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Rudy Giuliani Indicted on RICO Charges He Pioneered

Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

People in Donald Trump’s inner circle keep affirming Rick Wilson’s famous assertion that “Everything Trump Touches Dies.” Of course, the more accurate assertion is that everyone who associates with Trump either ruins their reputation or ends up in jail. Giuliani ‘America’s mayor’: fall from grace Everyone from former Cabinet secretaries like former AG Jeff Sessions to former lawyers like Michael… Read more.

Clarence Thomas’s Other Billionaire ‘Friends’

Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friends Justice Clarence Thomas reacted with righteous indignation when news broke about the luxury trips that billionaire Harlan Crow lavished upon him. Except that Thomas compounded his brazen venality by betraying willful gullibility. Because he wanted us to believe that Crow was just an old friend doing what old friends do. But everyone knows Crow wouldn’t have given Thomas the time… Read more.

Republican Projection: The Biden Crime Family

Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republican projection Donald Trump always accuses others of what he himself is guilty of. That’s called projection. And it defines so much of Trump’s political rhetoric that even his defenders engage in it. A case in point is Congressional Republicans accusing the Biden family of all kinds of financial crimes and schemes. You’d be forgiven… Read more.

Pakistan Jails Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. Trump Sees His Future  

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Khan and Trump, two scared puppies Nobody in public life knows how to get under former President Donald Trump’s thin skin like former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The way she needles him with her acerbic wit and boss-lady moves is legendary. And so she remarked that he looked like a “scared puppy” at his DC arraignment last week. ‘I wasn’t in… Read more.

Donald Trump Arrested in DC for Attempt Coup

Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to keep him in power. (The Washington Post, August 3, 2023) I’m following up on Tuesday’s post.… Read more.

Trump Indicted Again – This Time, for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:43 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump made history in March when he became the first sitting or former president of the United States to be indicted. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him for paying off a porn star and covering it up.  Special Counsel indicts Trump again But Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted him again in June for mishandling classified documents and obstructing justice. Yet,… Read more.

Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action, Continuing Thomas’s Personal Vendetta

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Supreme Court ends affirmative action Today, the Supreme Court ended affirmative action. It ruled that the 14th Amendment prohibits public colleges and universities from using racial preferences. And that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits any school receiving federal funds from using race as a factor in admissions. This case was the most controversial of the term. But this decision is anticlimactic. After… Read more.

Jury Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse but Why Not Rape?

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse Donald Trump has a long record of losing court cases. For example, he lost over 65 trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. So nobody should be surprised that he lost this one. A jury found him liable for sexual abuse yesterday. A Manhattan jury… Read more.

Justice Clarence Thomas Accepted Luxury Trips from GOP Donor Who Collects Nazi Memorabilia

Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For over 20 years, Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips from a GOP mega-donor. Even worse, this mega-donor is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. The Republican billionaire who lavished luxury gifts on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas collects historical artifacts he says shed a light on the twentieth century’s worst atrocities. Harlan Crow, the… Read more.

Donald Trump Indicted. Let the Trump Show Begin

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8:11 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.