Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Donald Trump and the Extreme Vetting of Muslims

Trump hopes for a bounce in the polls via this ugly religious bigotry. Here's to hoping that Americans are better than that.

Smears of Convenience: The DNC Hack and the New McCarthyism

Should we be worried about a reckless Hillary Clinton administration when it comes to foreign policy?

If Donald Trump Had a Selfie Stick, We’d All Be in...

A psychoanalyst concludes that Trump is the modern incarnation of Narcissus — an intrusive, omnipresent and terrible-to-behold mirror image of America’s worst public face.

The Numbers Don’t Lie—But Trump Does

“Watching the polls is a head-shaking confirmation that, I hope, reverses itself before November. There is far too much at stake.”

Trump’s Farcical ‘Sarcasm’ Defense the Damning Credibility Blow — Now No...

By his own oblivious measure, this reality stands out: no one now knows whether Trump ever means what he says. Or ever did. No wonder 2/3’s of the country judge Trump untrustworthy and unfit, if not the greatest phony dreaming of the WH? The seeming jokester has managed to turn himself into prime object of ridicule. This is politics as phantasmagoria, along with gruesome nightmares American is kaput. If language no longer has meaning, all bets are off, doomed by Trump’s indecipherable intentions. Nothing exactly new here if you track predatory sales pitches, intensely self-serving narcissism, even what most people end up calling crazy, deranged, or unstable.

Donald Trump Has Some Explaining to Do

Are we going to find deep ties to Russia in those long-awaited tax returns?

Donald Trump’s Implied Assassination Threat, Fox News and the NRA

Trump is a dangerous demagogue who is inciting violence, and the time for it to stop is now.

Trump Buddies Up to Putin

Imagine what Republicans would say if a Democrat had invited the Russian president to interfere in a U.S. election.

The Incredible Shrinking Populist: Donald Trump’s Tiny Economic Vision

Donald Trump is all talk and no action. In the end, he’s just another selfish and small-minded Republican, with tiny dreams and a tiny vision in a nation that is still capable of greatness.

Country First: Why John McCain Must Dump Trump

"Country first" requires McCain to repudiate Trump, tell the truth about what he represents, and accept the political consequences.

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The MAGA Movement is Jonestown writ large

The reversion to primitivism bears a striking resemblance to the rise of the MAGA movement.

Medicaid on the chopping block: GOP budget advances as disabled protesters cry, ‘You will...

Republicans push deep Medicaid cuts in late-night sessions as disabled protesters are arrested, and millions face the loss of life-saving coverage.

‘This is where kids with cancer are’: Israel bombs Gaza hospitals, kills dozens as...

U.S.-backed Israeli strikes destroy hospitals in Khan Younis, killing patients, staff, and journalists as Gaza’s health system nears total collapse under allegations of war crimes.

Poof! It’s gone

The America we once knew...gone!

Trump-GOP tax bill delivers $5 trillion to billionaires while slashing aid for working families

The legislation extends Trump-era tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, adds new corporate giveaways, and revives controversial provisions targeting civil society, while gutting Medicaid and SNAP.