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NATO’s Ankara summit was supposed to showcase alliance strength. Instead, iPINIONS contends that it exposed how far European leaders will go to appease Trump, even as Ukraine proves that, despite his ignorant bravado, the US needs Europe as much as Europe needs the US. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/natos-ankara-summit-strengthen-the Read more.
Lumumba Vea stood motionless in the stands, formally suited in DR Congo’s colors, turning World Cup spectacle into anti-colonial witness. iPINIONS contends that his silent tribute to Patrice Lumumba shamed Belgium for its colonial crimes. His altered gesture, hand over mouth and fingers to his head, indicted the media’s screaming silence about the genocidal war… Read more.
Lady Liberty takes America 250 to therapy and comes away with the only diagnosis that matters. iPINIONS contends that America is tired, tested, and frayed, but not finished. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/happy-fourth-of-july-america-the Read more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
