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Supreme Court Will Rule 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump from Being President Again

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Speaker Mike Johnson Is a Delusional Hypocrite. Duh.

Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Speaker Mike Johnson is flip-flopping on everything from single-party impeachment to FISA surveillance. And the liberal media are having a field day lampooning the self-righteous way he expresses his hypocrisy.  It’s enough to make the Almighty God think Johnson is a delusional psychopath. Congressional Republicans are as animated by mutiny nowadays as they are by hypocrisy. Given this, he probably… Read more.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s ‘Regret’ for Bush v. Gore

Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The tainted legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor  Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman on the US Supreme Court. Her legacy is assured, especially given the pivotal role she played in Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey, upholding abortion rights.  But her pioneering legacy is forever tainted by her vote in Bush v. Gore. To understand why, consider how… Read more.

Blacks and Latinos for Trump: As Dystopian as American Politics Can Get

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s perverse appeal to Blacks and Latinos  Black and Latino men are signaling their intent to vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Polling to this effect suggests a narrative. It’s as bizarre as it is troubling.  But they aren’t interested in Trump’s policies. They probably know nothing about them. Instead, Black and… Read more.

Trump to MAGA: Believe Me, Not Your Lying Eyes 

Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump says believe me Frankly, Trump’s MAGAspeak makes Orwell’s doublespeak sound credible. For example, Trump could tell his supporters the sun is shining, while they’re standing in the rain listening to him, and they would believe him. Here is the commandment Trump handed down during the early days of his presidency:   Stick with us. Don’t believe the crap you… Read more.

US Election 2023: Donald Trump and Daniel Cameron Are the Biggest Losers

Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 6:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republicans, are you tired of losing yet? I have written several commentaries lampooning how “everything Trump hails fails.” Sure enough, getting Donald Trump’s political endorsement has become the kiss of electoral death. No political leader in US history has had more candidates they endorse lose on election night. Democrats are projected to notch several key wins across Tuesday’s… Read more.

Powell and Chesebro Plead Guilty: DA Willis Sets Sights on Trump

Friday, October 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Powell and Chesebro cop guilty pleas, Willis closes in Donald Trump’s life is a tangle of legal jeopardy so absurd it’s Kafkaesque. But even he knows the final scenes of his absurdist legal drama are now playing out. Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer criminally charged in Georgia for his role in what prosecutors describe as a conspiracy to overturn… Read more.

Republicans Oust McCarthy as Speaker: Republican Autocracy Trumps American Democracy

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

GOP ousts McCarthy as speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a notorious Faustian bargain with MAGA Republicans to become House speaker. It required him to give them the power to gun him down. And that could happen on a whim. Yet McCarthy was all too willing to pay that price.  Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before a… Read more.

Republicans Banning Books: Democrats Can Turn the Page

Monday, October 2, 2023 at 8:22 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republicans banning books The Nazis burned books. But the Republicans are more civilized; they’re just banning them. Republicans claim they’re preventing the kind of fascistic indoctrination the Nazis practiced. They insist they’re only helping parents protect their kids. On Morning Edition last month, NPR featured the crusade that one parent, Katie Gates, launched to ban Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, And You. Her daughter’s teacher assigned this book for… Read more.

MAGA Republicans Forcing Government Shutdown

Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As the country hurls closer to a government shutdown, a handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers who have been impeding nearly all progress toward funding the government, appear undeterred, even as a shutdown risks disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. … The most vocal of this handful is Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who has threatened… Read more.