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Republicans have mastered the art of making every Democrat answer for the socialist fringe. Yet Democrats and the media rarely make Republicans answer for a far-right fringe that now controls the presidency itself. iPINIONS argues that Megan Romer speaks for an obscure activist faction. Donald Trump speaks and governs for the Republican Party. The socialist… Read more.
The White House Correspondents’ Association invited Donald Trump into its ballroom after years of threats, lawsuits and intimidation against the press. He rewarded its appeasement by mocking Kaitlan Collins, praising the gutting of newsrooms and reveling in journalists’ silence. The dinner no longer defends journalism. It turns attacks on journalism into black-tie entertainment. iPINIONS argues… Read more.
Todd Blanche enters his confirmation hearing already disqualified by a federal judge. iPINIONS argues that, from Trump’s self-dealing IRS settlement and retribution campaign to Epstein damage control and press intimidation, Blanche has proved that he never stopped serving as Trump’s personal lawyer. He merely acquired the Justice Department’s power to do it. Read my full… 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.
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.
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.
Trump isn’t just moving markets. iPINIONS contends that he’s turning the presidency into a Ponzi scheme with a Bloomberg terminal, where taxpayers and ordinary investors are the suckers while his family, donors, crypto cronies, prediction-market operators, and rich friends profit from the volatility he manufactures. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-turns-the-presidency-into-a Read more.
Trump’s ballroom and Jan 6 payoff fund are suddenly unfunded. So iPINIONS thinks the obvious move is to make Elon Musk pay. With SpaceX poised to make Musk the world’s first trillionaire, Trump can rebrand the grift as private generosity and launder the vanity through Elon. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-should-make-elon-fund-his-ballroom Read more.
