Earlier this week Donald Trump scored a rare win when Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire and let him take credit. Trump got the positive headlines he was looking for. But I wrote that it wouldn’t last long. For one thing, this kind of politically motivated ceasefire isn’t bound to last long. And it wasn’t…

Let me begin by saying that, whatever part Trump played in brokering peace in the Middle East, it was a good thing. I will let that statement stand by itself. But it underscores at least two glaring inadequacies, much of which are down to America’s pandering legacy media. The first is, Trump is being given…

Donald Trump, whose mind is failing even faster than his presidency, was just given an emergency “win” by his indebted pal Netanyahu. Trump now gets to claim that he brought peace to the Middle East. It’s setting off a panic among some on our side. After all, now that Trump is getting positive headlines, the…

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The markets are learning, once again, what happens when the MAGA toad-god opens his mouth. On Friday, Trump promised to double tariffs on Chinese imports to a ruinous 100%, a move that startled traders and rattled governments from Washington to Beijing. By Sunday, China had replied with a warning: back down, or face retaliation. Beijing’s…

JD Vance humiliated himself on Sunday by being cut off as he was speaking. It happened on ABC where Vance was busily and insincerely blaming Dems for the government shutdown. But then the subject of bribery and Tom Homan came up. Vance did his best to defend the disgraceful Border Czar. Calling defending the rule…

It seems that some Republicans are coming to their senses, though it’s only for their own salvation. Statistics consistently show that Democrats holding out on the budget to save health care for low and middle-class Americans is gaining popularity. As reported by the Washington Post, Republicans have been trying for 15 years to kill the…

It is the weekend. And it is a beautiful day to mock the Taco. Remember when, in another article I wrote, that we need to turn mocking the Taco into a national pastime? It looks like America is doing just that. “Trump mocked by European leaders.” – Politico. It’s gone international! Mocking the Taco has…

A feeble and confused Donald Trump was defeated by an umbrella yesterday, before incoherently babbling to reporters about how he doesn’t think he’s getting into heaven. Then he suggested that the airplane he was on was heaven. Either that or he suggested that he was already dead and in heaven. At this point it’s often…

Trump has been told once again that the United States military is not his private garrison. A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump “administration” can’t deploy the National Guard in Illinois, partly upholding a lower court decision that found such action “likely to lead to civil unrest” and “only adds fuel to the fire.”…

Math has never been my best subject, but even I know that one cannot lower product prices by more than 100%. Apparently, though, the idiot in the White House does not know this remarkable fact. I say this because Trump, speaking on Friday, proceeded to brag he’d lower drug prices “as high as 1,000%.” 1000?…

The Nobel Committee has once again failed to appreciate the divine gifts of the MAGA toad-god. Having dared to award its Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan activist who merely risked her life for democracy, it now finds itself accused by the White House of “placing politics over peace.” The whining, of course,…

Just how far will House Speaker Mike Johnson go to not swear in new Arizona House Rep Adelita Grijalva? I ask because she still has not ben sworn in. Johnson seems content to make a fool of himself by coming up with all sorts of imaginary reasons why he won’t swear her in. WE know…

Fear and loathing of illegal immigrants has become the political distraction of our age. That fear and loathing was created for and cynically leveraged by oligarchs and xenophobic Republicans telling lies. They are loud, falsely moralistic, and pushing a narrative that is disproportionate to any measurable harm. Multiple studies have found that immigrants are less…

May I confess a delicious secret to you, my friends and readers? On Thursday night, I was waiting. I was waiting, alight with anticipation, as was the internet, which certainly was buzzing. And as the clock struck Midnight and yesterday became today, I waited. I waited until 5:00 AM. Yes, this writer was up. I…

Last month Donald Trump made a social media post addressed to his handpicked Attorney General Pam Bondi, insisting that she criminally indict James Comey, Letitia James, and Adam Schiff. Not long after this, Trump appointed a laughably unqualified U.S. Attorney who did in fact indict Comey and James. But now, thanks to Bondi and perhaps…

Woe to the people who dare to try to conquer America. They always meet the same fate — and that fate is defeat. Donald John Trump thinks he’s a conqueror, which is pretty funny if one thinks about it. Trump is no conqueror. All that is, is a silly and infantile person with a brain…

Do you remember, my dear readers, a time not so long ago, when we would wake up in the early morning and NOT worry? Rather than breathing in worry, it was the perfume of fragrant roses in the wind we inhaled. This is because we had a president who was NOT cognitively impaired, who was…

When Donald Trump made a social media post weeks ago demanding that his handpicked Attorney General Pam Bondi begin criminally indicting his enemies such as James Comey, the whole thing read like a private email. It was criminal beyond words, but it was also bizarre beyond words. It raised a lot of questions. Now we’re…

There is a myth out there that I’d like to dispel. That myth is that everyone does the right thing, that people are by and large strong and assertive, and when push comes to shove, they rarely or never back down in the face of political weaponization. This is a pleasant thought, but all it…

Things in this world are always changing. That’s the nature of the world. Dynasties fall. Countries that were once friends shift alliances. Politicians once loved fall out of favor. And the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is ruining Donald Trump’s life. Facts don’t change because they can’t. There are seven days in a week. There are 24…

When Donald Trump succeeded in ordering his DOJ to criminally indict former FBI Director James Comey on false charges, I wrote that it was a test balloon. Pretty much everyone in who has heard of Comey hates him for one reason or another, and he’s one of the biggest reasons we’re in this mess, so…

Why are MAGAs so quick to cry voter fraud when they are the ones doing it? Perhaps they are attempting to deflect from their own fraudulent behavior but why be so vocal about the issue when you’re the guilty party? If you’re not already frustrated with this, the latest news will send you reeling. Jack…