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THAT WAS FAST!
Reagan told people the idea of government helping was terrifying. Biden is telling them the opposite. It’s working—but the Democrats can hardly stop here.
Dean Obeidallah, a former lawyer turned political comedian and writer, is the host of The Dean Obeidallah show on SiriusXM radio. He co-directed the comedy documentary The Muslims Are Coming! His blog is The Dean’s Report.
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NOT ‘OK’
Trump-loving John Bennett has a long history of anti-Muslim and other comments. So naturally, Oklahoma Republicans seem likely to make him their chairman.
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THEN CAME THE VIDEO
Paterson, New Jersey, has an Arab American mayor and a Muslim American police chief. But that’s not much solace right now to Osamah Alsaidi.
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MOMENT OF TRUTH
In a rational world, Trump’s guilt wouldn’t be a partisan issue at all. But we live in Republican world.
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WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG?
The Senate needs to go about its obviously constitutional business. But I sure hope prosecutors in New York and Washington are going about theirs, too.
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NOT OVER
Yes, he’s gone, and thank God for that. But it’s going to take millions of people years to work through the trauma. It’s a real thing.
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THEY MUST BE JOKING
So now, after four years of hugging the most divisive president ever, Republicans want unity? Get rid of your crazies first, then maybe we’ll talk.
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TABLES TURNED
From the president on down, every single person involved in that disgrace needs to be prosecuted. If not, it’ll just happen again.
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HOW LOW CAN SHE GO?
Rev. Warnock once made the “mistake” of asserting that Palestinian lives matter. Naturally, it’s now GOP fodder for a grossly misleading attack.
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OH THE IRONY
Republicans have tried like crazy to rig the judiciary, but thank God it’s still independent enough that even Trump’s own judicial appointees stopped him cold.