The 100 Foot Ladder

The 100 Foot Ladder

What Comes After Flashing Red Lights?

It's Not Just Political Theater, It's Practice.

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Ken Taub
Jul 25, 2025
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THINGS ARE ABOUT to get uglier, and more dangerous. Even for former presidents and presidential candidates.

I FIND NO empowerment in fanning fear, let alone paranoid hysterics.

I STARTED The 100 Foot Ladder two years ago to get above the fray; not to dive into it and stir up anger, alarm or division. Things are awful enough.

But when an erratically swerv…

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