Politics

When Donald Trump’s people pulled their Jeffrey Epstein stunt at the beginning of the week, they appeared to be trying to distract us all from something else. If that was the case, then it worked – but in the least successful way possible. Trump is now stuck with an Epstein scandal and coverup that’s so…

In his comical short essay from the 1970s, “Remembering Needleman,” Woody Allen’s eponymous character justifies his flirtation with National Socialism by noting, “I have the kind of eyes that are set off by a brown shirt.” This stripe of tepid accommodation might as well be used today. We’ve seen worse. Recently. For example, when Trump…

When someone spins a yarn to a group of people, and that yarn is proven to be false, the group of people in question might just get a little pissed off. And they will be especially pissed off if they are members of a cult. Take, for example, The People’s Temple, which was led by…

Whenever someone does something odd, we all have a tendency to try to figure out what their strategy is. No matter how strange or absurd or seemingly dumb the move might be, we all figure there has to be some kind of strategy or intent in there somewhere, right? But what we’re learning with this…

The last time President Felon visited his golf course in Scotland in 2018 he was trolled by a paraglider. A banner suspended below the pilot read, “Trump: well below par #resist.” Despite investigating the incident, Scottish police were unable to learn the identity of the pilot. Something tells me they didn’t try very hard. The…

Donald Trump being the senile loser that he is has made a mockery out of our whole political system with his policies. The problem is Trump’s policies are horrible. A KINDERGARTNER could do a better job. Now we must take into consideration his dementia which is part of the problem. After all it is not…

It’s still unclear why anyone in the Donald Trump regime thought it was a good idea to drag the Jeffrey Epstein scandal back to the surface. Even worse, the Trump regime has done it in a way that looks highly suspicious (there was no client list after they said they had the client list?), and…

The week began with the Trump DOJ announcing for no apparent reason that there was nothing suspicious about Jeffrey Epstein’s death and that there was no Epstein client list to be found. This has played out in multiple negative ways for the Trump regime. It’s turned numerous pro-Trump conspiracy theorists against the Trump regime. It’s…

While Donald Trump and his band of feckless Republicans believe their legislation will improve life in America, experts believe otherwise. Trump has always been wrong about tariffs. While Trump continues to brag that “China is paying us billions of dollars in tariffs,” the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution breaks it…

The fertile green Earth below our feet is the number one provider of nutrients, from which so many sweet offerings grow, and the farmers that grow them are the salt of the Earth. Farmers are becoming panic-stricken by Donald Trump, Donald Trump‘s Department of Justice, Donald Trump‘s cabinet, and Donald Trump‘s band of thugs called…

Suffice it to say that we’re in hell for as long as Donald Trump is in power. But if it’s any consolation – and it should be – Trump is now increasingly in a hell of his own making. It’s not just that we get to watch him suffer. It’s that the worse things get…

How must it feel to be the leader of the free world and come across as an ignorant racist? Ask Donald Trump. There is no one as inept, crass, clueless, and classless as Donald Trump. After stripping their countries of much-needed aid, he invited African leaders to the White House. It makes no sense. Perhaps…

After Donald Trump’s big ugly bill was passed into law last week, I wrote that we finally knew who was really running the presidency while a senile Trump twiddled his thumbs: Stephen Miller. The profoundly anti-poor, anti-immigrant legislation had Miller’s ideological fingerprints all over it. And it was Miller who was celebrating the most loudly…

Dr. John Gartner is a psychologist. Dr. John Gartner has an excellent reputation. Dr. John Gartner spoke to the Irish Star. Dr. John Gartner says in his opinion Donald Trump has dementia. Thank goodness for doctors with excellent reputations. Dr. John Gartner spoke at great length to the Irish star, and in the conversation, the…

Republicans continue trying to convince the American people that Trump’s big ugly bill will not kick people off Medicaid. They enlisted the help of Kevin Hassett, a so-called economic expert. Appearing on Face the Nation over the weekend, Hassett continued to sell the lie that cuts to Medicaid will not end insurance for millions. Hassett…

WHAT is Donald Trump doing? That is what many are asking because Trump’s mind is playing roller derby. Donald Trump’s trade deals if that’s what you want to call them are an effing mess. Trump keeps adding countries to impose tariffs on. Like a wayward child on the playground, his brain skips this way and…

On Tuesday, Elon Musk took to X (formerly Twitter), and wrote, “How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?” But he’s asking the wrong question. The correct question is, “Why isn’t Trump suing me for defamation?” Or even, “Why isn’t Trump having me arrested for lying…

Donald Trump has never once competently held a meeting with a world leader. We’ve seen him botch such meetings time and again when the cameras are rolling, and lord only knows how bad it gets behind closed doors. But as has been the general trend of late, Trump is getting worse at holding these meetings.…

It’s just not Elon Musk’s week. Palmer Report has said — over and over — the consequences of getting close to Donald Trump seem to be losing one’s brain. We’ve seen it happen. Finally, finally, it is happening to Musk. First off, this insane fight he’s gotten into with Steve Bannon is just wild. Now,…

Bad news continues to come out of Texas. The death toll has topped 100. Does Trump feel any responsibility for what happened? Of course he doesn’t. He would have to have a conscience to do that. Reporters asked Trump whether he has plans to reinstate the meteorologists he and Musk terminated considering the floods. Trump’s…

