Evidently, Trump uses sadomasochistic humiliation to bond with Republican men. Only that explains Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s groveling endorsement this week. After all, Trump didn’t just humiliate Kemp; he insulted Kemp’s wife, Marty, too. He claimed that even she doubted her husband could win reelection without Trump’s divine intervention. Yet Kemp isn’t just endorsing Trump;… Read more.
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Trump Uses Arlington Cemetery for Campaign Photo-Op
Trump has ridiculed US soldiers killed in action as “losers and suckers.” That alone should be disqualifying for any presidential campaign. Yet, this draft-dodging, narcissistic insurrectionist is now trampling the burial ground of those dead soldiers for a cheap political stunt. Everyone knows he visited Arlington Cemetery yesterday just to score political points. Why didn’t… Read more.
DNC Trumps RNC in TV Ratings
TV ratings for the RNC and DNC are in. And, if they’re any indication, the presidential election results might not be as close as polls suggest. The DNC’s four-day jamboree for Kamala Harris averaged 21.8 million viewers — 14 percent more than the RNC’s for Donald Trump. A few days ago, I asserted that TV… Read more.
Hail, Kamala! The Democratic Nominee for President of the United States!
Just imagine the best of LBJ, Reagan, and Obama. Because that will give you a sense of the substance, theme, and style of the speech Kamala delivered to close last night’s DNC. Frankly, it’s a national embarrassment that the RNC nominated “an unserious man” like Trump to challenge her for the presidency. Trump is toast!… Read more.
Trump Bribing RFK Jr. to Boost Flailing Presidential Campaign
Donald Trump’s obsession with crowd size is certifiably weird. Yet it is surpassed in its weirdness his obsession with TV ratings. Watching the Democratic National Convention play out this week is only worsening his public nervous breakdown. This breakdown was triggered when Joe Biden passed the torch to Kamala Harris. Of course, the Obamas trigger… Read more.
MAGA Republicans Are Selling Out Democracy for Cheaper Bread
Donald Trump is a twice-impeached, four-times-indicted, convicted felon and adjudged rapist. He’s also a pathological liar who incited an insurrection. Yet listen carefully, and you’ll hear MAGA Republicans saying they’re voting for him anyway just to avoid 3% inflation. They blithely overlook his threats to turn American democracy into a Russian-style autocracy, as if that’s… Read more.
Harris-Walz, Don’t Bank on Enthusiasm — Use It to Bank Votes, ASAP!
The Harris-Walz campaign is riding a wave of rock-star rallies. And this week’s Democratic National Convention is set to play out like a rock concert. That’s why Donald Trump is so green with envy that he’s throwing temper tantrums on live TV. But once early voting starts in September, the Harris-Walz campaign should make banking… Read more.
UAW Sues Musk and Trump for Worker (and Voter) Intimidation
Elon Musk’s interview with Donald Trump on X last week turned out to be as ill-fated as it was overhyped. It was marred by the same technical glitches that dogged their first interview. And that’s because Musk took foolish pride in gutting his platform of many engineers. But this time, the United Auto Workers union… Read more.
Trump’s Black Women Problem
Trump’s racist and misogynistic attacks against Kamala are only exacerbating the congenital problem he has with women voters. But even that pales in comparison with the problem he has with Black women, particularly four of them: Vice President Kamala Harris, New York AG Letitia James, Fulton County DA Fani Willis, and U.S. District Judge Tanya… Read more.
For Christ’s Sake, Kamala, Stop Dodging the Press!
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.