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Granted, I have a well-documented penchant for cynicism. Therefore, you’d be forgiven for dismissing my title as me just being my cynical self. But I need only cite two unassailable facts to prove the truth it asserts: The October surprise in 2012 was that Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in at least two of their… Read more.
[Note: I am acutely mindful that any headline today that features the words “Int’l Laughingstock” would lead one to think what follows is all about Trump’s taxes. But it’s an indication of how thoroughly laughable his presidency is that this commentary has nothing to do with that. But I promise I’ll get to that “bombshell”… Read more.
It is axiomatic that a prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. That is clearly overstating the case. But it accurately reflects the outcome of grand jury star-chamber proceedings, which invariably lead to indictments. This is why news of a grand jury failing to indict is as newsworthy (or suspicious) as… Read more.
The Justice Department alarmed voting-law experts Thursday by announcing an investigation into nine discarded ballots found in northeastern Pennsylvania, a case immediately seized upon by the Trump campaign as evidence of a dark Democratic conspiracy to tamper with the presidential election. President Trump also appeared to cite the case, telling reporters at the White House… Read more.
I am a big Lady Gaga fan. I suspect this will surprise, perhaps even shock, many of you. So I’ll hasten to clarify. I do not count myself among the Little Monsters who compose her fan base. They show a cult-like devotion, which rivals the devotion members of Beyoncé’s BeyHive show. But I’m too cynical… Read more.
Reports are that 120 of her law clerks are participating in her funeral service now underway. They conveyed an impressive show of respect when they all lined up on the steps of the Supreme Court to receive her coffin. But am I the only one who was hard-pressed to find more than two Black faces… Read more.
In “FBI Agent Strzok’s Tell-All Alleges Trump Ran for President as Putin’s ‘Manchurian Candidate’,” September 8, 2020, I damned William Barr for acting more like Trump’s pre-Cohen fixer, Roy Cohn, than as America’s attorney general. And Trump has a well-documented MO of projecting onto others whatever he is guilty of. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that… Read more.
Here is what I wrote in “OK, RBG. But…,” January 5, 2019, after Justice Ginsburg survived yet another life-saving surgery: _________ You’ll cause mass heart attacks if you have another health scare while Trump is still president. So please stop tempting fate … yours and ours! That said, it’s funny to see liberals poking fun… Read more.
Wildfires have been ravaging the west coast for weeks. During that time, Trump golfed, held campaign rallies, and tweeted ad-nauseum. But, until this week, he found no time to even mention the devastation unfolding there. The fires have charred over 3.2 million acres and destroyed about 4,000 structures in California, killing at least 22 people. …… Read more.
