Given all the political entities in the Middle East associated with Syria: The al-Assad government, the rebels, the Russians, the Kurds, the Shia, the Sunnis, Iran, al-Qaeda, and the Turks, it’s a virtual certainty that if you pick an enemy …
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The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson Sorkin writes, “It’s tempting to see the Gaetz affair as the last shudder of the era of Donald Trump, but the political culture that the two men represent won’t easily be swept away.” That’s for …
Is there anything attractive about Pence as a presidential candidate? He has the charisma of a five-pound bag of fertilizer, and his views on things like gay rights are from the early/mid-20th Century, when homosexuality was punished by imprisonment or …
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Apparently, Trump’s cabinet members are facing an icy response as they try to find employment in the private sector. What a shock. What corporation wouldn’t want a top executive with a track record of running the most corrupt and citizen-unfriendly …
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John Boehner (R-OH), the former Speaker of the House, blames Trump and his lies about election fraud for the January 6 riot at the Capitol, writing that the former President “incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, …
The headline above is from this excellent, though terrifying piece. Here’s the next turn in the sickening experience that Trump supporters are having: being reported to Trump as “defectors” if they cease their donations. I’m not an expert on cults, …
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When will this cease? That’s not a rhetorical question. At what point will Trump knock off the stolen election narrative, and simply go away (hopefully to prison)? I predict that at a certain point, Trump will be completely discredited, and …
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy: Is the White House concerned that Major League Baseball is moving their All-Star Game to Colorado, where voting regulations are very similar to Georgia(‘s)? White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki:
Handling communications for the White House at this point is tricky, because, in an effort to be fair, the ultra-right-wing media, e.g., Fox, OANN, and Newsmax need to be invited to the table. But at the same time, they live …
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Another Easter is in the books. Hope yours was a happy, hopeful, safe, and sane occasion. As suggested here, many Americans cannot say they had this experience, because the ex-president whom they still idolize continues to make the assertion that …
