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By Election Day 2024, Trump will be dead, indicted, or in prison. I predicted that in “The Fate of Democracy” on June 12, 2021. He’s not in prison yet. And he’s not dead. But prosecutors have indicted him twice. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg indicted him in April. And Special Prosecutor Jack Smith indicted him yesterday. Jack Smith indicts Donald… Read more.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and America’s PGA Tour shocked the world. They announced plans to merge into one worldwide golfing operation. Many are condemning this as the Saudis’ most brazen case of sportswashing. I condemn it as the Americans’ most shameful case of selling out. The sportswashing phenomenon Interest in sports reflects the ties… Read more.
Dr. Cornel West is a celebrated philosopher, activist, and public intellectual. He is to academia what Kanye West is to music. That might be seen as damning him with faint praise. But the shoe fits. And it’s the best way to understand West, that is, Cornel. Cornel West announces Kanyesque campaign Dr. West is running… Read more.
President Biden was already the most successful one-term president in US history. He implemented more transformative legislation than any other. And he did so, despite partisan obstruction not seen since the Civil War. This accomplishment explains why he’s a master negotiator. It’s why nobody should have doubted him. Sure enough, he has now managed the… Read more.
Chinese fighter jet intercepts US spy plane On Friday, a Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US spy plane over the South China Sea. The US is complaining that it did so in an “unnecessarily aggressive” manner. And it published a video of this intercept to prove its point. That video has gone viral. No doubt,… Read more.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday. And he did so in a relative landslide with 52.2%. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was the unified opposition candidate. He led in all the polls. But he fell short with 47.8%. Erdogan wins Turkish election There was never any doubt about the outcome. Yes, polls and media reports… Read more.
Prince Harry and Meghan ‘near catastrophic’ paparazzi car chase Prince Harry and Meghan claim the paparazzi engaged them in a two-hour car chase. And that it was relentless and “near catastrophic.” Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a ‘near catastrophic car chase’ involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the couple claimed. The incident… Read more.
Anna Nicole Smith married her secret girlfriend A new documentary about Anna Nicole Smith dropped on Netflix — and it revealed she was reportedly in a ‘secret relationship.’ Melissa ‘Missy’ Byrum, a friend of the late model, claimed in the doc — titled “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” — that the two were… Read more.
The Boy Scouts of America says it prepares young boys for life. But it turns out much of that preparation involves grooming them for sex. And we now know that its legacy of systemic sexual abuse of boys rivals that of the Catholic Church. Boy Scouts Settles Sexual Abuse Claims for $2.4 Billion The Boy… Read more.
