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The Contrast Between the Best and Worst of America and Why Does Anyone Support Trump’s GOP?
A Wrap Up of the DNC and How Will RFK Jr’s Endorsement of Trump Impact Swing States
A Military Analysis of Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia and the Escalation Ladder to Nuclear War
The FBI Cracks Down on American Kremlin Propagandists as Russian Election Influence Operations Ramp Up
Last Night’s Star Turns at the DNC From Tim Walz and Kenan Thompson to Project 2025
Trump’s Anti-Semitic Attacks on Governor Josh Shapiro
A Review of Last Night’s Democratic National Convention and a Preview of Tonight’s
The Generational Change Underway In the Harris/Walz Democratic Party
China Sues Stanford For Mao’s Secretary’s Diaries With a Inside Look at the CCP From 1935 to 2018
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>> Biden Acknowledges the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at the DNC in Chicago Have a Point
>> An Appraisal of Last Night’s Speeches at the DNC
>> The Turnaround in the Polls For the Democrats in the Key Swing States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
>> An Update From Chicago on the Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations and the Change of Fortune For Democrats in Down-Ticket Races
>> A Presidential Speechwriter on the Delicate Job of Writing a Speech For a Sitting President Passing the Baton to His VP
>> As Bombs Fall on Gaza and Ukraine, Arms Industries Benefit From Tragedy
>> Peace Negotiations For a Gaza Ceasefire Now Minus a Representative From Hamas
>> The Origins and Definition of Settler Colonialism, Which Used to Be Applied to Australia, Canada, and the U.S., But is Now Being Used to Label Israel
>> Bangladesh: The Latest Example of the U.S. Not Acting According to Its Democratic Ideals
>> How a Reality TV Star Living in His Own Reality Captured the GOP and up to Half of Americans Now Living in a Phony Reality
>> America’s Historical Irony of its Foundation in a Revolution Against a Mad King, Only to Possibly Re-elect a Mad King Anointed by the Supreme Court With Monarchical Power and Immunity
>> Did Trump’s Pandering to Young White Men and Joe Rogan and Elon Musk Fanboys on X Help His Campaign?
With War Between Israel and Iran Inevitable, a Strategic Analysis of How Much It Could Escalate We begin with a strategic analysis of the likely moves by Iran and Israel; with a looming war between them inevitable, how much it will escalate is the only question. We discuss a third option which is for Iran … Continued
A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on What Damaging Material Might Be In the Leaked Vetting of J.D. Vance by the Trump Campaign We begin with a former Republican opposition researcher who worked for Trump in 2016 against Hillary Clinton and assess what kind of damaging information there is about J.D. Vance in the 271-page vetting … Continued
Trump’s Press Conference Tirade of Child-like Petulance That Biden Had Been Taken Away Like His Favorite Toy, and Now He’s Stuck Having to Run Against a Black Woman We begin with Trump’s press conference today at Mar-a-Lago at which he rambled on about his grievances, starting off with a tirade of child-like petulance that Joe … Continued
