Common Sense Coalition
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A bipartisan and non-partisan group of experts, former government officials, former military officers, academics, and scholars. Our goal: To hold the Trump administration accountable for the damage done to our country. https://commonsensecoalition.net
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Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
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Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
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Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
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We couldn't have said it better. Kudos to Steve Rattner on this succinct summary of Trump's economic failures.
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Opinion | Trump’s Economic Record Doesn’t Come Close to His Campaign Promises
The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.
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August 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
We couldn't have said it better. Kudos to Steve Rattner on this succinct summary of Trump's economic failures.
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American consumers will be paying a steep, long-term price for the Trump administration's senseless war in the Gulf.
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July 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
American consumers will be paying a steep, long-term price for the Trump administration's senseless war in the Gulf.
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The White House’s Flawed Attack on the Smithsonian
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The White House’s Flawed Attack on the Smithsonian
The Trump administration seeks to replace accuracy with airbrushing, writes Michael Mitchell
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July 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The White House’s Flawed Attack on the Smithsonian
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Citizens deserve equal justice, not this.
"President Trump quietly denied nearly 6,000 clemency applications this month from people who mostly lacked political connections ... while he awarded pardons and commutations to allies who had skipped the line."
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"President Trump quietly denied nearly 6,000 clemency applications this month from people who mostly lacked political connections ... while he awarded pardons and commutations to allies who had skipped the line."
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Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave
Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.
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July 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Citizens deserve equal justice, not this.
"President Trump quietly denied nearly 6,000 clemency applications this month from people who mostly lacked political connections ... while he awarded pardons and commutations to allies who had skipped the line."
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"President Trump quietly denied nearly 6,000 clemency applications this month from people who mostly lacked political connections ... while he awarded pardons and commutations to allies who had skipped the line."
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"Cycles of failure in U.S. policy are not new. What is different now is the willful repudiation and rewriting of history, and the celebration of cruelty and ignorance as a matter of policy."
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On Being American: 250 Years On, Our New Self-Evident Truths
The fight for American renewal begins today, writes Kevin Nealer
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July 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Cycles of failure in U.S. policy are not new. What is different now is the willful repudiation and rewriting of history, and the celebration of cruelty and ignorance as a matter of policy."
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Coalition founder Ira Shapiro: "We need to meet the unprecedented authoritarian challenge by building a broad, bipartisan and non-partisan coalition to reject this presidency emphatically."
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How to Face the Fourth: With Resolve, Not Resignation
A note from Common Sense Coalition Founder Ira Shapiro
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July 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Coalition founder Ira Shapiro: "We need to meet the unprecedented authoritarian challenge by building a broad, bipartisan and non-partisan coalition to reject this presidency emphatically."
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LISTEN: Ira Shapiro speaks with political strategist Joe Trippi on That Trippi Show: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
"America didn't vote for this" with Ira Shapiro
Podcast Episode · That Trippi Show · July 3 · 33m
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July 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
LISTEN: Ira Shapiro speaks with political strategist Joe Trippi on That Trippi Show: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Coalition member and Brookings Institution scholar Josh Gotbaum speaks with Joan Esposito: omny.fm/shows/joan-e...
Joan Esposito Live Local & Progressive, July 02 2026 - Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive
On today's show: – Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of “The Watergate Girl,” co-host of #SistersInLaw and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks…
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July 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Coalition member and Brookings Institution scholar Josh Gotbaum speaks with Joan Esposito: omny.fm/shows/joan-e...
LISTEN: Ira Shapiro on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
Arnie Arnesen Attitude July 1 2026
Part 1:We talk with Kelcie Mosely-Morris, who covers reproductive rights for Stateline.We discuss how the administration has defunded the main efforts to prevent teen pregnancies through HHS. Efforts…
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July 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
LISTEN: Ira Shapiro on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...
Yet another no-bid contract. This time for $500 million to build the ballroom.
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July 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Yet another no-bid contract. This time for $500 million to build the ballroom.
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This was a predictable outcome:
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China Emerges as a Relative Winner From Strait of Hormuz Crisis
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June 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This was a predictable outcome:
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In a new AP-NORC poll, just 18% of Americans describe America as "great, prosperous, or powerful," while a combined 39% say it's "declining," "struggling," "corrupt," or "embarrassing."
