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John Brummett

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On Wisconsin

On Wisconsin

Oh, yeah. There was that.

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Arkansas Online

John Brummett

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Injunction junction

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Injunction junction

Republicans in Congress complain that federal judges have issued more universal injunctions against Donald Trump's policies or actions in two months...

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Failure belongs to Democrats

Failure belongs to Democrats

Donald Trump is more unconstitutional and authoritarian than ever.

03.04.2025 4

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: For your capitulation

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: For your capitulation

The people must submit to Attorney General Tim Griffin's finicky editing, to his approval of their every comma.

02.04.2025 10

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Too late for conventionality

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Too late for conventionality

Our best unconventional political pundit, Bill Maher, was interviewing the best of the Democrats' conventional presidential prospects--Josh Shapiro,...

31.03.2025 2

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Courts and the rule of law

Courts and the rule of law

State Rep. Matthew Shepherd, former speaker of the House, is a thoughtful lawyer with a judicial and pragmatic Republican heritage.

28.03.2025 1

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New route around liberal judges

New route around liberal judges

Democrat-Gazette onlineState Rep.

27.03.2025 1

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Fickle arrows of fate

Fickle arrows of fate

I've been so busy keeping count of Donald Trump's dictatorial executive orders and the court injunctions against them that I neglected the firing of...

26.03.2025 3

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Running scared?

Running scared?

On a summer night years ago, I found myself at the head table in an expansive room crammed full of humanity in Conway.

24.03.2025 1

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In the interest of fairness

In the interest of fairness

You could call this a mere follow-up to the column Sunday on the Arkansas League of Women Voters' submission of a proposed constitutional amendment.

21.03.2025 2

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Excoriate and concede … again

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Excoriate and concede … again

Democrat-Gazette onlineTwo pieces of news should be put together for purposes of concern, but not quite yet for freaking out.

20.03.2025 2

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Pragmatism over party

Pragmatism over party

U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer did the right thing for the country Friday.

19.03.2025 2

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Right or not-wholly wrong

Right or not-wholly wrong

Careful readers of this column, should there be any, may remember my position on direct democracy.

17.03.2025 3

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Bernie and the Dems

Bernie Sanders is the only Trump-resisting American politician currently able to draw and excite a crowd in swing states--Michigan and Wisconsin so...

14.03.2025 2

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Not way to do it … so do it

If a state wanted to allow its utility monopolies to build whatever new energy-generating infrastructure they wanted without regulatory approval, and...

14.03.2025 3

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Not quite the right time … yet

Democrat-Gazette onlineDemocrats are clearly more sensitive than Republicans to transgender persons, which means on its face only that they aren't...

14.03.2025 3

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Not quite the right time ... yet

Democrats are clearly more sensitive than Republicans to transgender persons, which means on its face only that they aren't bullies and cynical...

13.03.2025 7

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: All hail inertia!

10.03.2025 10

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Psychology and Trump

07.03.2025 10

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: All about 'great television'

05.03.2025 4

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Weirdness in the court

05.03.2025 3

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Moral versus mathematical

04.03.2025 4

El Dorado News Times

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All about ‘great television’

04.03.2025 3

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Moral versus mathematical

02.03.2025 9

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Take off the handcuffs

28.02.2025 3

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Anti-Trump right watching, waiting

27.02.2025 3

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Take off the handcuffs

27.02.2025 1

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Lesson from Jimmy Buffett

27.02.2025 3

El Dorado News Times

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Anti-Trump right watching, waiting

26.02.2025 10

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Lesson from Jimmy Buffett

25.02.2025 9

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Hope, maybe, for a moment

24.02.2025 10

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Hope, maybe, for a moment

23.02.2025 8

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: A crack in the right wing?

22.02.2025 10

El Dorado News Times

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: The goal should be justice, but ...

20.02.2025 7

El Dorado News Times

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A crack in the right wing?

20.02.2025 8

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: An elegy for Jim Guy

19.02.2025 7

El Dorado News Times

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The goal should be justice, but …

19.02.2025 2

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: A glimpse into the future

18.02.2025 7

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An elegy for Jim Guy

18.02.2025 7

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A glimpse into the future

16.02.2025 10

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: The pleasure is ... well ...

13.02.2025 4

El Dorado News Times

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Where politics really counts

13.02.2025 4

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The pleasure is … well …

12.02.2025 3

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It’s all about the process

11.02.2025 10

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Opinion: Some concern from Bubba

10.02.2025 5

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Some concern from Bubba

09.02.2025 7

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: The foundation of our peril

06.02.2025 4

El Dorado News Times

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Strength of the governor

06.02.2025 10

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: A glimpse of her dad

05.02.2025 3

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The foundation of our peril

05.02.2025 6

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