TODAY  Bombs and Bluster

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump is stuck where he can’t make peace and can’t make war.

YESTERDAY  US and Iran Trade Attacks

THE WAR ROOM: The US and Iran have been trading attacks since Iran yesterday shot down an American attack helicopter.

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  After promising for days that a peace agreement is imminent, Trump ordered US forces to again attack Iranian targets overnight. Among the sites damaged in the past two days are waterworks in Sirik County depended upon by as many as 20,000 people.

  Iran fired at US bases in the region. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement that they will respond “forcefully and definitively.”

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Special Edition: “Beat the Press”

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Attached is a link to a special edition of my sister Emily Rooney’s podcast “Beat the Press” in which Emily and I talk about what our father, Andy Rooney, would do or say during the current meltdown at CBS and …

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Elections “Rigged” When Democrats Win

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

FAMILIAR TUNE: President Trump is springboarding off the slow count in the California primary to claim the election was rigged against Republican candidate for Los Angeles mayor, Spencer Pratt.   In the past few days of counting Pratt, the former reality star …

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Business Keeps Hiring

Saturday, June 6, 2026

YOU’RE HIRED: Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, indicating that business is healthy even while wages are not keeping up with the cost of living for people doing the work.   Many of the added jobs are in restaurants, bars, and hotels.  …

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

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PAGE TWO: FIRE ANDY ROONEY

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Page Two: 1984 in 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025

Take Back the Flag

Monday, January 13, 2025

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

The Most Corrupt Justice

Monday, October 2, 2023

Democracy and Video in the Dark

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Page Two: Do the Right Thing

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Page Two: Sound Recall

Monday, September 13, 2021

It's Been Said

"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."

  • Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right