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Trump Rocks the Free World, Stunning the American Establishment Again in Apparent Electoral College Win

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By Glynn Wilson – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Welcome to four more years of chaos, confusion and the fall of the American empire. Donald Trump defied the odds again and managed to convince an astounding number of people that in spite of his criminal conviction, his business and first term failures and smash-mouth rhetoric against women, immigrants and minorities that he somehow deserved another shot at running the country from inside the White House. If…

Kamala Harris Delivers Closing Argument Against Trump

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News Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – Democrats have tried to frame Donald Trump as an aberration of the country’s democratic norms and political traditions for years. It worked for Joe Biden in 2020, when he argued that as president, Trump “eroded the soul of the nation.” It did not work for Hillary Clinton in 2016, when she said he was mounting an “an unprecedented attack” on American democracy, but Trump’s political inclinations were not…

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Early Voting Numbers Give Democrats Hope

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Election Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – HARRISBURG, Ark. – Not much is at stake in this election. Only the future of democracy itself. The stakes were so high in 2020 that nearly 63 percent of eligible voters in the United States cast ballots in the election, enough to block…

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Throw the Bums Out: Choose the Blue Team

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – JONESBORO, Ark. – Covering politics for the past 44 years, for the past decade mostly in Washington, D.C., I’ve seen some crazy, outrageous things in my time. But Republican Congressman Rick Crawford’s federal lawsuit for a pay raise and back pay may…

Fear and Loathing On the Eve of Election Night 2024

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – Election Night 2024 is two days away and even 966 miles west of Washington, D.C. the tension in the air is so heavy it makes me seriously regret giving up my predilection for Xanax 20 years ago, about the time…

Deception is a Plague On People and Democracy

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Guest Column – By George Zadigian – Deception. It’s been a plague on humanity ever since Eve was beguiled to take a bite from the apple. Seeded and cultivated by those determined to profit from it, deception has driven many wars and resulted in incalculable destruction, heartache and loss of…

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Fear and Loathing On the Eve of Election Night 2024

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – Election Night 2024 is two days away and even 966 miles west of Washington, D.C. the tension in the air is so heavy it makes me seriously regret giving up my predilection for Xanax 20 years ago, about the time…

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