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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.
The media are hailing Nikki Haley for her “blunt message” to Trump, telling him to focus on GOP issues instead of personal attacks against Kamala Harris. But let’s not forget this is the same Haley who once declared that no one in their right mind would vote for a wannabe Mafia Don who’s now a… Read more.
Biden channeling Trump Biden’s Trumpian delusions of indispensability are frustrating efforts to get him to withdraw. He stubbornly ignored private entreaties to do so gracefully. Now there’s a farcical mutiny afoot. But, with all due respect to Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and others, they should have made their entreaties in November 2022 — after Biden’s blue… 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.
A Stepford setting fit for the GOP Senator Katie Britt staged her rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address from her kitchen. No doubt, she thought this was divinely inspired—a perfect setting to serve up GOP platitudes about kitchen-table issues. And oh, what a kitchen it was! Except that the perfect blend of beige… Read more.
The 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump Yesterday, in a jaw-dropping ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court shocked the world. It found that Donald Trump incited the Jan 6 insurrection. Based on that finding, it ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies him from being president of the United States. Here is how The New York Times reported on its historic,… Read more.
Donald Trump thrived in business by inflating his assets to match his ego. He has thrived in politics by telling big lies millions regard as truth. But yesterday’s judicial ruling and pending criminal cases indicate that his fraudulent business practices and dystopian political rhetoric are coming home to roost. Trump crime family Nearly every aspect of Donald J. Trump’s life and… Read more.
I published the podcast episode “The Fate of Democracy” on June 12, 2021. In it, I declared that, by Election Day 2024, Trump would be either dead, indicted, or in prison. The first is up to God. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has seen to the second. And a jury will see to the third in… Read more.
No doubt the women are leading. But the men will be following in…due course. Except that the following from yesterday’s edition of The Daily Beast might reflect the prevailing view in this regard: Despite continued allegations of fraud and obstruction of justice claims against Donald Trump, somehow there are still only two people continuing to… Read more.
