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On Sunday, to the relief of sensible people everywhere, Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris to carry the presidential torch. In fact, how’s this for “divine intervention”: I’ll see your Trump escaping an assassin’s bullet by the skin of his ear and raise you Biden putting country above himself by withdrawing… Read more.
Over two years ago, I explained Lewis Hamilton’s failure to make the podium after reigning as F1 champion for seven years: Only one thing explains Hamilton being so suddenly relegated among the last-place finishers. And it compels me to end by channeling Spike Lee’s famous Nike character Mars Blackmon with this observation: Alas, it had… Read more.
The attempted assassination of former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, coupled with Joe Biden’s sudden withdrawal from his reelection campaign, already made this a summer to remember. Now, Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the new Democratic nominee risks political sensory overload. The VP countdown President Biden led Democratic politicians, donors, and activists… Read more.
Biden channeling Trump Biden’s Trumpian delusions of indispensability are frustrating efforts to get him to withdraw. He stubbornly ignored private entreaties to do so gracefully. Now there’s a farcical mutiny afoot. But, with all due respect to Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and others, they should have made their entreaties in November 2022 — after Biden’s blue… Read more.
A Puff of Controversy Well, folks, the Olympic torch isn’t the only thing smoking in Paris this year. Japan’s 19-year-old gymnastics captain, Shoko Miyata, has been sent packing for lighting up and knocking back a few drinks. The Japanese Gymnastics Association (JGA) announced this shocking decision on Friday. Talk about sticking the dismount … right… Read more.
Trump, the Fighter The Republican National Convention (RNC) billed Donald Trump as a “changed” man, one more softened and spiritual, after surviving that assassination attempt. But the Trump who droned on last night was all too familiar. He gave the longest presidential nomination speech in US history, spewing the same divisive rhetoric and policies in… Read more.
Republicans want Cheatle’s head on a platter House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are calling for the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. They’re demanding her professional head as political compensation for allowing an assassin to come within a whisker of taking former President Donald Trump out during a rally in Pennsylvania… Read more.
Trump ridiculed Scott Trump continually ridiculed Tim Scott, saying, “You are campaigning harder for me than yourself.” This was Trump’s sadomasochistic way of acknowledging how hard Scott was auditioning for VP. That’s why MSNBC host Joy Reid and others waxed clairvoyant and indignant last night, explaining why Trump didn’t pick him. Of course, any Black… Read more.
A “breathtakingly misguided” ruling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is right. Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is “breathtakingly misguided.” But nobody should be surprised. After all, with her incomprehensible rulings on procedural motions, Cannon dropped breadcrumbs that led inexorably to this dismissal. Procedural delays… Read more.
Don’t cry for Colombia! Even Colombians wanted Argentina to win as a consolation for global superstar Messi, sidelined by a swollen ankle. And sorry, England, again… But here’s to Euro winner Spain facing Copa winner Argentina in a Super 2024 final. And with Carlos Alcaraz already winning Wimbledon — ¡Viva España! Read more.
