Why Pence's Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters (Seriously!)  —  A Vice President not endorsing his former boss should be a bigger deal  —  On Friday afternoon, Mike Pence announced during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that he would not endorse Donald Trump for President.

Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort  —  Biden locked up the Democratic nomination last week, but looking ahead to the general, anxiety has seemed to increase.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was seething.  —  In a private meeting at the White House …

The Strongman Fantasy  —  And Dictatorship in Real Life  —  Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule.  Why not a dictator who will get things done?  —  I lived in eastern Europe when memories of communism were fresh.  I have visited regions in Ukraine where Russia imposed its occupation regime.

Promo video for Texas dental practice poses new ethics issue for Noem  —  Sitting in front of a camera for a highly produced, well-lit vertical video with the kind of caption made to watch on mute while you're scrolling through social media, a patient for SmileTexas near Houston tells viewers …

How Trump's Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation  —  Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online.  —  In the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies …

Ro Khanna says TikTok bill is not ‘actually addressing the issue’  —  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said the TikTok bill passed by the House last week is not “actually addressing the issue.”  —  Khanna, who voted against the bill, argued on ABC's “This Week” that while the two national security issues cited …

Sen. Cassidy says he is not running on No Labels ticket  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a Sunday interview that he is not running on a third-party presidential ticket with the political organization No Labels.  —  In an interview on NBC News's “Meet the Press,” Cassidy …

‘Anti-Trump’ Republicans in North Carolina feel alienated by Mark Robinson  —  RALEIGH, N.C. - Ex-Republican Phebe Roberson, 75, said she “can't stand” former President Donald Trump and voted against him in North Carolina's GOP primary earlier this month.  —  She also cast a ballot …

The GOP's Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So Weird  —  The answer will obviously vary, but it's a good bet the year 2020 will rank pretty high in any list of wretched years.  After all, it's when COVID-19 arrived.  The pandemic eventually took over a million lives just in America.