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Few things are more confounding and difficult to understand than Trump’s followers and his Make America Great Again crowd’s deceptive and dangerous political nostalgia. Political observers don’t have an answer about why the MAGA crowd says the U.S. is disintegrating, riddled by crime, Deep State conspiracies, criminal immigrants, and U.S. involvement in non-existent overseas wars.
New York, NY, Jan. 10, 2025–MAGA supporters–about 50% of US voters–will be surprised when they watch the upcoming Trump presidential inauguration on January 20. As part of the historic sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump today on 34 felony charges related to his secret payments and falsifying business records, attorneys for Donald Trump and adult film…
What’s Wrong With Cable News TV–Part 2 NBC is greedy. It promoted Trump on “The Apprentice” even as lawsuits against him were rising. He was a failed businessman, and NBC knew it but didn’t care. They created his myth in search of profit. The news that CNBC and MSNBC may be up for…
When allegedly smart people say ridiculous things, you wonder, “Why?” That’s when Trump supporters Larry Kudlow, an economist, and the Shark Tank face man Kevin O’Leary, a real estate developer, made ridiculous comments trying to defend Trump in his current case involving his New York State tax fraud case. For the record, Judge Arthur…
Social stress is the prelude to war. disinformation, disillusionment, apathy, and pessimistic resignation blunt the electorate’s will to participate in democracY. A corrupt Supreme Court. Judges who manipulate their power to protect Trump. Threats against the legal system, public officials, and police. Silicon Valley’s push to force the Fed to hold crypto. These are all…
This story was updated Dec. 12, 2025 Ever since Ted Turner played a practical joke on the world when he introduced 24-hour global news coverage in 1980, it’s become evident that people are not too interested in 24-hour news coverage. Even worse, cable networks don’t often seem to be able to provide 24-hour…
What do the lyrics from the song “War” (sung by Edwin Starr; lyrics by Barrett Strong / Norman Whitfield) have in common with crypto and Bitcoin? We can see by looking at the lyrics from the first verse: War, huh, yeahWhat is it suitable for?Absolutely nothing, uhhWar, huh, yeahWhat is it good for?Absolutely…
Israel cannot negotiate with Gaza and the west bank because both are failed states When the media talks about the Israel-Hamas war, they have adopted a point-of-view that Israel is the Goliath and the Palestinians are David. While biblical comparisons have merit, they do not apply to this complex and historic conflict. After almost 40…
Highly-processed food is bad for your health, but it especially impacts poorer communities Fast food that is highly processed can produce a wide variety of severe disorders ranging from cardiovascular disease, depression, type 2 diabetes, anxiety, and mental disorders, according to a new study published in the February 2024 issue of the BMJ.
“Prices for producers have grown a lot more slowly over the last year. Companies should pass those savings on to consumers,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “That’s why taking on price gouging has been part of the President’s economic agenda.” It’s no secret that since the COVID-19 epidemic started in 2020, businesses of…
The Harris paralysis is a big problem for Biden’s presidential bid and it’s only getting worse. Harris is a drag on the ticket, but it is too late to change now. Let’s think about how far President Biden could be ahead of Trump if he had a competent Vice President. It is evident that…
After Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk may be the wealthiest man in the world, but like Putin, he is very arrogant and not always the smartest. Maybe it’s because he has to adhere to his odd libertarian philosophy, which, in this case, boils down to rich people being generally more intelligent than the…
Today’s announcement by Special Counsel Robert Hur that President Joe Biden is “a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” throws the entire upcoming presidential election into turmoil. Loyal Democrats who defended Biden against MAGA attacks will have to regroup and decide if Biden is worth defending or if the DNC should finally be held…
pundits wonder why trump’s cases took so long to go to court. The Reason: AG Garland May Be trump’s best friend. Worse, Garland’s delays gave the presidency to Trump “The law is an ass” is a famous quote from a play (Revenge for Honour) published by the English dramatist George Chapman in 1654. Charles…
Today’s hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee involving the CEOs of the nation’s five big tech companies about potential harms from their products on teenagers are excellent news copy, but they are not new. Since the creation of the bulletin board, the first interactive stage of the Internet, in the mid-1990s, the industry has been…
Wake up Florida! A Florida bill backed by the state’s MAGA Republican chief financial officer would create a $5 million fund to help pay for former President Donald Trump’s mounting legal fees. (See Bloomberg News today for the full story.) This means state taxpayer money would be used to pay for this insurrectionist and convicted…
“The more things change, the more they remain the same” is a classic French proverb that dates back to the 1800s, but it also applies to the pessimistic financial projections for many Americans. Projecting Americans’ financial security into the future is one of the oldest stories in financial journalism and the investment industry. Every…
Corporate socialism is as American as apple pie, yet Republicans rail against socialists, Marxists, communists, and leftists, but their Republican buddies rake in billions in federal monies Today’s primary election in New York City includes democratic Socialists on the ballot, endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. But in their…
We live in an age of unprecedented access to information and data. Still, despite the record number of professional investigators, courageous journalists, and serious-minded amateur sleuths, many major stories do not have viable answers as to why they continue to challenge investigators and unsettle American society. The five biggest mysteries that have occurred…
If Obama is part of the new leadership of the Democratic National Committee, it means the old party apparatus has changed. The Democrats have made outstanding achievements during the Biden presidency, but why isn’t the DNC talking about it? The Dow reached a record high, millions of Social Security recipients are getting…
