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Doomscrolling End of Times

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of child doomscrolling about end times

iPINIONS imagined the apocalypse would be cinematic; not something we’d scroll through between coffee and deadlines. Eliot said it more poetically, but Huxley depicted our brave new world more accurately. Read my quip on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/doomscrolling-end-of-times Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Digital Culture, doomscrolling, dystopia, End Times, iPINIONS, modern life, social media, Technology

Momager Kris’s 70th Shows Even Royals ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’

Friday, November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kardashians posing at 70th birthday party for momager Kris

Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday bash wasn’t just another celebrity party. iPINIONS contends it was a cultural coronation. From Oprah to the exiled Sussexes, even royals are keeping up. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/momager-kriss-70th-shows-even-royals Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: American culture, celebrity culture, Donald Trump, Kardashians, Kris Jenner, Meghan Markle, Modern Royalty, Pop Culture, Prince Harry, reality TV, social media

Shame on Olympian Adam Peaty for Being Ashamed of His Mother

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Olympian Adam Peaty posing with his mother and fiancee

Adam Peaty once made Britain proud by conquering the pool. Now he’s making headlines for reportedly snubbing his own mother to marry into Gordon Ramsay’s wealthy clan. iPINIONS dives into the class shame and moral hypocrisy behind this Olympic-sized betrayal. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/shame-on-olympian-adam-peaty-for Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Adam Peaty, British class divide, celebrity weddings, family shame, Gordon Ramsay, iPINIONS commentary, nepo babies, Olympic athletes

Trump Honors Veterans Day by Planning His Own Ukraine-Style War in Venezuela

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump mobilizing military to attack Venezuela

Trump is marking Veterans Day by plotting his own Ukraine-style war in Venezuela. iPINIONS thinks this proves America’s folly isn’t failing to learn from history, but repeating it for ratings. See my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-honors-veterans-day-by-planning Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: foreign policy, Latin America, military, Putin, Trump, Venezuela, Veterans Day

Remembrance Day 2025

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph in London

Every November we pin poppies to our lapels to remember the fallen. But as iPINIONS notes, remembrance should mean more than ceremony — it should extend to the living veterans who still wait for the honor we show once a year. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/remembrance-day-2025 Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Armistice Day, Black soldiers, In Flanders Fields, iPINIONS, poppies, Remembrance Day, UK, Veterans Day, War Memorials, World War I

Federal Workers Should Launch a Wildcat Strike to End Government Shutdown

Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump golfing while government remains shutdown

While federal workers go unpaid, Republicans play politics with their livelihoods. iPINIONS argues it’s time for a wildcat strike to end the government shutdown once and for all — a strike that would remind Washington that workers, not politicians, keep this country running. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/federal-workers-should-launch-a-wildcat Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Federal Workers, government shutdown, healthcare, iPINIONS, Labor, maga republicans, politics, Trump, unions

Philadelphia Art Museum: Art from Whites Only, Please — We’re MAGA Now

Friday, November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Philadelphia Art Museum and director Sasha Suda

The Philadelphia Art Museum just fired CEO Sasha Suda for daring to make its walls look like the city it represents. iPINIONS decries how liberal pearls became MAGA hats in disguise — and why Philadelphia’s boardroom elitists now rhyme with Trump’s red-state culture wars. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/philadelphia-art-museum-art-from Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: DEI backlash, iPINIONS, liberal hypocrisy, limousine liberals, MAGA, museum diversity, Philadelphia Art Museum, Sasha Suda

Mamdani and Democratic Socialists or Trump and Republican Fascists: Who You Gonna Vote For, America?

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
collage of principals from off year election night 2025

Zohran Mamdani made history last night, becoming the first Muslim elected mayor of New York City. Progressives are celebrating — and rightfully so. But Republicans are, too, because they think they’ve found their new national bogeyman. iPINIONS exposes how the GOP’s gaslighting and projection are trying to make Mamdani the face of “Democratic socialism” to… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: American Democracy, Democratic Socialists, GOP Gaslighting, iPINIONS, Kamala Harris, MAGA, Republican Fascism, Trump, Zohran Mamdani

‘Drake Curse’ Helps Dodgers Defeat Blue Jays to Win World Series

Monday, November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Dodgers defeat Blue Jays to win World Series

The Dodgers won the World Series, but not because of better baseball. Meghan Markle cursed them in LA, but Drake’s curse on Toronto proved more powerful. iPINIONS examines how celebrity jinxes determined the winner of this fall classic. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/drake-curse-helps-dodgers-defeat Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: celebrity culture, Drake, iPINIONS, Jinx, Los Angeles Dodgers, Meghan Markle, Sports, Toronto Blue Jays

Ballrooms and Breadlines: Trump Parties While America Starves

Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump's Halloween party during government shutdown

As millions stood in food lines, including military families, Trump threw a Great Gatsby-themed bash at Mar-a-Lago, laughing the night away like Louis XVI at Versailles. iPINIONS calls out the obscene contrast between Republican decadence and the desperation they cause. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ballrooms-and-breadlines-trump-parties Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Class Divide, Food Insecurity, government shutdown, Great Gatsby, Marie Antoinette, revolution, Trump

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