Recent articles
April 9, 2026
Calmes: We're stuck with an unchecked mad king until January
America has a president who lately has piled on the evidence that he is mentally unstable, unfit for the office.
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April 2, 2026
Calmes: Given everything in the news, why care about the White House demolition?
In a nation founded on ideals, after throwing off a king, the idea of a people's house that's not palatial is one worth protecting.
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March 12, 2026
Calmes: Trump's recklessness endangers the nation
He gutted counterterrorism in the U.S. government and then started a war with Iran, a notorious state sponsor of terrorism.
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March 5, 2026
Calmes: On Iran, Russia and China, Trump's weakness for strongmen explains his foreign policy
There is no Trump doctrine because this president is highly suggestible by authoritarians such as Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.
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February 25, 2026
Calmes: Trump's address to Congress trumpets how he usurps Congress
Even just days after his own conservative Supreme Court reprimanded him for trying to take over lawmakers' role, the president was unashamed of his power grabs.
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February 19, 2026
Calmes: Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden, please speak out against Trump
Presidents who could speak truth to power are so constrained by their devotion to norms that they won't confront a president who's shattering the norms of this democracy daily.
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February 12, 2026
Calmes: If he had any other job, Trump would have been fired by now
We're stuck with a president who daily models behavior that we don't accept in our schools and workplaces.
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February 5, 2026
Calmes: Misery has plenty of company in Trump's second term
Republicans are quaking ahead of the midterms as Trump says or does something each day to keep alive the disgust so many Americans share for him.
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January 29, 2026
Calmes: Trump imagines the buck will never stop with him
As Republicans object to this lawless administration, they should keep their focus on holding the boss accountable.
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January 22, 2026
Calmes: It will be a long road back after Trump's reign of destruction
He has already devastated the credibility of American law enforcement and the military, not to mention our nation's standing around the world.
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January 15, 2026
Calmes: Trump celebrates our nation's founding while imitating tyrant King George III
The Declaration of Independence faulted the king for sending 'swarms of Officers to harrass our people' and protecting the agents 'from punishment for any Murders which they should commit.' Sound f...
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