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Archives for May 2025

TACO Hat Drops: Because the Truth Is Trump Always Chickens Out

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of Trump Always Chickens Out TACO hats

Trump says he always fights back… But this hat says he always chickens out. Designed by iPINIONS for folks who know bluster when they see it. Available in red or black. And “TACO” tag on the back — in case the front wasn’t spicy enough. $25 (because you can’t put a price on petty). Order… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: anti-Trump, Fashion, hat, iPINIONS, merch, political satire, printful, red hat, TACO

Harvard Fired Its Honesty Professor — and Trump Is Trying to Break the University

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Harvard banners with image of Trump folding arms and professor Gino inset

Harvard just fired Professor Francesca Gino for dishonesty, but Trump is trying to break the entire university for disobedience. iPINIONS puts this Gino firing in context — not just of Harvard’s leadership scandals, but of Trump’s autocratic war on academic freedom. Read my take on Substack: Harvard Fired Its Honesty Professor — and Trump Is… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Academic Freedom, Antisemitism, Claudine Gay, DEI, Francesca Gino, Harvard, Higher Education, MAGA, Political Retaliation, Trump

The Gospel of Thomas: The Greatest Story Never Told

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of the gospel of thomas and Jesus preaching on the sermon on the mount

I’ve spent a lifetime questioning the rituals and strictures of institutional Christianity. But nothing has validated that instinct quite like the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas. iPINIONS believes this so-called “banned gospel” doesn’t just challenge the canon; it dares us to rethink where true faith lives. Read my take on Substack: The Gospel of… Read more.

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Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Apocrypha, Bible, Christianity, church and power, Faith, Good Friday, Gospel of Thomas, iPINIONS, Jesus

Don’t Say ‘Happy’ Memorial Day

Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
A woman grieving her loss at a military burial ground

We say freedom isn’t free, then treat Memorial Day like just another excuse to grill, shop, and post empty platitudes. Meanwhile, a draft-dodging narcissist, who mocked the fallen, is now hijacking the US Army’s 250th anniversary for a birthday rally… with soldiers made to salute him. iPINION explains why saying  “Happy Memorial Day” reflects a… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Donald Trump, Draft Dodgers, iPINIONS, Memorial Day, Military Families, National Holidays, Political Commentary, U.S. Army, veterans

Kermit the Frog Gave the Commencement Speech? What’s Next—Santa Claus for President?

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kermit the Frog delivering a hopeful commencement address next to a cartoon of a woman delivering a sobering addresss

Finally, a commencement speech that skips the performative optimism and tells it like it is. The best un-woke address of 2025… bar none. Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Class of 2025, commencement speech, iPINIONS, Kermit the Frog, nepotism, satire, student debt, University of Maryland, unwoke commentary

Target Blames Tariffs More than Black Anti-DEI Backlash for Sales Slump

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Image of Target store with inset of Pastor Jamal Bryant and list of companies ending DEI policies.

Target wants you to believe tariffs are behind its slumping sales. But iPINIONS contends that it’s really a modern-day Montgomery-style boycott by Black consumers fed up with its anti-DEI betrayal. And if Target’s already crying “unsustainable” after just 65 days, imagine what happens by day 200, when Pastor Jamal Bryant shifts the spotlight to Amazon… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Amazon, boycott, DEI, iPINIONS, Jamal Bryant, MAGA, Target, Tariffs, Trump, Walmart

Trump Craves Celebrity Worship. They Give Him Contempt.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Springsteen, Beyonce, and Swift with inset of Trump and his own celebrity friends

I’ve written volumes over the years about Trump’s narcissism, envy, and insecurity. But his latest tantrum, accusing Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and even Oprah of election meddling, marks a new low in his war against celebrity rejection. Trump craves celebrity validation the way his MAGA followers crave his attention. The irony? He wouldn’t let… Read more.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 2024 election, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity culture, Kamala Harris, MAGA, onald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift, Truth Social

CNN Tapper’s ‘Original Sin’ Sells Biden’s Viral Cognitive Decline as a Scoop

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
President Biden at infamous debate and Jake Tapper insight promoting his book on Biden's failed campaign

Jake Tapper’s new book is getting buzz for exposing what he claims was a cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline. But there was no cover-up — just collective denial. His decline was going viral long before the debate that ended his campaign. Now Biden’s team has revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis, and my heart goes out… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: cognitive decline, cover-up, iPINIONS, Jake Tapper, Original Sin, presidential debate, prostate cancer

Michael Jordan Joins NBC: from Basketball GOAT to Broadcasting Goat…?

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Michael Jordan to join NBC broadcast team

Michael Jordan dominated the court. But can he master the mic? NBC just recruited the NBA’s greatest player to join its broadcast team. It’s a move that shocked the sports world, and raised a question no one seems ready to ask: Is MJ putting his legacy at risk? Read why iPINIONS thinks this isn’t just… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Black athletes, GOAT Debate, iPINIONS, Michael Jordan, NBA Commentary, NBC Sports, Sports Media, Tom Brady

Israel Starving Palestinians in Gaza to Exterminate (er, Displace) Them

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Starving children reaching out for food with image of Israeli war cabinet hovering over

While the media elevates the release of one Israeli hostage, it’s ignoring a man-made famine killing thousands of Palestinians. In this latest post on iPINIONS Daily, I explain how Netanyahu isn’t just permitting this suffering;  he’s engineering it. From starvation to scorched earth, he’s turning Gaza into a graveyard to bury the two-state solution once… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Gaza, genocide, ICC, Netanyahu, Palestine, starvation, Trump, war crimes

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