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Host the World Cup Like This, America, and the World Will Boycott the LA Olympics

Friday, June 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Collage of teams arriving for 2026 World Cup with Somali referee denied entry

Trump’s travel bans and visa denials have turned the World Cup into a showcase of American racism, with Black and Brown teams, fans, journalists, and even referees treated like security threats. But iPINIONS contends that, if America cannot host the world without humiliating it, the world should not legitimize LA 2028. Read my full take… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Fifa, Haiti, immigration, Iran, LA 2028 Olympics, Omar Artan, racism, Sports Boycott, Travel ban, Trump, World Cup, World Cup 2026

Trump Turns the Presidency Into a Ponzi Scheme

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump as a gilded day trader and market manipulator

Trump isn’t just moving markets. iPINIONS contends that he’s turning the presidency into a Ponzi scheme with a Bloomberg terminal, where taxpayers and ordinary investors are the suckers while his family, donors, crypto cronies, prediction-market operators, and rich friends profit from the volatility he manufactures. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-turns-the-presidency-into-a Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: crypto corruption, Donald Trump Jr, insider trading, Iran War, Kalshi, market manipulation, oil prices, Polymarket, Trump corruption, Trump family grift, Trump presidency, Truth Social

Why Is MAGA Warning Europe About the Immigration That Made America Great?

Monday, June 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Hegseth, Vance, Starmer on D-Day invasion and migration

MAGA warns Europe about immigration as if it threatens civilization. But immigration made America great. iPINIONS thinks MAGA’s real fear is that it also made America less White. And that’s the unforgivable sin. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/why-is-maga-warning-europe-about Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: D-Day, diversity, Europe, Henry Nowak, immigration, JD Vance, MAGA, MAGA immigration Europe, Pete Hegseth, refugee policy, Ukraine, USAID, White grievance

Trump Made the 2026 World Cup All About Him. So It’s a Mess.

Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
FIFA World Cup image Infantino as ringmaster

FIFA has turned the 2026 World Cup into a three-country circus. Trump’s travel bans, ICE fears, sky-high tickets, and Infantino’s fawning only make the spectacle more farcical. But iPINIONS fears for Haiti’s fans. Because the dream of watching their improbable team may end at the US border. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-made-the-2026-world-cup-all Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Donald Trump, Fan Experience, Fifa, Gianni Infantino, Haiti Soccer, ICE, iPINIONS, Mar-a-Lago, Soccer Politics, US Travel Ban, World Cup 2026, World Cup Opening Ceremony

Trump Should Make Elon Fund His Ballroom and Jan 6 Payoffs

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon musk posing with images of Trump's Jan 6 rioters and ballroom

Trump’s ballroom and Jan 6 payoff fund are suddenly unfunded. So iPINIONS thinks the obvious move is to make Elon Musk pay. With SpaceX poised to make Musk the world’s first trillionaire, Trump can rebrand the grift as private generosity and launder the vanity through Elon. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-should-make-elon-fund-his-ballroom Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Elon Musk, Jan. 6, MAGA billionaires, political grift, SpaceX IPO, taxpayer funding, Trump, Trump corruption, weaponization fund, White House ballroom

Trump Is Preventing Iran from Developing Nukes Like He Forced North Korea to Denuclearize. God Help Us.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump cursing out Netanyah as Ayatollah looks on

Trump once told Americans to sleep well because he had supposedly ended the North Korean nuclear threat. North Korea kept building. iPINIONS warns that he’s now running the same delusional play with Iran: boasting of victory, hyping imaginary deals, and pretending Netanyahu will do whatever he says. But Iran just halted talks, oil prices spiked,… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Ayatollah, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East War, Netanyahu, nuclear deal, Trump, Trump North Korea

Democratic Billionaires Stand By as Trump Persecutes His Political Enemies

Monday, June 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump targeting enemies and Democratic billionaires are refusing to fund legal defense fund

Trump is using the DOJ to persecute political enemies through investigations, humiliation, and crushing legal costs. Yet Democratic billionaires, who owe their fortunes to democracy and the rule of law, refuse to fund the legal defense machine needed to stop him. Worse, iPINIONS contends, is that Trump is pushing a so-called anti-weaponization fund that could… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: anti-weaponization fund, Authoritarianism, Democratic billionaires, DOJ retribution, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Jan. 6 defendants, legal defense fund, political persecution, rule of law

Trump’s Cabinet Finds Pride and Joy in Collective Sycophancy

Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump' s Cabinet of vassals

Trump’s Cabinet meetings have become televised loyalty pageants, with members competing to praise him like courtiers before a tin-pot Caesar. They tell themselves the groveling is performative schtick to own the libs. But repetition is corrosive. iPINIONS contends that what begins as a story to survive humiliation hardens into truth. Lincoln assembled a Team of… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: idle flattery, MAGA, sycophants, Trump cabinet

How Elizabeth Smart Reclaimed Her Body After Kidnapping and Abuse

Friday, May 29, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elizabeth Smart from abducted rape victim to victim advocate and bodybuilder

Elizabeth Smart was abducted at 14 by a self-styled prophet who tried to reduce her body to captivity, shame, and obedience. But Smart refused to let that be the final story. She testified, confronted her captor, became an advocate for survivors, built a family, and now competes as a bodybuilder. iPINIONS notes how her journey… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: body reclamation, Elizabeth Smart, Elizabeth Smart bodybuilding, Epstein victims, kidnapping survivors, sexual abuse survivors, survivor advocacy, The Handmaid’s Tale, trauma recovery, Virginia Giuffre, women’s resilience

Pope Leo Warns AI Is the New Tower of Babel … with Drones

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Pope Leo and Anthropic co-founder Olah at the papal encylical on technology

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that AI is becoming a new Tower of Babel. As the son of a preacher man, I know that parable well: human hubris, God-like ambition, and the danger of power without humility. From OpenAI’s safety wars to Anthropic’s rare moral caution, from social media brain rot to… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI Ethics, AI warfare, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, autonomous weapons, Christopher Olah, iPINIONS, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV, tech hubris, Tower of Babel, Ukraine War

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