Something Like the Truth: By Robert Mann

Something Like the Truth: By Robert Mann

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How Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill may have abused their powers after a pharmacy bill failed to win Senate passage
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Robert Mann
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Sen. Bill Cassidy's deadly gamble
With one pivotal “aye” for RFK Jr., he sacrificed the nation’s vaccine shield to immunize his own political future.
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Robert Mann
13
Legalized bribery
How Gov. Jeff Landry and Donald Trump are making it easier for Louisiana public officials to get away with public corruption
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Robert Mann
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May 2025

No longer a shining city on a hill
How Trump's closing America's doors to the rest of the world makes us a weaker country
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Robert Mann
21
Sen. John Bel Edwards?
What are the chances the former Democratic governor might run next year? And could he win in Louisiana?
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Robert Mann
17
The Pied Piper of Pathogens — and the senator who played along
As RFK Jr. dismantles public health, Sen. Bill Cassidy smiles, nods, and vanishes into the background.
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Robert Mann
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April 2025

Friends, family, neighbors -- or political enemies?
A plea for some charity in our relationships with people on the other side of the political divide
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Robert Mann
20
Jeff Landry's private school voucher plan is a budget disaster in the making
Landry and his allies also want to gut the state ethics code
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Robert Mann
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How can Sen. Bill Cassidy win reelection?
My honest memo to him about the best options for winning a third term.
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Robert Mann
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What Would You Have Done in 1930s Germany?
Look in the Mirror
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Robert Mann
17
Streamlining death
Attorney General Liz Murrill is politicizing Louisiana’s death chamber
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Robert Mann
10
Congressional impotence
Why won’t House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise use their power and influence to help Louisiana?
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Robert Mann
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