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CAL THOMAS For release: 02/18/25 Fraud by any other name By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The credit card statement contained an unfamiliar charge. I called the fraud department which canceled the payment and immediately sent me a new card. If only the federal government responded with similar alacrity. Instead, the reaction from the exposure…

For release: 02/13/25 Getting rid of real change By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies to save money. It costs almost four cents to make one and as the president seeks to reduce federal spending, the penny is a good, if largely symbolic, target. The…

For release: 02/11/25 Trump and Musk are spring cleaning the government By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing. When I was a child, every spring my mother would open closets and check the attic…

For release: 02/06/25 Democrats do have a message By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It’s not true as has been reported that Democrats don’t have a “coherent message” and are wallowing in confusion. They DO have a message. Unfortunately for them, it’s the same one that caused the party to lose the White House, the…

For release: 02/04/25 The changing media landscape By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last week that the briefing room is now open to reporters for “new media,” including podcasters and websites, she was acknowledging the power and reach of these outlets, which was demonstrated in the last…

For release: 01/30/25 At last: Seeing government work By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        One of the things that frustrates so many people about Washington is its dysfunction. We are paying more and getting less. Another day older and deeper in debt as an old song goes. The cost, bureaucracy and government’s failure to…

What Leadership Looks Like By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        It took just two hours before the president of Columbia, Gustavo Petro, caved in to President Trump’s threat of tariffs if he didn’t agree to accept criminal migrants who Trump is deporting from the U.S. Two hours. Not only that, President Petro offered to send…

For Release 1-24-25 I beg your pardons By Cal Thomas Pardons were flying all over Washington on Monday like a flock of birds, or airplanes during peak hours at Reagan airport. Joe Biden was first, issuing “pre-emptive” pardons to five members of his family, including his brother. Republicans have accused the Biden family of ill-gotten…

For release: 01/21/25 The second time around By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency According to the Frank Sinatra song, “Love is lovelier, the second time around.” We’ll see how that works out in the second coming of Donald. J. Trump, now president of the United States for a second time, following a four-year “intermission.” The…

For release: 01/16/25 Trump’s second inaugural address By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Who remembers Donald Trump’s first Inaugural Address? Probably not very many, unless they have Googled it, as I did. That’s likely because after the speech Trump became fixated on the size of the crowd, which he repeatedly claimed was larger than official…