Friday, March 20, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

A Brief History of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

“Let’s take a look at the history of these world-famous personalities.”

Cleaning Up After Pundits

While the incitement of anti-immigrant prejudice for political gain is shameful and socially explosive, it is certainly not new or uncommon in our country.

Spiffed-up & Combed-over, Trump’s Breakthrough — as Rich White Trash— Lets...

Thus Trump campaigns like a redneck, white trash billionaire, even though that term defies logic, history and reason. But then his benighted audience, with nods to white supremacy, isn’t expert at logic, history or reason. Not getting truly educated, thus not able to keep themselves informed, elevates emotion over thinking, thus making them vulnerable to a hustler who does PT Barnum proud.

Mexican President Fact Checks Donald Trump To His Face, In Spanish

“Undocumented immigration from Mexico to the U.S. had its highest point 10 years ago and it has slowed down consistently, even to the point of being negative in a net effect at this point.”

Trump to Meet Mexican President

Republican nominee Donald Trump will be visiting Mexico City today where a private meeting will be held between him and the President of Mexico.

Donald Trump in the Bayou

The Tea Party, a Sinkhole in Louisiana, and the Contradictions of American Political Life

After Trump

Trumpism will continue after Trump loses. The open question is whether anything good can be salvaged from its wreckage.

Trump Campaign CEO Accused of Domestic Abuse

Trump’s own campaign staff has become infested with bigots, misogynists, and an alleged sexual predator.

When America was Great: The World According to D. J. Trump

Remember, Founders weren’t politicians either but property owners like me, who built big things, got rich trading and doing real estate development. Some owned entire city blocks today worth billions, or ran factories or profited from huge cotton or tobacco plantations.

Is Trump-Bashing Good for the Media?

It seems that a candidate whose words and deeds are so far beyond the pale have finally awoken the press to the truth-squadding that is its job.

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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.

State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring

Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.