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Trump says Cuba is on his mind. But iPINIONS argues this is not strategy. It’s wag-the-dog theater, with Cuba cast as the next stage for Trump’s imperial bluster after humiliation in Iran. From Rubio’s exile politics to Russia’s meddling and the Supreme Court’s property ruling, the Cuba threat looks less like foreign policy than conquest… Read more.
Of course Netanyahu is pulling what little remains of his hair out. Because, despite all their bombing and bluster, the US and Israel haven’t achieved any of their goals. After all, Iran will emerge stronger than ever … acting like a superpower on the world stage, with its control of the Strait of Hormuz, uranium,… Read more.
In both images, a local hand is doing the pointing. But iPINIONS contends that US policy loaded the moment. In Vietnam, Washington intervened where it had no business intervening, and helped spread the very communism it claimed to contain. In Congo and Uganda, Washington gutted USAID, leaving local health workers to police Ebola with broken… Read more.
Memorial Day is supposed to honor the dead, not kick off a weekend of sales, selfies, and slogans. This year, the contrast is even more obscene. Trump has sent Americans to war against Iran, leaving 13 US troops dead and more than 380 wounded, while folding national mourning into his Freedom 250 pageantry, UFC fantasies,… Read more.
Elon Musk and Matt Walsh claim Christopher Nolan is pandering by casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy. But this uproar has little to do with Homer and everything to do with Black beauty entering a mythic space White grievance still thinks it owns. iPINIONS argues that Nolan didn’t invent Lupita’s beauty. He merely cast… Read more.
Ukraine spent the first years of Putin’s genocidal invasion begging Biden and NATO for the weapons to strike back in kind. Instead, Washington dithered, NATO cowered, and Kyiv paid the price. iPINIONS argues that while Biden delayed, Ukraine innovated. Now its drones are reaching Moscow, its weapons industry is booming, and Europe is looking to… Read more.
Oprah built an empire on diversity, equality, inclusion, and the gospel of living your best life. But the political afterlife of her two most famous protégés is making a mockery of all she preached. iPINIONS notes how Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz go from Oprah-made TV stars to MAGA cheerleaders for a movement hostile to… Read more.
Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is Read more.
Republicans aren’t just redrawing congressional districts. They’re drawing new political realities. From Florida’s whitewashing of Black history to the Supreme Court’s gutting of voting rights, the GOP is waging civil war by other means. iPINIONS argues that Democrats must stop mistaking restraint for principle and start fighting Republican redistricting fire with fire. Read my full… Read more.
Last week’s UK local elections humiliated the Conservative-Labour duopoly and showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote. iPINIONS argues that Britain is relapsing into Brexit politics just as America relapsed into MAGA politics … voters choosing entertainment over governance, their own welfare be damned. Read my full take on Substack:… Read more.
