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Tuberville’s Hold on Military Promotions Undermines the Military and Promotes Racism

Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point.  Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.

Tim Scott Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yesterday Tim Scott launched a presidential exploratory committee. That should have filled Blacks with pride. But nothing could have been further from the truth. The reason is simple. Scott is little more than a right-wing Republican in Blackface. Tim Scott launches presidential exploratory committee I’ve been decrying his self-hating, hunky-dory politics for years. It began… Read more.

George Santos Personifies MAGA Republicans

Friday, January 13, 2023 at 6:48 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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 Speakership Signals Trump’s Diminishing Influence

Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 5:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Kyrsten Sinema Leaves the Democratic Party to Maintain the Center of Attention in the Senate

Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Kyrsten Sinema spent much of the last session of Congress trying to upstage Joe Manchin. Manchin prides himself on being the only senator Democrats, including President Biden, must lobby to pass signature legislation. Sinema wants to be that senator and then some. Sinema Leaves the Democratic Party Sinema has decided that becoming an Independent is the best… Read more.

Joe Manchin Shows Democrats Again He’s a Manchurian Senator

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 6:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

From day one, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has been bedeviling congressional efforts to enact President Biden’s domestic agenda. This is why suspicions that he’s a Manchurian senator are entirely reasonable. In fact, Biden’s presidency has been defined by him and congressional leaders engaging in an all-too-public, sausage-making process to get Manchin’s vote, on… Read more.

Biden Should’ve Settled Khashoggi Issue Before Visiting Saudi Arabia

Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 5:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

President Biden’s first state visit to the Middle East is being defined by the superficial way he greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and by the political way they discussed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In fact, reporters are dogging Biden and his team with questions about Khashoggi – as if his murder… Read more.

Cassidy Hutchinson Showing More Balls than Republican Men

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 8:12 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

After all, while most Republican men are still kissing Trump’s brass ass, there was Cassidy Hutchinson giving congressional testimony that could seal his doom… It was one of the most dramatic moments in a presentation filled with them: Just before President Donald J. Trump went onstage near the White House last year and urged his… Read more.

Jan. 6 Hearing, Like Insurrection Porn, Failed to Arouse…

Friday, June 10, 2022 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Truth be told, as I watched last night’s Jan. 6 hearing, I felt like a porn addict waiting for some tidbit of information or video clip to come along and arouse my interest. It never came. Hell, even that “damning exchange” between Liz Cheney and Ivanka Trump didn’t get a rise out of me… This… Read more.