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<\/a><\/p>\nWSJ – Karl Rove: Republicans Have an Economy Problem<\/a><\/h2>\nPresident Trump\u2019s triumphal tone isn\u2019t helping matters for everyday Americans.<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s bad news for Republicans that recent coverage of President Trump has been dominated by topics ranging from invading Greenland and Immigration and Customs Enforcement killings in Minneapolis to trashing the Grammys and ordering a giant Jeffrey Epstein document dump. These aren\u2019t as important to Americans as the economy.<\/p>\n
To correct this problem, the president came to Iowa last month for an economic speech. His team hoped his appearance in a Des Moines suburb would recenter the discussion.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t. Mr. Trump made two mistakes.<\/p>\n
The first was straying from the subject for almost half his speech. Victories and stolen elections. Immigration. Introducing politicians on the stage. Attacking his predecessor for multiple sins. Lots of different foreign issues. He went everywhere\u2014and therefore nowhere.<\/p>\n
The second problem was Mr. Trump\u2019s triumphal tone. He congratulated himself on \u201cthe greatest first year of any administration in American history.\u201d The \u201ceconomy is booming,\u201d he said. It\u2019s been \u201cthe best first year of any president ever maybe.\u201d
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\n(WSJ – Karl Rove more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: Extreme wealth is concentrating even faster<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nThe past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.<\/p>\n
Last night, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) published a letter he sent to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe. …
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\nWyden has a long history of alerting the public in whatever way he can when something bad is going on that he cannot reveal because of its classified nature. This letter appears to be a way to alert the public while also notifying Ratcliffe that the CIA director will not be able in the future to deny that he received Wyden\u2019s letter.
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Also last night, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) and House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a letter outlining demands Democrats want incorporated into a measure that will appropriate more funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
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\nAs Schumer and Jeffries wrote, these are commonsense measures that protect Americans\u2019 constitutional rights and ensure responsible law enforcement, and should apply to all federal activity even without Democrats demanding them.<\/p>\n
Thune has said the demands are \u201cvery unrealistic and unserious,\u201d and Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the second-ranking Senate Republican, called them \u201cradical and extreme\u201d and a \u201cfar-left wish list.\u201d But Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) agreed that agents \u201cneed body cameras. They need to remove masks. They need proper training. They need to be conducting operations that are consistent with their mission.\u201d
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Finally, the last existing arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired today. …
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Mary Geddry: Prayer Breakfast or Power Breakfast?<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump wandered into the National Prayer Breakfast like a man who\u2019d accidentally been scheduled for a revival service in between a rally and a grievance deposition, and proceeded to deliver what can only be described as a theological Mad Libs stitched together with ego, revenge fantasies, and intermittent references to God as a kind of celestial brand sponsor.<\/p>\n
Pastor Paula White opened with a level of flattery normally reserved for North Korean state television, assuring the room that Trump\u2019s true character is revealed \u201caway from the cameras,\u201d where he is apparently a humble street-ministry benefactor quietly writing checks for the vulnerable, a story so perfectly crafted it might as well have come with a Hallmark logo and an NDA.<\/p>\n
Then Trump took the microphone and did what Trump always does: he turned a prayer breakfast into a self-review, a campaign rally, and a personal therapy session conducted in front of Congress and God.
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It\u2019s bad news for Republicans that recent coverage of President Trump has been dominated by topics ranging from invading Greenland and Immigration and Customs Enforcement killings in Minneapolis to trashing the Grammys and ordering a giant Jeffrey Epstein document dump. These aren\u2019t as important to Americans as the economy.<\/p>\n
To correct this problem, the president came to Iowa last month for an economic speech. His team hoped his appearance in a Des Moines suburb would recenter the discussion.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t. Mr. Trump made two mistakes.<\/p>\n
The first was straying from the subject for almost half his speech. Victories and stolen elections. Immigration. Introducing politicians on the stage. Attacking his predecessor for multiple sins. Lots of different foreign issues. He went everywhere\u2014and therefore nowhere.<\/p>\n
The second problem was Mr. Trump\u2019s triumphal tone. He congratulated himself on \u201cthe greatest first year of any administration in American history.\u201d The \u201ceconomy is booming,\u201d he said. It\u2019s been \u201cthe best first year of any president ever maybe.\u201d The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.<\/p>\n Last night, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) published a letter he sent to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe. … Also last night, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) and House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a letter outlining demands Democrats want incorporated into a measure that will appropriate more funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). … Thune has said the demands are \u201cvery unrealistic and unserious,\u201d and Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the second-ranking Senate Republican, called them \u201cradical and extreme\u201d and a \u201cfar-left wish list.\u201d But Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) agreed that agents \u201cneed body cameras. They need to remove masks. They need proper training. They need to be conducting operations that are consistent with their mission.\u201d Finally, the last existing arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired today. … Trump wandered into the National Prayer Breakfast like a man who\u2019d accidentally been scheduled for a revival service in between a rally and a grievance deposition, and proceeded to deliver what can only be described as a theological Mad Libs stitched together with ego, revenge fantasies, and intermittent references to God as a kind of celestial brand sponsor.<\/p>\n Pastor Paula White opened with a level of flattery normally reserved for North Korean state television, assuring the room that Trump\u2019s true character is revealed \u201caway from the cameras,\u201d where he is apparently a humble street-ministry benefactor quietly writing checks for the vulnerable, a story so perfectly crafted it might as well have come with a Hallmark logo and an NDA.<\/p>\n Then Trump took the microphone and did what Trump always does: he turned a prayer breakfast into a self-review, a campaign rally, and a personal therapy session conducted in front of Congress and God.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nWyden has a long history of alerting the public in whatever way he can when something bad is going on that he cannot reveal because of its classified nature. This letter appears to be a way to alert the public while also notifying Ratcliffe that the CIA director will not be able in the future to deny that he received Wyden\u2019s letter.
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\nAs Schumer and Jeffries wrote, these are commonsense measures that protect Americans\u2019 constitutional rights and ensure responsible law enforcement, and should apply to all federal activity even without Democrats demanding them.<\/p>\n
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\nMary Geddry: Prayer Breakfast or Power Breakfast?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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