We all know that over-the-top rhetoric can have real consequences. Let’s start acting like it. Despite recently hand-wringing from both the right and left, the truth is that American politics have been devoid of civility and decency since Ronald Reagan called the White House home. Democrats labeling Republicans “Nazis” and Republicans calling Democrats “anti-American” did not originate in 2016. What …
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Trump’s executive order may end child separation, but it doesn’t relieve him of responsibility for starting it
The policy was the result of the complete immorality plaguing the Trump administration and the United States. As immeasurable as the damage inflicted migrant children is — experts believe that the trauma will likely inflict decades of emotional damage — we are missing the root problem: This policy was the result of the complete immorality plaguing the Trump administration and, by extension, …
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Winning millennial voters address to State Legislative Leadership Foundation
On March 16, 2018, I had the distinct honor of addressing the State Legislative Leadership Foundation and University of North Carolina’s winter 2018 conference about how to speak to and attract millennial voters. The lively, occasionally fiery panel discussion was an informative and provocative conversation with lawmakers from states all across the United States. I was joined by Fred Yang …