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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a crusade. He’s banning African-American studies from public schools, claiming they impose a political agenda on school kids. This is a brazen case of projection. DeSantis is ensuring schools indoctrinate kids with a white-supremacist version of US history Rev. Al Sharpton led a march on Wednesday on Florida’s state… Read more.
Chinese officials are gaslighting liars. They make Donald Trump look like a Boy Scout. But, like a broken clock, they might be right this time. The mission of this Chinese spy balloon might be trolling more than spying. Chinese spy balloon But why would China launch a balloon to spy on US nuclear silos? Doesn’t that seem… Read more.
The Killing of Tyre Nichols was all too predictable. It played out like countless other cases of cops killing Black men. The Killing of Tyre Nichols Republican politicians offer thoughts and prayers after those shootings. But then they block legislation that could prevent them. Black activists offer eulogies after cops kill Black men. But then they refuse… Read more.
Nikki Haley has announced her intent to run for president. She is challenging Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. But she’s just the first of many Republicans expected to do so. Of course, she distinguished herself by taking down the Confederate flag. She did so while serving as governor of South Carolina in… Read more.
Congressional Republicans are treating George Santos like a skunk. But they would do well to smell themselves. Because, thanks to Donald Trump, Santos personifies what their party has become. ‘Today, on behalf of the Nassau County Republican Committee, I’m calling for his immediate resignation,’ chairman Joseph G. Cairo said at a news conference on Long… Read more.
McCarthy’s struggle to win the speakership As with Dr. Frankenstein, Donald Trump’s demon spawn is turning on him. MAGA Republicans are thwarting the divine wishes of their self-proclaimed savior. They are blocking the election of Kevin McCarthy, the member he endorsed as speaker of the House. And they are doing so with almost sacrilegious defiance.… Read more.
And here’s to a Musk-less New Year! Read more.
Stephen Miller served Donald Trump the way Thomas Cromwell served Henry VIII. And he stroked Trump’s ego the way Roy Cohn did. That explains a lot. Stephen Miller is the only aide Trump didn’t fire Peter Baker is a journalist at The New York Times. His wife, Susan Glasser, is one at The New Yorker.… Read more.
Trump’s NFT digital cards Donald Trump earlier this week on Truth Social teased that he’d be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” on Thursday, prompting questions as to what on Earth the former president was up to. Is it a rally tour? Is it his candidacy for House speaker? Is it something dumber and more pathetic than… Read more.
The answer is simple. Democrats are as hooked on Twitter as teenagers are on TikTok. Musk is Trolling Democrats Put another way, Democrats sticking with Musk is like Republicans sticking with Trump. That might be a more apples-to-apples comparison. Democrats spent years denouncing Republicans for sticking with Donald Trump. Republicans were only interested in the primary votes and fundraising dollars. Trump’s… Read more.
