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Democrats in panic Mere seconds after last night’s debate, every reporter and pundit on CNN shared how their phones were “blowing up” with messages from Democratic politicians, donors, and organizers. They were all panicking, bemoaning their party’s fate if Joe Biden remained at the top of their ticket for the November General Election. Thomas Friedman… Read more.
The debate of the century Tonight’s debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden was pure entertainment. It was the kind of performative spectacle Americans now expect from political leaders. That’s why the news media hyped this debate as if it were a boxing match between two geriatric heavyweights. News anchors made famed… Read more.
Plea deal for bail-jumping Assange Finally, after over a decade of high drama, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced justice. In a courtroom far, far away — in Saipan, of all places — he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of violating the Espionage Act. According to a plea deal with the US government, the court… Read more.
Violence breaks out in Kenya The UN deploys international police forces to impose law and order in beleaguered countries. But nobody in their right mind thinks Kenyan police have a snowball’s chance in hell of doing that in Haiti. The Kenyan police landed yesterday. But nothing betrayed the folly of their mission quite like Kenya… Read more.
Last night, the Edmonton Oilers’ dream of making history came to a disappointing end in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. Despite a valiant effort, the Oilers fell short against the Florida Panthers, missing out on their first championship in 34 years. For the first time in history, the Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup… Read more.
Trumpism rules conservative justices Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she often cries over how conservative justices are trashing the Constitution. But their willful delay in ruling on Trump’s frivolous immunity claim is enough to make any patriotic American cry. Of course, there should be no crying at the Supreme Court. After all, its proceedings are as… Read more.
MAGA-Republican fear-mongering MAGA-Republican fear-mongering has Democrats wetting their beds. In fact, with their talk of revenge, “I-am-your-retribution” Trump and his bullying MAGA propagandists are fiendishly instilling fear in everyone. ‘Of course we aren’t fucking bluffing.’ That’s the message one close Trump adviser and former administration official to speak…wants to get across to the press and… Read more.
The overlooked refugees World Refugee Day, observed annually on June 20, is dedicated to raising awareness about the plight of refugees and displaced persons around the globe. This year, marking it is especially relevant given the escalating crisis in Sudan. Of course, the media focus on conflicts causing refugee crises in Ukraine and Gaza. So,… Read more.
Clark keeps saying the right thing Angel Reece from South Carolina University and Caitlin Clark from the University of Iowa have taken their famous college rivalry to the WNBA. And I cannot overstate that professional basketball has not seen the media frenzy they’re generating since Magic Johnson from Michigan State and Larry Bird from Indiana… Read more.
Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. It freed all enslaved people in the Southern States. But Union soldiers took two-and-a-half years to inform Galveston, Texas, of the Proclamation. Enslaved Blacks there finally heard the news of their freedom on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth commemorates this unconscionable delay. Yet, that… Read more.
