Forty-one years have passed since the year 1984 of George Orwell’s imagined dystopian future in his 1949 novel, “Nineteen Eighty-Four.”  As the old saying goes, “Fiction is the lie that tells truth.” ********* “We have glorious news for you. We have …

Donald Trump attended his New York criminal sentencing sitting without shame in front of two American flags, branding his felony conviction with patriotism. Trump takes control of the White House on January 20th after already taking the House, the Senate … …

One of the clichés in the news business is the reader or viewer who cancels their subscription or stops watching after a news outlet does just one thing that displeases them. Anyone who’s ever sat at the city desk has picked …

 The Supreme Court reconvenes today with Clarence Thomas, the most corrupt justice in its history, unabashedly taking his seat on the bench.    As ProPublica has reported, Thomas over 20 years travelled on billionaire Harlan Crow’s private jet, luxuriated on his …

Democracy dies when all a politician wants is power.   Two years after the January 6th insurrection, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has released 41,000 hours of Capitol security video exclusively to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has fed the lies that …

 Former Vice President Mike Pence could become a hero of American democracy, but he would rather be president.   Pence knows how Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the 2020 election because he would have been the instrument for doing it. Pence …

 California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most skilled and competent politicians in America, faces a recall election tomorrow basically because he went to a fancy restaurant and had his picture taken without a protective mask during the pandemic.   And …

  Let’s get after it. More than a week since the devastating sexual harassment report on the governor of New York, it’s amazing that Cuomo still has his job. Not Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned, but his brother Chris, the CNN anchor who …

  Donald Trump came down to the wire on election day doing what he does best, creating his own reality. He has said the Covid pandemic is nearly over, Joe Biden will make the US a socialist country, that he …

Everything is “great” in the world of Donald Trump. Great jobs done, great people, great companies. In his briefing Sunday on the coronavirus pandemic Trump used the word “great” 45 times.   He said “I think great leadership is really working well,” …