The iPINIONS Journal

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Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass, America’s Ill-begotten Founding Son

Friday, July 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America turns 250 as Trump turns the Fourth of July into a vanity grift of passports, pageantry, caste, and resentment. iPINIONS contends that Frederick Douglass, America’s ill-begotten Founding Son, still exposes the country’s original sin and its ongoing failure to honor the promise of equality. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass Read more.

Wimbledon 2026: Serena’s Ill-Fated Return, Raducanu’s Predictable Withdrawal

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Serena Williams crashed out at Wimbledon after a comeback that looked more like box-office nostalgia and Ro branding than tennis. Emma Raducanu withdrew again, turning even a real injury into another chapter in her post-US Open decline. iPINIONS explains why both humiliations were foretold. Read the full Substack here: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/wimbledon-2026-serenas-ill-fated Read more.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Scares Trump. That Makes Her a Fired Woman Reporting

Monday, June 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Kaitlan Collins has become the rare White House reporter who can rattle Trump with a follow-up question. Maggie Haberman praised her for it. But with Trump-adjacent media oligarchs circling CNN, iPINIONS fears that praise may read less like a tribute than a warning. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/cnns-kaitlan-collins-scares-trump Read more.

Amazon Prime Day: Making Bezos Richer, Then Calling It Charity

Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

iPINIONS thinks Amazon Prime Day is just a genius business model to make Bezos richer by getting us to buy stuff we don’t need. Then we turn to Goodwill to clean up our shame. Read more.

Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Send Haitian Immigrants Back to Their ‘Shithole’ Country

Friday, June 26, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Roberts Court handed Trump two immigration wins, blessing border cruelty and allowing him to target Haitian immigrants. iPINIONS argues this is Taney reasoning in Roberts robes: racism laundered through law. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/supreme-court-rules-trump-can-send Read more.

Mamdani Shows Why Establishment Democrats Fear Democratic Socialists More Than MAGA

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Zohran Mamdani’s New York sweep proves Democratic Socialists are doing more than making noise. iPINIONS argues that they’re turning insurgent energy into institutional power, forcing establishment Democrats to confront a threat MAGA never posed in deep-blue districts: Democratic replacement from within. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/mamdani-shows-why-establishment-democrats Read more.

Nostalgia Is Having a Moment

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Nostalgia isn’t about pining for the past. It’s about detoxing from a present that feels too synthetic, intrusive, performative, and fake. From flip phones and vinyl to social media fatigue and dating-app burnout, iPINIONS argues that the past is calling because the future got too creepy. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nostalgia-is-having-a-moment Read more.

Trump Is Making Juneteenth More Cause Than Commemoration

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump stripped Juneteenth and MLK Day from the national parks’ free-admission calendar while making his birthday a free-admission day. iPINIONS notes that’s not an administrative tweak. That’s a confession. Meanwhile, Obama opened a monument to Black achievement as Trump wages war on Black history. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-juneteenth-more-cause Read more.

America Criminalized Online Gambling in the Caribbean. Now Trump Hosts It at the White House

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America once crushed Antigua for legalizing online gambling, preaching morality while destroying a Caribbean industry. iPINIONS marvels at Trump now hosting the same vice at the White House, dressed up as spectacle, sport, and profit. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/america-criminalized-online-gambling Read more.

The Shield of the Americas… Against Haiti

Monday, June 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s Haiti policy exposes Washington’s oldest habit toward the world’s first Black republic. It outsources guilt, privatizes violence, and calls the invoice policy. iPINIONS contends that the Shield of the Americas was never meant to shield Haiti. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-shield-of-the-americas-against Read more.