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Midterms 2026: MAGA Is Dead. Long Live the Republic!

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Dour Trump beside a diverse, cheering crowd beneath a US map showing a nationwide blue electoral shift.

The American people have spoken, and Trump has suffered a humiliating rebuke. The 2026 midterms were more than a Democratic blue wave. They were a political exorcism of MAGA. But winning Congress is only the beginning. Democrats now have a mandate to confront Trump’s corruption, hold his enablers accountable, and prepare for 2028. Ossoff-AOC 2028.… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2026 Midterms, Democratic Blue Wave, Donald Trump, Jon Ossoff, MAGA, Republican Party

Latinos Have Supplanted Blacks as America’s Political Kingmakers. The Midterms Will Prove It.

Monday, November 2, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Latino voters, Trump, and ICE arrests highlighting Latino political power in the 2026 midterms.

In 2006, I predicted that Latinos would surpass Blacks as America’s most influential minority electorate. Twenty years later, the New York Times is catching up. Republicans mistook Trump’s 2024 Latino gains for a lasting realignment. Now his ICE crackdown is fueling anger, fear, and political backlash. iPINIONS explains why Latino swing voters could expose that… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2026 Midterms, black voters, Donald Trump, ICE Deportations, Latino voters, Political Realignment

Haley Stevens, Doing Her Fiancé’s Bidding, Demands That El-Sayed Pass a Jewish Loyalty Test

Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Black-and-white political cartoon featuring a Michigan ballot box, Mike Rogers, MAGA supporters, Trump, and Putin.

Haley Stevens is putting Abdul El-Sayed through a political loyalty test over an antisemitic ad his campaign didn’t even run. Meanwhile, her fiancé openly backs Republican Mike Rogers. From Michigan to Israel, iPINIONS exposes the hypocrisy of invoking antisemitism to justify anti-Muslim prejudice. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/haley-stevens-doing-her-fiances-bidding Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abdul El-Sayed, Antisemitism Social Title, Haley Stevens, Islamophobia, Jason Turkish, Mike Rogers

Gone Fishing…

Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of a lone fisherman sitting on a wooden dock, fishing rod in hand, with a picnic basket and bottle beside him, enjoying a peaceful escape.

Back on Monday, November 2 Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: gone fishing, iPINIONS, November 2026, Personal Update, Substack, Taking a Break

Republican DOGE Targeted the Poor. Democratic DOGE Should Target the Rich.

Friday, October 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw, DOGE operatives, and vulnerable children beside USAID food supplies.

Republican DOGE treated aid to the poor as waste while Musk, Trump’s family, and DOGE insiders benefited from billions in government largesse. From USAID cuts to sweetheart contracts, the hypocrisy is staggering. iPINIONS calls for a Democratic DOGE to expose the profiteers, recover ill-gotten gains, and restore aid to the poor. Read my full take… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Democratic Accountability, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Government Corruption, USAID Cuts

Trump Ordered Raid of Ilhan Omar’s Home to Persecute, Not Prosecute, Her

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Ilhan Omar, federal HSI agents, and Donald Trump with the quote “I will not be silenced.”

In 2019, Trump told Ilhan Omar to go back where she came from. In 2026, federal agents raided her home to make sure she finally got his message. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-order-raid-of-ilhan-omars-home Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abuse of Power, DOJ weaponization, Donald Trump, Ilhan Omar, immigration, political persecution

Trump Puts Columbus on a Pedestal… and History Under His Heel

Monday, October 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Trump honoring Columbus at the White House, Indigenous rights protesters, and a toppled Columbus statue.

Trump has resurrected Columbus, not from the dead but from historical disgrace. And his White House statue honors more than a discredited explorer. It’s a monument to the comforting fiction that conquest was discovery, dispossession was progress, and White men alone made history. After all, iPINIONS contends, why bother rewriting history when you can carve… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Donald Trump, Historical Revisionism, Indigenous People's Day, white supremacy

Nepo Babies: The Moral Hazard of Inherited Privilege

Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Editorial collage of Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw, DOGE operatives, and vulnerable children beside USAID food supplies.

Famous parents have become Fashion Week’s hottest accessory. But iPINIONS contends that behind the glamour of their nepo babies strutting inherited privilege lurks a psychological price nobody wants to discuss. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nepo-babies-the-moral-hazard-of-inherited Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Apple Martin, Celebrity Nepotism, nepo babies, Paris Fashion Week, Presley Gerber, Saturday Cartoon

Yankees Swept by Rays in 2026 ALDS: Steinbrenners’ Money Pit Hits Rock Bottom

Friday, October 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Aaron Boone looks toward celebrating Rays, stunned Yankees fans, and dejected Yankees players in a postseason collage.

The Yankees have spent 17 years proving that money can’t buy championships, though the Steinbrenners seem determined to keep testing that theory. After another humiliating playoff sweep, even my schadenfreude has given way to pity. iPINIONS laments that baseball’s richest perennial losers have stopped being funny and started being pathetic. See my full take on… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2026 ALDS, Aaron Boone, MLB Playoffs, New York Yankees, Steinbrenner Family, Tampa Bay Rays

Rees-Mogg Plays Straight Man on Tucker Carlson’s Moral Idiocy Show

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Tucker Carlson and Jacob Rees-Mogg in an interview-style collage with Westminster in the background.

Tucker Carlson doesn’t debate. He provokes, monetizes the outrage, then waits for the clips to go viral. iPINIONS comments on how Jacob Rees-Mogg walked into that racket and, improbably enough, became the adult in the room. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/rees-mogg-plays-straight-man-on-tucker Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Media Criticism, Political Podcasts, Russia, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine War

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