Authoritarianism

“Hormuz Strait” US Territory? Because American Fatalism Has Normalized Trump’s Pathological Lying

Monday, August 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump says he’ll declare the “Hormuz Strait” US territory. iPINIONS contends the absurdity is almost beside the point. The real danger is how MAGA loyalty and American fatalism have trained millions to accept his lies, cruelty, and autocratic whims as normal. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hormuz-strait-us-territory-because Read more.

Trump’s Pathological Lying Is a Clear and Present Danger to the Republic

Monday, August 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump no longer lies merely to escape embarrassment. He rejects intelligence, excuses foreign adversaries, scapegoats Americans, and places his ego above national security. iPINIONS argues that his pathological mendacity is now a clear and present danger to the republic. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trumps-pathological-lying-is-a-clear Read more.

Democratic Billionaires Stand By as Trump Persecutes His Political Enemies

Monday, June 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump is using the DOJ to persecute political enemies through investigations, humiliation, and crushing legal costs. Yet Democratic billionaires, who owe their fortunes to democracy and the rule of law, refuse to fund the legal defense machine needed to stop him. Worse, iPINIONS contends, is that Trump is pushing a so-called anti-weaponization fund that could… Read more.

Putting His Face on Coins Is One of the Many Ways Trump Is Aping Caesar

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 8:55 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump putting his face on coins is not some harmless vanity stunt. It is one more sign of a man aping Caesar, glorifying himself, and testing how far Americans will let imperial delusion go. iPINIONS traces the parallels from dictator-for-life posturing to gilded monuments to self. See my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/putting-his-face-on-coins-is-one Read more.

US and Israel Launch Attacks to Change Regime in Iran

Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump and Netanyahu are selling war on Iran as liberation… again. Just hours after diplomacy claimed progress, bombs fell, history repeated itself, and familiar lies resurfaced. From Iraq to Afghanistan, regime change by force has delivered chaos, repression, and blowback, not democracy. iPINIONS traces the pattern, the hypocrisy, and the danger of pretending this time… Read more.

Faustian Bargain Has Jeff Bezos Selling Out Democracy to Dethrone Elon Musk

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 9:23 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Jeff Bezos is choosing autocracy over democracy in a naked bid for power and profit. From mass Amazon layoffs to killing the Washington Post’s Kamala endorsement and bankrolling Trumpworld vanity projects, this post argues Bezos isn’t afraid of Trump… he’s courting him. iPINIONS unpacks how billionaire greed, media capture, and MAGA capitalism are converging in… Read more.

MLK Day in MAGA’s Jim Crow 2.0 America

Monday, January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

On MLK Day, Donald Trump isn’t honoring MLK’s legacy; he’s dismantling it. From scrubbing MLK Day and Juneteenth from the National Park Service calendar, to whitewashing American history under an Orwellian “sanity” order, to weaponizing DEI bans as grievance-driven affirmative action for Whites, Project 2025 amounts to a full-scale rollback of civil rights. iPINIONS damns… Read more.

Trump Tells Iranians to Fight the Mullahs as He Dithers Over Bombing Them

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

From January 6 to Tehran, Trump incites others to bleed while he stays safe. As Iranians face bullets in the streets, Trump blusters in Washington, threatening force, urging revolt, and refusing responsibility. iPINIONS examines performative tyranny, political slaughter, and the dangerous hypocrisy of calling others to fight battles you won’t, or launching bombs without fully… Read more.

Trump Seizes Putin’s Oil Tanker as Puppet Strings Go Haywire

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump has finally defied Vladimir Putin; not to save Ukrainian lives, but to commandeer Venezuelan oil and indulge his obsession with power, spectacle, and humiliation. The seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker marks a shift from theatrical cruelty to real economic disruption, but it exposes something darker than strategy. iPINIONS contends that, in chasing oil, prestige,… Read more.

Trump Insists Putin Wants Peace, Proving Hillary Right and Getting on Zelensky’s Last Nerve

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s insistence that Putin wants peace isn’t naïveté; it’s alignment. As Ukraine burns, his rhetoric echoes Kremlin propaganda, strains relations with Kyiv, and further erodes America’s credibility abroad. iPINIONS argues that Trump’s rhetoric isn’t just reckless. It makes the clearest case yet for invoking the 25th Amendment. See my full take on Substack.https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-insists-putin-wants-peace-proving Read more.