Lowering the Tariff Boom
Despite protestations from Donald Trump that tariffs he began imposing on Mexico, Canada and China yesterday will have no harmful side effects, it seems clear that... Read more.
Trump: Blame Diversity for the Crash
Even as the bodies from the air crash were still being recovered from Washington’s Potomac River, here was Donald Trump broadly and baselessly blaming diversity... Read more.
The Immigration Raids Begin
Federal immigration arrests and deportations of those targeted in raids are under way in agricultural fields and in so-called sanctuary cities though it is difficult... Read more.
Wishing Disasters Away
Donald Trump’s latest is just an opinion, not an order: Let the affected states deal with disasters, no matter how widespread, no matter if they are man-made... Read more.
Disdain and Chaos
The “shock and awe” of Donald Trump’s first week of his retribution presidency has been overfilled with brash pronouncements that are pushing the... Read more.
The Art of the Grift
The Feel of a Crypto Ponzi Scheme The Donald Trump meme coins are all over the news since their introduction just before Inauguration Day, with right-leaning news... Read more.
Trump: Day One
Somewhere among his felony convictions, his need to return from an election loss, the narrowness of his popular vote margin, or a failed assassination attempt, one... Read more.
Inaugural Dualities
Dualities about the moment today’s inauguration abound. Some dualities are just juxtaposed coincidences, including the swearing-in of a Donald Trump who invites... Read more.
Joy for Freed Hostages
Images from the return of the first three women Israeli hostages, aged 24, 27 and 31, from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 471 days were joyful, yet worried about... Read more.
Hegseth as Chief U.S. Defender
As confirmations go, the hearing for Pete Hegseth — military veteran, failed leader of two veterans’ groups and outspoken Fox News commentator, —... Read more.