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2 weeks ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Sherman Frederick/Properly SubversiveOne hundred twenty-five years ago cowboy writer Eugene Manlove Rhodes began his novel “Paso Por Aqui” with this: “Exceptions are so inevitable that no rule is without them —except the one just stated.” That’s good advice, especially in the world of modern politics, where nothing is ever as black and white as first reported. So much of the truth rests somewhere in the middle, sometimes shaded toward Team A and sometimes toward Team B.
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2 weeks ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
By Sherman Frederick/Properly SubversiveFox News’ Bret Baier interviewed the DOGE team last week. I found the reporting both reassuring (we’ve got some smart and careful people in DOGE) and scary (the federal government is fraught with fraud and fraud potential.)Elon Musk begins with this: “The sheer amount of waste and fraud in the government, it is astonishing. It’s mind-boggling.
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4 weeks ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
You get up every morning looking for that spark to make life more interesting. Here’s my spark of the day — The Big Trump Knife. You’ve heard of Donald Trump’s sneakers. That presidential tchotchke promises to allow the purchaser to “step into history … walk with Trump.” There are other kinds of Trump shoes available for purchase. You can also get a cologne called “Victory 47 Fragrance.”And, of course, you can’t not have heard of the Trump watches.
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1 month ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Sherman Frederick/Properly SubversiveKnives were out last week within the Democratic Party over the passage of a GOP bill to keep the government funded through Sept. 30. After four years of supporting the oldest and worst president (whoever he/she/they really was) the progressive wing of the party now looks to eat their elders. Main course: 77-year-old Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The day before the vote last Friday, Sen. Schumer said Democrats were “unified” against it.
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1 month ago | 
elynews.com | Sherman Frederick
Five of the 26 people who staff the Great Basin National Park were terminated in the across-the-board cuts to the federal workforce in the first month of President Donald Trump’s attempt to get spending under control. The park is a treasure. I remember when I first saw it. It wasn’t a national park then. The beauty of the area is stunning enough, but, of course, the caves were absolutely jaw-dropping.
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1 month ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Five of the 26 people who staff the Great Basin National Park were terminated in the across-the-board cuts to the federal workforce in the first month of President Donald Trump’s attempt to get spending under control. The park is a treasure. I remember when I first saw it. It wasn’t a national park then. The beauty of the area is stunning enough, but, of course, the caves were absolutely jaw-dropping.
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1 month ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
By Sherman Frederick/Properly SubversiveThe meltdown last week in the Oval Office between the United States and Ukraine may have been “good television,” as President Donald Trump said as the two sides exited to their corners. But does it represent the beginning of the end of post-World War II agreements, such as NATO? That’s the big question that comes to mind.
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1 month ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Sherman Fredrick/Properly SubversiveTalk about a state out of step. Nevada has two Democratic senators, neither one of which is, to put it politely, a powerhouse in the party. But we depend upon them to go to Washington and look out for our best interests. I understand that they both are on the wrong side of the Trump Revolution — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masos is our senior senator, and Sen. Jacky Rosen was just re-elected to her second term.
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2 months ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. FrederickWe’re 30 days into the Trump Revolution, and people like what they see. In the latest Trafalgar poll, conducted Feb. 7-9 with 1,321 American voters, Trump showed a 54% approval rating and 45% disapproval. Other polls reported slightly lower approval ratings, resulting in a RealClearPolitics Average of 48.7% approval and 46.1% disapproval for President Trump’s Job Approval. This is still much higher than Trump’s job approval in his first administration.
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2 months ago | 
mesquitelocalnews.com | Casey Cartwright |Sherman Frederick
Sherman Frederick/Properly SubversiveThe last month has been like watching Looney Tunes re-runs with the Trump Administration as the Roadrunner and Democrats playing Wile E. Coyote. Consider the executive order in which Mr. Trump, surrounded by girls in what will no doubt become an iconic photo in presidential history, banned trans men from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. “The war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said.
