Tag: MAGA

Only a midterm rout turns back the suicidal, corruption-laden Trump bulldozer, ploughing ahead (crypto, emoluments, inflation, blackmail, AI) to enrich the rich by impoverishing the poor

Thus do clear MAGA victims of an unjust economic system make themselves double marks from an even worse, more costly betrayer.

If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?

Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.

The Iran debate is increasingly about the limits and costs of war—and the relationship between Washington’s interests and Israel’s priorities.

Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.

It's as if America was feeling so bad about itself that it had to replay the politics of self-mutilation, as if loaded with masochists.

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.

As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?