MINOT, N.D. — Kansas, a very red, very Republican state, just voted, in a landslide, to maintain status quo protections for abortion.
Meanwhile, in Congress, there was a vicious debate over the last week over who hates veterans.
In Michigan, Democrats backed a pro-Trump, election conspiracy Republican in a primary against a GOP incumbent that voted to impeach Trump.
Wednesday co-host Chad Oban and I discuss these topics, and more, on this episode of Plain Talk.
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A group called the North Dakota Young Republicans organized a Telegram group chat for more than 100 of its members, including elected officials and candidates for office, that also featured racist and homophobic slurs.
"If he's the leader of a party, it's a third party," Senator Kevin Cramer said on this episode of Plain Talk in an interview where he also remarked on Rep. Liz Cheney's primary loss, the Inflation Reduction Act and carbon capture.
One of the best things about our freedom of speech, and participatory politics, is that everyone gets a say. One of the worst things is that "everyone" includes a lot of morons.
If a law doesn't accomplish its stated goals, what's the point?
On this episode of Plain Talk, we discuss the jolt of excitement North Dakota's general election ballot just received from a couple of independent candidates, and the approval of a measure legalizing recreational marijuana. We also discuss Rep. Liz Cheney losing in the Wyoming primary.
A political leader willing to lose on principle is a rarity in any era of American history. Seeing one in 2022, as Trump trumpets lies and incites violence about the 2020 election, is something akin to spotting a dinosaur in the wild.