025 7

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Clarence Page: Hey, men, Democrats want your votes. They really do.

The decline of men and concomitant rise of women in Democratic voting ranks has been...

01.06.2025 10

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump’s grudge against South Africa is based on racist fiction

Our president is solidifying his image as a global leader of white identity politics.

26.05.2025 8

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones  

In the coming week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet Trump at...

18.05.2025 5

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Clarence Page: Pope Leo XIV seems well loved — but for how long?

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what...

11.05.2025 7

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Clarence Page: Let’s take advantage of the crime downturn to learn what’s gone right

Amid all the executive orders, will the president and his MAGA movement notice the good...

04.05.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Sen. Dick Durbin’s departure stirs a scramble amid a new generation

As President Donald Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term —...

27.04.2025 8

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown enters the Twilight Zone

The Trump administration has admitted to an “administrative error” in Abrego Garcia's case, yet it...

20.04.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Trump and Vance raise puzzling question at the Smithsonian. What’s ‘improper ideology’?

In his executive order, Trump called for reshaping the Smithsonian into a “symbol of inspiration...

13.04.2025 8

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Clarence Page: In Wisconsin, Elon Musk turned fame and wealth into votes but not victory

Elon Musk's defeat in Wisconsin last Tuesday night was a new sign of energy on...

06.04.2025 30

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Clarence Page: Signalgate reveals Donald Trump’s backward-looking military view 

A hard-won Senate confirmation was not enough to keep the aroma of scandal away from...

30.03.2025 2

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump loves free speech, as long as it’s his

President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But...

23.03.2025 30

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s labeling dilemma

Amid the blizzard of breaking news, a familiar irritation poked through: ethnic labeling. The issue...

16.03.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Let facts get in the way of performative politics

If congressional Democrats are going to embrace performative politics, they should be sure to give...

09.03.2025 9

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Clarence Page: Don’t let ‘reverse discrimination’ reverse our national progress

There’s nothing simple about our racial, gender and other conflicts, but finding solutions together can...

02.03.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Voters’ remorse? Not much, but give it time

At this point, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are rolling out a fast and furious...

24.02.2025 5

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Clarence Page: A timely pushback against too much Trump-Musk secrecy

Recent resignations of prosecutors are an encouraging sign that some political conservatives remain true to...

16.02.2025 5

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Clarence Page: Enjoy Black History Month — while you still can

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s reelection, largely on culture war issues, we see...

09.02.2025 10

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Clarence Page: When disaster strikes, Donald Trump’s instinct is to blame DEI first

As Team Trump implements reforms, it must balance preserving merit-based standards while maintaining policies that...

02.02.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s pardons must not lead to the unpardonable

Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after...

26.01.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream still offers a great agenda

As we are about to mark the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday,...

19.01.2025 4

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Clarence Page: Jimmy Carter’s funeral brought a rare and much-needed vision of peace

Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered as “something of a miracle.”

13.01.2025 10

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Clarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor

The tech oligarchs who played a decisive role in Donald Trump's reelection want immigrant labor...

06.01.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Behind the ‘Lie of the Year’ about Haitian immigrants are some bitter truths

Donald Trump's victory has much to do with the immigration issue. In the spin of...

30.12.2024 6

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Clarence Page: Elon Musk takes on Washington, but can he take it over?

Watching the year-end budget fights in Congress as we await the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, I find myself wondering: Will this era...

22.12.2024 5

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Clarence Page: Kash Patel and his ‘bureau of intimidation’

Donald Trump political loyalist Kash Patel, nominated to head the FBI, conjures memories of J....

15.12.2024 6

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Clarence Page: Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change

Democrats are trying to determine if Election Day was a circumstantial setback or the unfolding...

01.12.2024 4

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s Cabinet of the mediocre invites possible catastrophe

“Kakistocracy” is trending again, very likely in response to Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.

24.11.2024 5

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Clarence Page: How Democrats let a rising generation of supporters slip away

Donald Trump’s winning strategy involved luring and enlisting a mostly male-oriented following that was largely...

17.11.2024 30

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Clarence Page: Will Democrats learn from a humiliating loss?

After Tuesday's crushing defeat, the Democrats still have a lot to learn, particularly about some...

10.11.2024 20

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Clarence Page: The presidential campaign season ends on cruel notes

I long for the days when candidates spoke not only to their loyal base but...

03.11.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Is Donald Trump a fascist at heart? Close enough for me.

In this year's campaign, Trump has considered no epithet too vile to be off-limits. It's...

28.10.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘day of love’ was far from lovely

That the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is so close is a bit...

20.10.2024 10

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump, spreader of conspiracy theories, is making hurricane-related pain worse

There is nothing funny about the increasingly bizarre and misleading claims circulating about the federal...

13.10.2024 6

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