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Jill Biden joins Joe on the gaffe track

Jill Biden is supposed to be the responsible one. When she’s not waving on the way to Air Force One with Joe Biden, the first lady is known for volunteering at a food bank, visiting the families of victims mowed down by a madman in Waukesha, Wis., and heading to Ukraine on Mother’s Day ...

Fascism on our doorstep

Our story so far ... The Extreme Court just gutted reproductive rights, shredded a New York law that helped keep guns out of public spaces for more than a century, and crippled the Environmental Protection Agency in the face of a global climate crisis. Georgia may soon send to the ...

Democrats don’t have to be dumb

Democrats see glimmers of hope for the midterms as recent Republican “victories” on guns and abortion — on top of the leadership’s astounding attacks on the democracy — continue appall the broader public. Yet prominent Democrats continue to commit unforced errors that hurt their ...

Gas tax pause won’t help, but neither does blaming Biden

The gas price situation has become so dire that President Biden has now asked Congress to consider a three-month gas tax holiday. As we’ve said before, a gas tax holiday won’t provide much relief at the pumps. That said, if the federal government suspended its 18 cent tax and the state ...

As the man said, know when to fold ‘em

by Gene Lyons As far as I’m concerned, Joe Biden is a national hero: the savior of our democracy, and as decent a man as has ever occupied the Oval Office. They ought to put up his statue on courthouse squares across America. But Biden should not run for reelection in ...

To deter China, Biden must reassure

by Doyle McManus Last week, in an unscripted moment, President Joe Biden warned bluntly that if China invades Taiwan, the United States will come to the island’s defense. “We’ve made a commitment,” Biden told reporters at a news conference in Tokyo. Including military ...