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Trump Is Making Juneteenth More Cause Than Commemoration

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump stripped Juneteenth and MLK Day from the national parks’ free-admission calendar while making his birthday a free-admission day. iPINIONS notes that’s not an administrative tweak. That’s a confession. Meanwhile, Obama opened a monument to Black achievement as Trump wages war on Black history. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-juneteenth-more-cause Read more.

America Criminalized Online Gambling in the Caribbean. Now Trump Hosts It at the White House

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America once crushed Antigua for legalizing online gambling, preaching morality while destroying a Caribbean industry. iPINIONS marvels at Trump now hosting the same vice at the White House, dressed up as spectacle, sport, and profit. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/america-criminalized-online-gambling Read more.

The Shield of the Americas… Against Haiti

Monday, June 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s Haiti policy exposes Washington’s oldest habit toward the world’s first Black republic. It outsources guilt, privatizes violence, and calls the invoice policy. iPINIONS contends that the Shield of the Americas was never meant to shield Haiti. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-shield-of-the-americas-against Read more.

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

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.

Trump Turns the Presidency Into a Ponzi Scheme

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Trump Should Make Elon Fund His Ballroom and Jan 6 Payoffs

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

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 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.

Democratic Billionaires Stand By as Trump Persecutes His Political Enemies

Monday, June 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.