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Trump, the Fighter The Republican National Convention (RNC) billed Donald Trump as a “changed” man, one more softened and spiritual, after surviving that assassination attempt. But the Trump who droned on last night was all too familiar. He gave the longest presidential nomination speech in US history, spewing the same divisive rhetoric and policies in… Read more.
Republicans want Cheatle’s head on a platter House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are calling for the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. They’re demanding her professional head as political compensation for allowing an assassin to come within a whisker of taking former President Donald Trump out during a rally in Pennsylvania… Read more.
Trump ridiculed Scott Trump continually ridiculed Tim Scott, saying, “You are campaigning harder for me than yourself.” This was Trump’s sadomasochistic way of acknowledging how hard Scott was auditioning for VP. That’s why MSNBC host Joy Reid and others waxed clairvoyant and indignant last night, explaining why Trump didn’t pick him. Of course, any Black… Read more.
A “breathtakingly misguided” ruling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is right. Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is “breathtakingly misguided.” But nobody should be surprised. After all, with her incomprehensible rulings on procedural motions, Cannon dropped breadcrumbs that led inexorably to this dismissal. Procedural delays… Read more.
Don’t cry for Colombia! Even Colombians wanted Argentina to win as a consolation for global superstar Messi, sidelined by a swollen ankle. And sorry, England, again… But here’s to Euro winner Spain facing Copa winner Argentina in a Super 2024 final. And with Carlos Alcaraz already winning Wimbledon — ¡Viva España! Read more.
In a shocking turn of events, the FBI, Secret Service, and ATF are investigating an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. At a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shots were heard shortly after Trump took the stage. Reports are that he’s “fine.” But kudos to President Biden for rushing to condemn this violence and… Read more.
Former President Trump on Friday reupped his request for President Biden to undergo a cognitive test, telling Biden he would accompany him. ‘Joe should immediately take a Cognitive Test, and I will go with him, and take one also,’ Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. ‘For the first time we’ll be a team,… Read more.
Nothing says you’ve arrived quite like India’s richest man blowing $600 million on his son’s four-month wedding extravaganza. And, with that kind of money, he had no problem paying superstars like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna to perform as mere wedding singers. India’s billionaire Brahmins seem blissfully and willfully unaware that their ostentatious display of… Read more.
So, Harry decided to use his mother’s tragic death to deflect criticism from Pat’s mother. That shows there’s no low to which this high-brow grifter won’t go to get his grift… Read more.
Raducanu’s fall from grace I’ve written this commentary in the spirit of “I told you so.” That’s because it offers a cautionary tale young people would do well to heed. Emma Raducanu won her first and only Grand Slam at the 2021 US Open. But I felt compelled to rain on her parade by publishing… Read more.