Given how far gone Donald Trump is, it’s doubtful that he was even involved in the Trump regime’s decision to release a “nothing to see here” report this week about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. But somebody in the Trump regime clearly thought it was a good idea, presumably as a distraction from something else we…

Trump Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (you couldn’t come up with such a bizarre set of words if you were playing MadLibs) somehow survived the Signalgate scandal. That’s probably because Donald Trump is too far gone this time around to understand the need for scapegoating anyone. But now it appears Hegseth is being thrown under…

There is a segment of the population that lives for conspiracy theories, lies, and seeing things that are not there. Even as lives continue to be lost in the Texas floods, the MAGA contingent fans the flames of ignorance with their ridiculous claims while offering no solutions to the problem. As of this writing, the…

It’s still not clear why anyone in the Trump regime thought it was a good idea to take a Jeffrey Epstein scandal that no one was even talking about anymore, and announce for no particular reason that there was nothing suspicious about Epstein’s death and that there was no evidence of Epstein’s client list. But…

I do not write many articles about Climate Change. I leave that to my walking encyclopedia of a colleague on the subject, Robert Harrington. However, today — today, friends and readers, I will speak a bit about climate change. What prompted me is the Texas Floods. Rarely has there been such a disaster that I…

“It is sometimes a very wise thing,” wrote Niccolò Machiavelli in 1517, “to simulate madness.” Thus was born “The Madman Theory,” a political theory usually associated with Richard Nixon. Machiavelli may have invented the idea, but it was Nixon who came up with the name, and tried to put it into orbit. “I call it…

This morning I asked why the Trump regime had chosen yesterday to make such a big controversial announcement about there supposedly having been no further evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and nothing suspicious about his death. What were they trying to distract us from? We still don’t know the answer to that. But we…

It seems someone has gone bananas once again, and this person is Donald John Trump. Trump announced 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, proving once again that anyone who thought the tariff insanity was over didn’t know Donald Trump. In his Press office (also known as Truth Social), Trump shared photos of letters to…

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (talk about putting the arsonist in charge of the fire station) announced yesterday that there was nothing suspicious about Jeffrey Epstein’s death whatsoever, and that there never was any client list to be found. In other words, it’s pretty much what we expected the Trump regime would announce. At this…

Magic certainly has captivated many in this country, as magic shows can be beguiling and colorful showcases of mystery, tricks, and festivals of intrigue. However, there appears to be a bit of magic that has come to the Trump administration, and it has launched a war of words between Trump, MAGA, and never one to…

Donald Trump has been busy lately wreaking havoc across the globe in many ways. However, whether he’s engaging in unconstitutional bombings, tanking the economy, or forcing through unpopular legislation that strips more Americans of health insurance and civil rights, Trump always manages to find the time to pursue petty grudges to the bitter end. In…

It’s a shame that scientists have not found the magic formula that can stop the sociopathic mind from descending into madness and criminality. Sociopaths make up only a small percentage of our population. And SADISTIC sociopaths make up even less. They’re rare, alright, but occasionally one shows up, and usually the sadistic sociopath is not…

Over the past few weeks there has been a popular theory that Donald Trump’s more unhinged than usual behavior was an attempt on his part at distracting everyone from his unpopular budget bill while it was being passed. But according to that logic, now that Trump’s awful bill has become law, shouldn’t he be reining…

I did something foolish. I tried to educate the uneducable. Permit me to explain. I follow Senator Adam Schiff on X. I do so because I admire him, and his posts are gracious and full of wisdom. But something I find intolerable is there are always scores of MAGA idiots trolling him with lies. After…

I just love it when the rule of law triumphs. Here is a story that I hope will put glorious, sun-kissed smiles on ALL your faces It is with unfettered delight, with vigor, with shining satisfaction that I say: SORRY JOHNNY. Poor John Roberts. Poor, poor Jonny. “Judges are finding workarounds to Trump’s Supreme court…

During the previous Donald Trump regime, none of his cabinet members were suitable – but at least they tended to only embarrass themselves one at a time. During this new Trump regime, his cabinet is so cartoonishly awful that it’s difficult to even keep track of all the awfulness. Most of the medical focus this…

What do Reform UK, Vox, Alternative für Deutschland and Rassemblement national have in common? Apart from the fact that they’re the British, Spanish, German and French rough equivalent of MAGA, their constituents aren’t necessarily climate change deniers. Radical right parties in Europe — toxic climate change deniers all — are polling well above 20% on…

Speaking at a rally in Iowa on Thursday, Donald Trump revealed what he calls Melania in private, such as when saying goodnight. It wasn’t “honey” or “sweetheart,” but “First Lady.” Although it doesn’t exactly sound romantic, at least it could be a way of showing admiration and reminding his wife of the prominent role she…

Donald Trump is being slammed online for his — well — for his utter stupidity. DUMB. You know, it is pretty embarrassing that with all the great leaders in this world, we have as our “President” (And I use that word loosely) a moronic, dumb as a f’in doornail THING representing the United States. It’s…

Earlier this week I wrote that Donald Trump and his Republican Congress may have just passed the one and only piece of substantive partisan legislation that they’re going to get this term. I know that they still have a year and a half left. But even with full control, things have a way of running…