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MAGA Republicans Impeaching Biden and Indicting Hunter

Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Two days ago, MAGA Republicans announced their intent to impeach President Biden. Today, a Republican special counsel announced his intent to prosecute Biden’s son, Hunter. Trumped-up charges fueled the announcement in each case. That’s self-evident. Why Republicans are impeaching Biden House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced Tuesday that Republicans in the lower chamber are launching an impeachment inquiry into President… Read more.

Polls Show Biden and Trump in a Dead Heat. Don’t Be Like Ginsburg, Biden. Retire Now!

Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I was in the vanguard of those calling for President Biden to announce he will not seek reelection. Yes, I cited prevailing concerns about his age. He’s 80. But I also noted back then that, among other things, he promised he’d serve only one term – as a transitional president; he risked the backlash that befell… Read more.

First Republican Debate: Ramaswamy Trumped, Nikki (Almost) Won, Christie Flubbed  

Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

First Republican presidential debate It was not Mr. Trump’s chief rival in the polls, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who emerged at the epicenter of the first Trump-free showdown on Wednesday, but instead the political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy, whose unlikely rise has revealed the remarkable degree to which the former president has remade the party.… 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.

Musk Rebrands Twitter ‘X’ After Threatening to Sue Zuckerberg Over Threads

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Elon Musk has become to business what Donald Trump is to politics. And, from the day he launched his bid to buy Twitter, Musk has been hellbent on making that antic analogy a reality. Musk threatens to sue Zuckerberg Rash and reckless decisions have defined Trump’s political activities. They have defined Musk’s business activities too. So it… Read more.

Florida Gov. DeSantis Is Whitewashing Black History to Brainwash White Kids

Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Florida Gov. DeSantis is whitewashing Black history Governor Ron DeSantis is hellbent on having Florida teachers whitewash history to brainwash kids. Only that explains his rubberstamp Board of Education issuing new standards for teaching Black history that read like White-supremacist propaganda.  Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a ‘personal benefit’ because… Read more.

Media Coverage of Trump’s Indictment: Inciting Violence and Betraying Hypocrisy

Monday, June 12, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Justice Department plans to arrest Donald Trump tomorrow. And media reporting on his pending arrest is redolent with hypocrisy. Even worse, they are warning about Trump and Republican leaders inciting violence. Yet their coverage is inciting that violence. Of course, Trump has given the media cause to broadcast fears about him inciting violence. That’s… Read more.