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Before Trump and QAnon came Robert Welch

Robert Welch and the John Birch Society were dismissed for years as wackos and losers. But they won the long game

Salon

Kevin McDermott: GOP doesn't truly mind 'identity politics.' As long as it's the right identity

During the 1980 presidential campaign, when candidate Ronald Reagan vowed to put a woman on the Supreme Court for the first time, it was widely viewed as groundbreaking and courageous. Reagan later appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, who sailed through the Senate without a single “no” vote. Supporters included then-Sen. Joe…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Tucker Carlson dances on Ronald Reagan's grave with his pro-Russia stand

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has inspired a new following from the extreme right, including some members of Congress, by asking: Why take Ukraine’s side instead of Russia’s? The arguments are vast for defending the sovereignty of democratic Ukraine, and most American adults should need no reminders why containing Moscow’s…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Mark Z. Barabak: The architect of Reagan's pledge to put a woman on the Supreme Court says it was all political

The candidate for president was in difficult straits and so he made a promise that would change history.

Los Angeles Times

Stephen L. Carter: Presidents have long wanted a diverse Supreme Court

In the wake of Justice Stephen Breyer’s rumored retirement, an odd controversy has swirled around President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the first vacancy. Critics have compared the promise to college admission quotas; supporters have pointed out that President Ronald Reagan fulfilled his own campaign…

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: A tale of presidential press conference secrets

It had been months since the president’s last East Room press conference. And his team’s best and brightest understood that, just like sports stars, all-star political communicators can get rusty riding the bench, away from the game’s give-and-take.

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Don’t panic, Joe Biden. Be like Reagan

The New York Times reports that President Joe Biden: “Will retreat from the tangle of day-to-day negotiations with members of his own party that have made him seem powerless to advance key priorities, according to senior White House advisers. The change is part of an intentional reset in how he…

Tribune News Service

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Presidential Visions for Space Exploration: From Ike to Biden

A brief look at how each American president helped shape and steer American activities in space.

Space

Today's GOP: The party's over for big business

In a political arena now dominated by small-business populists, anti-government conservatives, and the religious right, corporate America's the odd man out -- mistrusted, resented, impotent.

Fortune

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