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Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Three Years Later
Monday, February 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Ukraine Traded Nukes for Worthless Security Guarantees—Now the US Wants Its Minerals Too
Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ukraine faces a grim choice: accept Trump’s extortionate deal, handing over $500 billion in critical minerals in exchange for meaningless security guarantees, or refuse and risk losing Western support — only to face another Russian invasion anyway when those promises prove worthless. Either way, history warns that guarantees without real enforcement are just preludes to… Read more.
Trump Wanted His Roy Cohn. In Emil Bove and Stephen Miller, He Has Two.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Aides reportedly blocked Trump’s unethical and illegal orders in his first term. According to The New York Times, this frustrated him so much that he exclaimed, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” That’s because he wanted a top aide who would bend or break laws to enforce his venal, vindictive, racist agenda. Now he has Emil Bove… Read more.
Republicans Feast on Trump’s Orwellian Beatitudes at National Prayer Breakfast
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
President Trump delivering the sermon at a national prayer breakfast is like the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan delivering the keynote address at the NAACP convention. Yet, DC politicians dutifully assembled on Thursday to hear his MAGA sermon. But MAGA evangelicals listening to Trump’s blasphemous, self-worshipping drivel had to feel trapped in a… Read more.
MAGA Corporate Values: Andreessen Horowitz Hires Vigilante Daniel Penny
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Corporations have lost their soul In corporate America, virtue signaling has morphed into a cult-like ritual. But in their zeal to prove loyalty, corporations now take more pride in hiring far-right MAGA celebrities than they ever did in hiring minorities under DEI policies. Only that explains Andreessen Horowitz hiring Daniel Penny. It is one of… Read more.
Trump Making Example of Gen. Milley that Putin Made of Oligarch Khodorkovsky
Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
As his first official act, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revoked retired Gen. Mark A. Milley’s security detail, suspended his security clearance, and launched an inspector general inquiry into his tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his confirmation process, Hegseth preached “military lethality” as his sole mission. This brazen act of political… Read more.
China’s DeepSeek Exposes Trump’s Tech Bros as AI Fraudsters
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It took Donald Trump just two days to show the world how susceptible he remains to idle flattery. That was the clear takeaway from the big show he made at the White House last week. He invited Open AI CEO Sam Altman and other tech bros to unveil his $500 billion “Stargate” initiative — a… Read more.
The Tearful Irony of Trump’s Inauguration Falling on MLK Day
Monday, January 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Farewell Address: Biden Echoes My Warning about Mercenary Oligarchs
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
President Biden delivered his Farewell Address on Wednesday. Presidents usually use this final primetime slot to pat themselves on the back and hand historians the first draft of their legacy. That’s why these speeches are often as forgettable as the annual State of the Union Address. The notable exception is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address… Read more.
When Media Moguls Like Jeff Bezos Kneel, Democracy Bends
Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Billionaires as eunuch scribes In a disheartening display of obeying in advance, media magnates are muzzling their outlets to placate the looming specter of Trump’s Second Reich. Jeff Bezos, Amazon overlord and owner of The Washington Post, quashed his editorial board’s Kamala endorsement, triggering resignations and a subscriber exodus. But he couldn’t care less. Bezos… Read more.