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Bob Cesca

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Past articles by Bob:

Donald Trump's silver lining: Will his last-ditch coup rip the Republican Party apart?

Assuming the republic withstands this assault, Trump may have done us a favor — by demolishing the Republican Party → Read More

Ready for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago shadow presidency? That's where all this is heading

Slates of fake electors are only the beginning. Trump and Stephen Miller may try to run an entire fake presidency → Read More

Is Trump staging a coup or just running a con? No reason he can't do both

Trump's odds of overturning the election were always low — now they're zero. But suckers keep on giving him money → Read More

What would a "successful" Trump presidency have looked like? An alternate universe

Trump believed his base wouldn't let him be a normal president. That's not true: The failure was his alone → Read More

Enough cowardice: Democrats must forge ahead, without caring what the Trumpers say

Trump's delusional supporters will rage and scream no matter what. Democrats should quit trying to make peace → Read More

Our politics isn't about left vs. right anymore — it's about reality vs. dreadful fantasy

More than 73 million Americans just voted for a dangerous, delusional fiction. Our only choice is to defeat them → Read More

It's Biden's job to act like a grownup. But "unity" and "civility" are a long way off

It's natural for Biden to set the tone. But "civility" toward racists and conspiracy theorists is not an option → Read More

Time to dump the presidential dilettante — he's a cruel and incompetent failure

Donald Trump is blindingly cruel and stupid, and has done immense damage to America. This is our last chance → Read More

Let's imagine the unimaginable: A second term for Donald Trump

After the shock of November 2016, we have to face this possibility: How bad will Trump 2.0 get? Pretty damn bad → Read More

Why the Democrats must fight to stop Barrett: With her on the court, the ACA is toast

Sure, Trump wants Barrett on the court for the election. He also expects her to drive the final nail into Obamacare → Read More

Trump's Chernobyl moment: Phony patriotism can't defeat this virus

Those arrogant fools at the "Rose Garden Massacre" believed wealth and power made them immune. That's called hubris → Read More

Trump's resort business is collapsing — is that why he pushed to reopen the economy?

Donald Trump is broke, and his resorts are bottomless money pits. He needed "reopening" to keep his business afloat → Read More

How bad will it get if Trump wins a second term? Let me count the ways

In a second term, conservatives can lock down the Supreme Court for decades to come — and that would wreck America → Read More

Trump thinks he gets to be president of just the Republican states — but they’re a total mess – A

Donald Trump appears to be seceding from the Union, which is bizarre given his status as the president of it. Make no mistake: Trump appears to be deliberately marginalizing himself by repeatedly insisting that he's not responsible for certain states and cities, despite technically being the preside → Read More

Trump thinks he gets to be president of just the Republican states: But they're a total mess

What do the poorest and least educated states in the nation have in common? Take a wild guess, Mr. President → Read More

We just passed 6 million cases, and it didn't have to be like this — if we'd had a leader

Another grim milestone to remind us how tragically Donald Trump has failed. He had an opportunity, and ran away → Read More

Don't cry for Kellyanne Conway: Like the whole corrupt Trump enterprise, she must pay

When this nightmare ends, some Democrats will want to "move on." Forget it — criminals like Conway must be judged → Read More

Is Trump destroying Social Security and Medicare by accident — or on purpose?

Trump's payroll-tax gambit could be the dumbest thing he's ever done — unless it works. Either way, it's a disaster → Read More

Womp womp: Trump’s self-destructive scheme to cheat in 2020 is giving voters whiplash – A

In a time of instability and uncertainty, there's one thing we can count on: Donald Trump will do everything he possibly can to retain power through the forthcoming election and beyond. His motives are well-known: If he loses the election, he'll not only go down in history as a one-term loser, which → Read More

Destroying the Postal Service: Is that Trump's best shot at stealing the election?

Undermining mail delivery won't be Trump's only tactic. But it might be his clearest path to shifting the outcome → Read More