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The office of UK prime minister has become a game of musical chairs. That explains Rishi Sunak becoming the fifth person in six years to hold it. He will be Britain’s third leader in seven weeks and the first prime minister of color in its history. A former chancellor of the Exchequer who is the son of Indian… Read more.
Even erstwhile sensible Republicans like Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire are coming across like those useful idiots on Fox News – who propagate Russian propaganda as readily as they do Trumpian lies. Only that explains Republicans all over TV these days carping about Hillary Clinton setting up a private email server at her home,… Read more.
Episode 55: Many Recipients Were Unworthy; Many Worthy Candidates Never Received… Related commentaries: famine… Suu Kyi… Democracy Matron… Listen.
Nero fiddled. Obama danced. Legend has it that Nero fiddled while “a great fire ravaged Rome.” But history can fairly record that Obama danced while a great pandemic ravaged America. Here is how TMZ, the tabloid of record in the celebrity world former President Barack Obama now inhabits, reported the first draft on August 8:… Read more.
Episode 37: History Repeats Itself: From Vietnam to Afghanistan, Trump to Carlson…? Related commentaries: al-Qaeda obits…snatching defeat… failure in Afghanistan is likely… Obama saluting… Pentagon report… WikiLeaks… how many more must die… aping “stupid” Obama… Listen.
President Trump rewarded the fawning loyalty of his former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, not just by firing him but by then mocking everything from his manhood to his intelligence to boot. All this simply because Sessions forfeited his ability to rig the Justice Department’s Russia probe to suit Trump’s agenda. And Trump couldn’t care less… Read more.
At this point, nobody should be surprised that Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. After all, even before he scammed his way into the White House, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post was telegraphing his intent to do just that. In a detailed series of articles, he found that many of Trump’s… Read more.
On Saturday’s inaugural edition of The Van Jones Show, Jay-Z took issue with Trump taking credit for lowering black unemployment. Specifically, Jones asked if it’s okay for Trump to diss blacks as long as he “put[s] money in our pockets.” Truth be told, Jay-Z gave a rambling answer – filled with rich-man platitudes about money… Read more.
Donald Trump is scheduled to get his first physical exam as president tomorrow. Americans are waiting for the results with baited breath, which rivals their waiting for the verdict in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. But I find the interest in this exam stupefying. After all, it is self-evident that Trump’s physical shape is… Read more.
I have been in the vanguard of those warning about this fearful symmetry. In fact, my concerns were such that I began sounding alarms long before a conspiracy of bigotry, ignorance, and complacency misled voters to elect Donald J. Trump the 45th president of the United States. I reacted to this black-swan election with “WTF:… Read more.
