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Trumpism Rules

Thursday, November 7, 2024

 THE POPULIST REVOLT:  As of this morning Trump has 295 Electoral College votes to 226 for Kamala Harris. You need 270. Trump leads by 4.8 million in the popular vote, which he did not win in 2016.   Republicans have the Senate …

The Last Day: Laugh and Cry

Monday, November 4, 2024

IT’S POLITICAL: Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance in the cold open of Saturday Night Live then jetted off to Detroit for campaign appearances yesterday while Donald Trump made stops stops in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.   Harris went face to …

The Final Days

Saturday, November 2, 2024

IT’S POLITICAL:  Hang on. Just two days to go.   A weak September jobs report gave Donald Trump ammunition to attack Kamala Harris about the economy while Harris denounced Trump for saying that her ally Liz Cheney should be put in front …

Finally Days: He Said, She Said

Friday, November 1, 2024

IT’S POLITICAL:  In the final days of the presidential campaign it’s down to “he said, she said.”   Kamala Harris is capitalizing on Donald Trump’s claim that as president he would protect American women, “whether the women like it or not.” Harris called that “very …

Collecting Garbage

Thursday, October 31, 2024

IT’S POLITICAL: The lead story for many news outlets yesterday was President Biden’s blunder calling supporters of Donald Trump “garbage.” The White House later clarified that Biden was referring to the speakers at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, but the gaffe …

Harris Hits a Homer

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

PRESIDENTIAL: With Game Four of the World Series about to start, it was Kamala Harris who knocked it out of the park last night. Speaking on the Ellipse in front of the White House where Donald Trump inspired the January 6th insurrection,  Harris …

Backlash for the Puerto Rico Joke

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

NO JOKE: Donald Trump faces major backlash following the racist joke about Puerto Rico told at Sunday’s rally in Madison Square Garden. Puerto Rican citizens and Hispanics all over the country are outraged. Trump was reduced yesterday to saying, “I’m not …

Trump Plays the Garden

Monday, October 28, 2024

MAGA SQUARE GARDEN: In a six-hour rally yesterday at New York’s Madison Square Garden Donald Trump once again cast Democratic leaders as “the enemy within” and said, “They’re smart and they’re vicious, and we have to defeat them.”    Trump was backed by …

Israel Strikes Back at Iran

Saturday, October 26, 2024

  PAYBACK:  Israel bombed targets in Iran last night in retribution for Iran’s missile barrage early this month. The Israeli attack appeared to be calculated to avoid triggering all-out war between the two countries. A US official told Reuters news “this should …

Trump Would Fire Special Counsel

Friday, October 25, 2024

ABSOLUTE POWER: In the same week in which he’s been accused of being a fascist, Donald Trump said yesterday that if he becomes president again he would immediately fire Special Counsel Jack Smith who has run the two federal criminal cases …