Kurt Bardella
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Arlington, VA, United States
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Democrats, stop criticizing Biden. You'll have only yourselves to blame.
If you're frustrated by politics but you're a Democrat, maybe you shouldn't point fingers at your own party. Joe Biden isn't the problem. → Read More
Chuck Grassley owes Lucy Koh an apology
I don’t care what his intentions were. I don’t care if he thinks what you said was a compliment. It wasn’t. → Read More
Pence's Trump enabling was worse than we thought. Woodward and Costa's book proves it.
Pence's Trump enabling after the 2020 election was worse than we thought. Woodward and Costa's book "Peril" proves it, and shows how Dan Quayle saved democracy. → Read More
Luke Bryan shows more country than 'bro' in new 'My Dirt Road Diary' documentary
For all the fame and fortune that Bryan has been blessed to achieve, none of it has changed the human-being inside. He is remarkably grounded and approachable. → Read More
Pelosi is fighting a war that Republicans started. Their aim is to never lose an election.
You really have to be doing some Olympic-level contortionism if having Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney on a panel doesn’t meet your idea of bipartisan. → Read More
Kurt Bardella: Pelosi calls Republican Party's bluff on Capitol riot committee
Pelosi calls Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy's bluff on the House's Capitol riot select committee → Read More
Trump doesn't deserve post-presidential benefits. Remove him and ensure he won't get them.
Do Republicans believe that after the insurrection Trump fomented, he deserves millions in taxpayer-funded benefits every year for the rest of his life? → Read More
Republican criticism of Biden's Cabinet shows GOP's Trump amnesia is spreading
Early GOP criticism of picks like Neera Tanden and Xavier Becerra prove Democrats must be willing to fight fire with fire in 2021. → Read More
Get ready to change the channel and stop giving Donald Trump the attention he craves
I am a part of this problem. But my point is we have an opportunity to do better. To learn from the past. To ignore Trump and get back to reality. → Read More
Biden's top unification task: Expose Trump team wrongdoing, restore trust in government
Biden needs a government-wide audit to find every ounce of Trump administration mismanagement and corruption. Unity hinges on transparency and trust. → Read More
Vice presidential debate: Harris for the prosecution, Pence on the witness stand for Trump
Pence is aiming for adjectives like boring and stable. Harris will press for answers in what could be the Biden campaign's only chance to get them. → Read More
Bolton's Trump bombshells (and Jeff Bezos) prove House Democrats have lost focus
The fact that Bolton has done an interview with ABC News before testifying to Congress illustrates how hesitant Democrats have been about pursuing open threads of oversight. → Read More
Coronavirus and xenophobia: 'Blame China' is Trump's 2020 version of 'Build the wall'
Joe Biden and Democrats won't beat Trump on substance, qualifications and details. They must be as aggressive, vicious and consistent as Republicans. → Read More
For Obama White House, propaganda was a scandal, now Republicans don't care
The Trump administration spews propaganda during the coronavirus crisis and Republicans say nothing. → Read More
Trump's 'Chinese Virus' coronavirus tweets echo his Mexico insults — with similar results
Just as we saw following Trump's rhetoric against Latinos, the violent trickle-down effect is clear. → Read More
Trump retaliation: After purge, House Democrats need to unleash a tsunami of oversight
Republicans are collectively laying out a red carpet for corruption and cronyism. House Democrats should scrutinize every Trump decision and action. → Read More
Trump's post-impeachment strategy for Ukraine and Bolton borrows from familiar playbook
In the weeks and months ahead, don't be surprised if even more information about Trumpian misdeeds comes to light. → Read More
In facing failure and adversity, Kobe Bryant showed us what it means to be a champion
He used the biggest defeat of his career for motivation and to remind himself how defeat feels. He didn’t fear failure. He immersed himself in it. → Read More
Who won the debate? Depends on who you think can beat Trump
Democrats need to put Trump at the center of their debates → Read More
Democrats need to face facts about Bernie Sanders, his heart attack and his health
What if Democrats nominate Sanders and he has another heart attack? What if it happens in public or in a TV debate? Would we hand Trump another term? → Read More