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You probably thought this day would never come. Therefore, as the son of a preacher man, I feel obliged to intone that familiar Psalm: This is the day the lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (118:24) Amen. We made it. And this, despite what might have seemed like four years… Read more.
House lawmakers on Wednesday impeached President Trump for his role in last week’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, capping an extraordinary week of violence, apprehension and partisan brawling in Congress just as Washington cranks up security in preparation for Joe Biden’s inauguration, just a week away. The 232-197 vote was historic: It made Trump… Read more.
Everyone in New York has known for decades that Trump was a lazy, dumb, rich kid who squandered the hundreds of millions he inherited, and then proved so inept as a businessman that he managed the arguably impossible feat of bankrupting a casino … five times. ‘The house always wins’ was the motto that had… Read more.
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I picked the Biden-Harris ticket way back in January 2019 – when nobody thought Joe had a prayer, and Harris was just an exotic wonder. Therefore, I feel obliged to go on the record now, especially given that the ghost of 2016 suddenly all pundits hedging their bets. But I say to you, America: Fool… Read more.
When Donald Trump first began commanding media attention with talk about running for president, I wrote the prescient commentary “Trump for President? Don’t Be a Sucker!” April 8, 2011, hence today’s title. One name explains why Trump ran, and why Kanye might run: Barack Obama. With respect to Trump, the die was cast when Obama… Read more.
Evidently, President Kim Jong-un of North Korea is feeling like a woman scorned. Never mind that he behaved throughout his affair with President Trump like a shrew – too uptight to screw. North Korea accused the U.S. of breaking promises it made at a historic summit two years ago, saying the Trump administration had turned… Read more.
Especially in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic that has already killed nearly 100,000 people. But this just shows how much America has lost its way. Of course, nothing signified this quite like the election of Donald J. Trump. I duly bemoaned his portent in “WTF! President-elect Donald J. Trump?! America. What. Have. You. Done?”… Read more.
I know. But Abraham Lincoln’s famous warning about a house divided against itself came immediately to mind when I read this: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government was sworn in Sunday, cementing a fragile political alliance with former rival Benny Gantz to end more than one year of political stalemate in the country.… Read more.
I wrote “Putin and MbS Used COVID-19 to Shutdown US Oil Producers. And Trump Was All Too Happy to Collude” a month ago today. In it I argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) were playing chess with American President Donald Trump – who seemed incapable even… Read more.
