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Lucian K. Truscott IV (page 2)

Lucian K. Truscott IV, a graduate of West Point, has had a 50-year career as a journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He has covered stories such as Watergate, the Stonewall riots and wars in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also the author of five bestselling novels and several unsuccessful motion pictures. He has three children, lives in rural Pennsylvania and spends his time Worrying About the State of Our Nation and madly scribbling in a so-far fruitless attempt to Make Things Better. You can read his daily columns at luciantruscott.substack.com and follow him on Twitter @LucianKTruscott and on Facebook at Lucian K. Truscott IV.

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US President Donald Trump holds up a bible in front of boarded up St John's Episcopal church after walking across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Unbalanced is the new black

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Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena during a two-day campaign bus tour in Savannah, Georgia, on August 29, 2024. (CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Abortion, abortion, abortion: Harris has a surefire path to knock Trump off his game

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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as (L-R) U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his wife KellyJohnson watch during the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

There is one big reason why this election feels so different: Donald Trump is lost

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Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appear on stage together during a campaign event at Girard College on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Whirlwind”: The fastest two weeks in American political history

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Vice President Kamala Harris in Portage, Michigan, July 17, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kamala’s amazing rise: It wasn’t flipping the script — it was releasing pent-up emotion

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United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

The Secret Service director should be fired

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Aileen Cannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/US District Court for the Southern District of Florida)

Bye, bye Aileen

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“Freedom cities” and a “Department of Life”: It’s too late for Trump to ditch Project 2025

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don’t explain. Don’t excuse: Joe Biden’s only debate strategy is to attack Donald Trump

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In this photo illustration a Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How a semi-secret right-wing media empire is blanketing America with lies

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s shark tale: We have to come up with a new word for “unhinged”

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People walk through a Bridgeland neighborhood as families begin cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

America’s stormy weather clears a path for hope

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Judge Aileen Cannon and Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/USDC for the Southern District of Florida)

Judge Cannon’s secret right-wing getaway: Why didn’t we know about this?

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The trouble with Trump polls

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Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The terrible equations of war: What GOP success stalling Ukraine aid looks like on the battlefield

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A barrage of rockets was launched by Lebanese group Hezbollah from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, on April 12, 2024 in Lebanon. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A world war in waiting: After Iran’s attack, it’s almost here

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A man carries a mask as he walks along Roosevelt Avenue, which passes through the neighborhoods of Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights, areas that witnessed some of the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths on May 11, 2023 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

In the absence of American unity, we return to trust

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Supporters of President Donald J. Trump before the start of the rally. At the Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township, PA Saturday afternoon October 31, 2020 where United States President Donald J. Trump spoke during a campaign rally for his bid for reelection. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Trump blows the MAGA whistle — and his signal is heard loud and clear

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Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The pure emptiness of Katie Britt

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The New York Times building stands in Midtown on February 07, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

There is something wrong at the New York Times

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Mike Johnson, Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

First abortion, then IVF… and now birth control?

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Former President Donald Trump pauses for cheers from the crowd before speaking as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on August 5, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump’s plan to disappear millions

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Nikki Haley and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP primary is in a parallel universe. Republicans are about to get a reality shock

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