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APEC delivers humiliating farewell for Biden As APEC host, Peru’s president relegated Biden to the back row for the customary “family photo” at last week’s summit. The snub evoked global schadenfreude that bordered on elder abuse. I doubt any president has ever faced such humiliation on the world stage. Mind you, Trump is roughly the… Read more.
The great ‘realignment’: Latinos are the new Blacks. Trump won more Black votes than any Republican in recent history. But he has yet to nominate a single Black to his cabinet. This isn’t a coincidence; it’s a nod to the MAGA presumption that only affirmative action would explain a Black being among his first nominees.… Read more.
Nothing demonstrates what Kremlin pawns Americans have become quite like President-elect Trump having Elon Musk on his call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. Because that forced Zelensky to plead with Musk for continued US help in defending his country against Russia’s genocidal onslaught. This call makes it clear: the Trump-Musk co-presidency has already begun — and… Read more.
Trump’s $20 billion-plus payday: The ultimate political bribe Reports indicate that Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump are scheming to solidify their transactional alliance by merging X with Truth Social. Foremost, this deal would make Trump richer than even his wildest boasts. Musk, with a net worth exceeding $260 billion, recently made a staggering $25… Read more.
The US economy added 254,000 jobs, outpacing forecasts by a mile. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%. And the stock market is setting so many new records it’s defying the laws of economic gravity. All Americans should be celebrating, but MAGA Republicans are seething. Why? Because they’ve been brainwashed by Trump’s dystopian gospel of American… Read more.
The attempted assassination of former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, coupled with Joe Biden’s sudden withdrawal from his reelection campaign, already made this a summer to remember. Now, Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the new Democratic nominee risks political sensory overload. The VP countdown President Biden led Democratic politicians, donors, and activists… Read more.
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.
