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Covering Trump vs. Biden Yesterday, President Biden delivered a speech in Pennsylvania contrasting his Scranton policies to help the poor and middle class with Trump’s Mar-a-Lago policies to enrich the rich and super-rich. But this might come as news to you. That’s because cable news networks were too busy covering Trump’s criminal trial in New York City. New York DA Alvin… Read more.
Love in the time of fundraising Or Trump is just a grifter grifting as grifters grift. Because, even on Valentine’s Day, Trump thinks only suckers are into flowers blooming and hearts fluttering. Former President Trump wished former first lady Melania Trump a Happy Valentine’s Day on Wednesday by thanking her for her support throughout his various criminal cases.… Read more.
The Swift conspiracy For Republicans, everything is about their cult leader, Donald J. Trump. Only that explains this: Republicans have speculated that Swift is some sort of Pentagon plant, ginned up by secret liberal forces to swing the 2024 presidential election while also boosting the fortunes of the Kansas City Chiefs, who are headed into… Read more.
Civil War II America is marching into Civil War II – eyes wide shut. Indeed, few seem to care. I have written many commentaries in this regard. And the titles alone seemed alarming enough – as these three attest: “Civil War II Looms Larger as Texas Suppresses Voting Rights and Bans Abortions” on September 2, 2021. “Jan 6,… Read more.
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.
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.
In Trump Republicans trust Trump voters are more likely to believe the former president is telling them the truth than their friends and family or religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll. (Axios, August 21, 2023) That, of course, is the very definition of cult worship. After all, nobody in their right mind is… Read more.
By Election Day 2024, Trump will be dead, indicted, or in prison. I predicted that in “The Fate of Democracy” on June 12, 2021. He’s not in prison yet. And he’s not dead. But prosecutors have indicted him twice. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg indicted him in April. And Special Prosecutor Jack Smith indicted him yesterday. Jack Smith indicts Donald… Read more.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a crusade. He’s banning African-American studies from public schools, claiming they impose a political agenda on school kids. This is a brazen case of projection. DeSantis is ensuring schools indoctrinate kids with a white-supremacist version of US history Rev. Al Sharpton led a march on Wednesday on Florida’s state… Read more.
McCarthy’s struggle to win the speakership As with Dr. Frankenstein, Donald Trump’s demon spawn is turning on him. MAGA Republicans are thwarting the divine wishes of their self-proclaimed savior. They are blocking the election of Kevin McCarthy, the member he endorsed as speaker of the House. And they are doing so with almost sacrilegious defiance.… Read more.
