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Summer's scorching heat beats us over the head, taking history's wheel backward.
A sad end to a storied dynasty, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- need I say more?
Oh, and slavery teaches new skills, says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Take Texas and Alabama, now defying federal law.
Truculent Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott refuses the Justice Department's order to remove a water barrier from the Rio Grande, a drowning hazard for those seeking to cross. "See you in court, Mr. President," Abbott stated.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says "no" to a Supreme Court order to draw a second majority Black House district in the state.
Hello, Texas and Alabama? The Civil War settled the federal-government-versus-the-states case, with blood and surrender. No state has rights over the federal government; all are bound by laws of the land. Just a fact, ma'am.
They were on the wrong side of history. Slave states of the Confederacy, that kind of ruins your reputation for a while.
So why wake ghosts of yesteryear, like "state sovereignty"? It gives me a summer heat headache. The young Abraham Lincoln opposed admitting Texas into the Union in the first place.
An even larger problem looms over us: "the former president," as they say on cable news. The press spins the narrative that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee for the 2024 Republican primary. But this election is not business as usual.
The public and press might ponder whether Trump should be held without bail, given his veiled threats of more political violence yet to come. We are at an extraordinary crossroads.
The man just announced a third indictment! While not official yet, it's likely for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol and undo the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
That throng (bearing bear spray) of thousands answered Trump's call to come to Washington -- "will be wild!"
The scariest thing was that it came close to overthrowing the people's house and temple. Lawmakers inside the Capitol were in grave danger. So were the police officers defending them, some of whom died.
That's not long ago, in history time. What's come to light since is the FBI failed to detect or warn about the breach of the Capitol, a major intelligence failure. The attack came as no surprise to those who monitor white supremacy groups.
FBI Director James Comey, a Republican named by former President Barack Obama, took an aggressive stance against Hillary Clinton -- twice -- even after email investigations cleared her in 2016.
House Republicans are flipping the script. They accuse the FBI and law enforcement of being biased against conservatives, even staging a secret role in the Capitol attack.