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New York City’s dramatic arrest of Luigi Mangione looked like a scene ripped from Silence of the Lambs. Mayor Adams played the senator, flanked by hundreds of NYPD officers, welcoming Mangione at the Wall Street helipad like he was Hannibal Lecter himself. Sure, Mangione has inspired folk-hero status among Americans fed up with health… Read more.
Simply put, President Trump sending Herschel Walker to The Bahamas as ambassador is like “mad” King George dispatching Benedict Arnold to the United States. It’s an insult masquerading as diplomacy. Of course, Trump thrives on showing contempt for Black people, often with mocking and bullying intent. That explains why he tapped his African American bulldog,… Read more.
Putin’s bloody playbook comes home to roost The brazen assassination of political enemies is a defining feature of Vladimir Putin’s reign of terror. He delights in proving there’s no refuge from his retribution. London, Berlin, Istanbul—even Washington, DC — have all found his bloody fingerprints at the scene of mysterious murders. Capers like poisoning dissidents… Read more.
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), sounded a Casandra-like plea for aid to Sudan on Fareed Zakaria GPS yesterday. He lamented that, while Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is front-page news, Sudan’s far worse crisis is barely getting any coverage. Except, did I mention he sounded his clarion call on CNN… According to the… Read more.
Jamaica, from monarchy to republic Jamaica is finally removing the British monarch as its head of state. On Wednesday, the government presented a bill to transition the country from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. But this move should come as no surprise. After all, Jamaica has been telegraphing its intent for decades. Britain, like… Read more.
In case you haven’t noticed, Donald Trump doesn’t just want power. He wants what Vladimir Putin has: obscene wealth and abject loyalty. And Trump has undoubtedly picked up autocratic tricks from his puppet master. But as president of the richest, most powerful country in history, Trump will have “absolute immunity” to enrich himself unchecked. So… Read more.
Russia has warned its citizens they might be “hunted” if they travel to the US or other Western countries. But this warning reeks of projection and gaslighting — now the hallmarks of Russia’s dealings with the West. After all, Russia has turned arresting Americans and other Westerners on trumped-up charges into a cottage industry, using… Read more.
A few weeks ago, I observed that Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” comes across like a beat cop playing a military general without having to do so under enemy fire. Listening to him, you’d think he was gearing up for war with Russia, not rounding up scared immigrants like a farmer herding cattle. The Dominican… Read more.
Diddy and Jay-Z: birds of a feather The feds arrested Sean “Diddy” Combs in September on charges of sex trafficking and other federal offenses. Back then, I suggested it was only a matter of time before this Bad Boy’s Rock-A-Fella buddy, Jay-Z, faced the music, too. Sure enough, here’s how NPR reported yesterday on the… Read more.
