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Dec 25, 2022, 5:27 PM

Self-inflicted wounds: The unkindest cut of all

All politicians screw up at one time or another. That seems axiomatic, especially with the record setting performance of Donald Trump. He may be unique, but he’s not the only president to shoot himself in the foot with his own words. Just this week one...

Nov 6, 2022, 6:01 PM

Vote like your Social Security check hangs on it

Democrats are warning if Republicans take control of the Congress in next week’s election they will kill Social Security and Medicare. They won’t. At least not right away. Instead they prefer death by a thousand cuts. They know they can’t kill these popular entitlement programs...

Sep 21, 2022, 9:13 PM

Retaliate, Not Legislate is GOP Plan

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who drools at the thought of becoming Speaker next year, warned Democrats, “When Republicans are back in charge, we will hold all of them accountable.” He and his colleagues are gearing up for a tsunami of investigations. The Washington Post reports they’ve...

Jun 7, 2022, 7:33 AM

Ted Cruz is NRA’s top paid top gun

Here’s the emmes. The truth. The Uvalde school massacre will live on in searing pain for the families of the young victims, but for the rest it will be like a shiva call. After several days of stopping by to offer condolences and respectful mourning,...

May 7, 2022, 3:33 PM

Ukraine rains on Putin’s parade

Poor Vladimir Putin. He’s facing a major dilemma. Monday is the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War and Vlad the Invader was hoping to have something big to celebrate. Like a victory parade down the streets of Kiev, but...

Apr 17, 2022, 6:30 PM

Lilliput on the Potomac

I started working on Capitol Hill the year Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was born. As I watched the Senate hearings on her nomination to the Supreme Court I was struck by how much the Senate has changed since then. I spoke about it with several...

Mar 15, 2022, 7:05 AM

AIPAC takes a giant step in the wrong direction

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)’s endorsement of one of the most extreme partisan and divisive rightwing Members of Congress, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, suggests it was never serious about mending fences with Democrats and Jews that the group has alienated over many...

Mar 3, 2022, 11:52 PM

Putin’s 5th Column

As Russian tanks and planes assault Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky valiantly leads the defense of his nation, I am reminded of that “perfect phone call.” The one on July 25, 2019, where then-President Donald Trump threatened to withhold needed anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles and...

Dec 31, 2021, 5:31 PM

2021 in the rearview mirror

Pandemic – COVID-19 has been a global tragedy, killing more than 800,000 Americans so far, plus more around the world, infecting millions more, hitting nearly every family in the country, damaging the economy and leaving a wide path of destruction. Part of the tragedy is...

Dec 23, 2021, 10:09 PM

Pols to AIPAC lobbyists: Show Me The Money

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is setting up a pair of political action committees (PACs) in an effort to expand its influence directly into campaign financing after years pretending it didn’t play the money game. Despite declaring it does not rate or endorse candidates,...

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Douglas M. Bloomfield is a syndicated columnist, Washington lobbyist and consultant. He spent nine years as the legislative director and chief lobbyist for AIPAC.