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From Iran to Cuba, American Schizophrenia Has Countries Looking to China for Stability

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Politics at the water’s edge Championing good governance and democratic values was long the hallmark of American leadership on the world stage — or so the myth goes. Once, when American diplomats came knocking, nations understood the package deal: aid came with accountability, alliances with expectations. More to the point, American politicians once took pride… Read more.

Big Inaugural Balls: Trump Plans to Dance While California Burns…

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

President-elect Trump: Scrap your inaugural balls. Instead, redirect the hundreds of millions your billionaire donors gave for this occasion to aid Californians left homeless by wildfires. Then, challenge them to donate 10 times more to relief efforts than they did to your balls. Because nothing says ‘let them eat cake’ quite like Americans dancing in… Read more.

Trump Nominates a Latino, a Jew, an Indian, and a Black to Do the Dirty Work

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

DEI is poisoning American schools and businesses Donald Trump is a certifiable racist and antisemite. Nobody should be surprised that he has nominated a nearly all-White cabinet. For context, his cabinet will have just five people of color compared to Biden’s thirteen. Of course, Trump vowed to kill all DEI programs if elected. Not only… Read more.

Voting for Kamala Is a No-Brainer for Victims of Hurricane Helene

Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Hurricane Helene has left many Americans homeless in its wake, with many facing the daunting task of rebuilding without insurance. The Biden-Harris administration has FEMA officials deployed across affected states, providing immediate aid and relief. Meanwhile, Trump is doing what he does best — hurling lies and staging political photo-ops to discredit these efforts, more… Read more.

Trump Is Campaigning Like It’s 2016

Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump is doing his damnedest to get his MAGA supporters to see his 2024 presidential campaign through the rose-tinted glasses of 2016. So, it’s not just dementia making him recycle the same promises he failed to deliver on last time. This shyster is betting he can catch lightning in a bottle again – complete with… Read more.

For Christ’s Sake, Kamala, Stop Dodging the Press!

Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Granted, this isn’t nearly as bad as Trump dodging the Draft. But still, it speaks volumes that CNN’s Jim Acosta sounded like Trump yesterday when he accosted a Harris campaign spokesman: Would it kill you guys to have a press conference? Why hasn’t she had a press conference? News media across the spectrum have been… Read more.

Trump’s Band of Brothers: Mission?  Swiftboat Walz

Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

JD Vance is fulfilling his Republican duty by questioning the valor of Kamala’s VP pick, Tim Walz. It might seem like a symptom of the congenital imposter syndrome Vance suffers. But it’s actually a manifestation of the smear campaign Republicans execute as an article of faith. Tim Walz, a retired National Guard Command Sergeant Major,… Read more.

MAGA Knew Trump Picking Tim Scott as VP Was Dark Humor

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.