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How Americans describe the U.S. ahead of 250th anniversary, according to new AP-NORC poll | AP News
A new survey asked 2,596 American adults to describe the United States using one word. Many used words like “freedom” – but others say the nation is “struggling” or referred to “corruption" to…
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June 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In a new AP-NORC poll, just 18% of Americans describe America as "great, prosperous, or powerful," while a combined 39% say it's "declining," "struggling," "corrupt," or "embarrassing."
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"Prices were up 4.1 percent from a year earlier, the fastest annual inflation in more than three years."
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Inflation Accelerated in May as Iran War Pushed Up Prices
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June 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Prices were up 4.1 percent from a year earlier, the fastest annual inflation in more than three years."
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Trump's promises of a manufacturing "boom" seem to be falling short.
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US manufacturing jobs fall at fastest rate since pandemic
Survey finds company executives struggling with rising costs and shifting policy
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June 24, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Trump's promises of a manufacturing "boom" seem to be falling short.
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Donald Trump vowed "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" in launching his war with Iran. That promise has proved too true - for America.
Intelligence expert and coalition founding member Kevin Nealer writes about Trump's new deal with Iran: open.substack.com/pub/cscoalit...
Intelligence expert and coalition founding member Kevin Nealer writes about Trump's new deal with Iran: open.substack.com/pub/cscoalit...
Fulfilling Trump's Promise to "Make Iran Great Again"
Trump's war on Iran has accomplished nothing - other than to weaken America, writes Kevin Nealer
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June 22, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Donald Trump vowed "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" in launching his war with Iran. That promise has proved too true - for America.
Intelligence expert and coalition founding member Kevin Nealer writes about Trump's new deal with Iran: open.substack.com/pub/cscoalit...
Intelligence expert and coalition founding member Kevin Nealer writes about Trump's new deal with Iran: open.substack.com/pub/cscoalit...
"The renovations were initially estimated to cost $1.8 million. It appears the cost of the project is now up to $14.7 million."
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Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation | CNN Politics
Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by Presi...
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June 19, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"The renovations were initially estimated to cost $1.8 million. It appears the cost of the project is now up to $14.7 million."
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LISTEN: Founder @irashapiro.bsky.social speaks with Patty Vasquez @heartlandsignal.bsky.social about "Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This"
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WCPT 820 Interview: Ira Shapiro - Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez
Patti Vasquez is joined by Ira Shapiro, co-author of "Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This."
Ira Shapiro is a lawyer, a long-time senior Senate staffer, and a former U.S. trade official. He is the ...
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June 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
LISTEN: Founder @irashapiro.bsky.social speaks with Patty Vasquez @heartlandsignal.bsky.social about "Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This"
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The throughline of Trump's second presidency is contempt for the rule of law.
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Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right
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June 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The throughline of Trump's second presidency is contempt for the rule of law.
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Today, on Trump’s 80th birthday, is the perfect present for the Trump
-skeptical voter in your life.
Co-edited by me and @irashapiro.bsky.social, authored by the experts of @cscoalition.substack.com
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-skeptical voter in your life.
Co-edited by me and @irashapiro.bsky.social, authored by the experts of @cscoalition.substack.com
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Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
is a journalist and lawyer. She is the author of (The New Press, 2024) and (The New Press, 2020), winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice.
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June 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today, on Trump’s 80th birthday, is the perfect present for the Trump
-skeptical voter in your life.
Co-edited by me and @irashapiro.bsky.social, authored by the experts of @cscoalition.substack.com
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0H2...
-skeptical voter in your life.
Co-edited by me and @irashapiro.bsky.social, authored by the experts of @cscoalition.substack.com
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Coalition member and CIA veteran David Kanin joined the Spytalk podcast to talk about the dangers of Bill Pulte’s ill-fated nomination as DNI and about David’s experiences as a founding member of the legendary “red cell.”
Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/0vFu51t...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/0vFu51t...
SpyTalk
Podcast · SpyTalk, Jeff Stein · SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalists…
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June 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Coalition member and CIA veteran David Kanin joined the Spytalk podcast to talk about the dangers of Bill Pulte’s ill-fated nomination as DNI and about David’s experiences as a founding member of the legendary “red cell.”
Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/0vFu51t...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/0vFu51t...