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Republicans hauled Jack Smith before Congress to punish him for prosecuting Trump. iPINIONS argues the farce says less about Smith than about a party still willing to bend law, truth, and institutional power around one man. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/republicans-persecute-jack-smith Read more.
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.
Trump just deployed the National Guard in DC and told cops “if they spit, we hit”… even as he pardoned over 1,000 Jan. 6 loyalists who spat on and brutalized police. He claims DC is “more violent than Baghdad,” but FBI data shows violent crime is falling. iPINIONS contends that this isn’t about safety; it’s… Read more.
Aides reportedly blocked Trump’s unethical and illegal orders in his first term. According to The New York Times, this frustrated him so much that he exclaimed, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” That’s because he wanted a top aide who would bend or break laws to enforce his venal, vindictive, racist agenda. Now he has Emil Bove… Read more.
Washington was all atwitter this week over the clearest signs yet that Rupert Murdoch, the Wizard of Trumpism, has decided to dump Donald Trump. Tabloid with long relationship with former president blasts him over Capitol attack, saying he is unworthy to be elected again. Rupert Murdoch, hitherto one of Donald Trump’s most loyal media messengers,… Read more.
Graduate students use Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the myriad ways race and the legacy of racism affect a person’s life experiences in America, especially with respect to education, employment, housing, healthcare, and the criminal justice system. But Republican propagandists have reframed it as a liberal plot to impose the guilt of 19th century… Read more.
