Kyrsten Sinema spent much of the last session of Congress trying to upstage Joe Manchin. Manchin prides himself on being the only senator Democrats, including President Biden, must lobby to pass signature legislation. Sinema wants to be that senator and then some. Sinema Leaves the Democratic Party Sinema has decided that becoming an Independent is the best… Read more.
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Midterm Elections: Republican Red Wave vs Democratic Sea Wall
Podcast Episode 97 It turns out reports of the death of American democracy were greatly exaggerated. Because voters not only rejected Republican calls for a Trumpian autocracy, but defied jack-booted MAGA thugs who tried to intimidate them against voting to do so. Most affirming and reassuring in this respect, of course, was all the threats… Listen.
Hakeem Jeffries Taking the Torch of Leadership Would Make Even JFK Proud…
I published the post-election post “Trump Turns Republican Red Wave Blue for Democrats” on November 9. In it, I advised President Biden to deliver the very speech Speaker Pelosi delivered yesterday. Under that post’s sub-heading, “Now is the time to go, Joe,” I urged Biden to announce he’s passing the torch to a new generation of Democratic… Read more.
Trump Turns Republican Red Wave Blue for Democrats
Everyone expected Republicans to wrest control of both chambers of Congress. But that’s only because no one expected former President Donald Trump to be such a drag for Republican candidates. Trump turns Republican red wave blue But early results indicate that this disgraced, twice-impeached, coup-plotting former president motivated millions to vote against Republicans. Control of both chambers of Congress hung… Read more.
WTF! Biden Warned OPEC Not to Cut Oil Production by 1 Million Barrels. So OPEC Cut It by 2 million…?
The only thing that explains this unprecedented snub is OPEC countries, no doubt at Russia’s urging, being hell-bent on showing that they no longer need the United States … for anything. This, because they now have the backing of China as a more indulging economic superpower, and of Russia as a nuclear power that is… Read more.
Trump Is Right! Biden Should Not Have Allowed the British to Seat Him at the Back of the Church for the Queen’s Funeral
Granted, he’s still not even as reliable as a broken clock. But even Donald Trump can be right once in a blue moon. More than 500 foreign heads of state, monarchs and dignitaries attended the event, including Biden and first lady Jill Biden. The first family was placed in the 14th row of the church’s south transept, seven rows… Read more.
Speaker Pelosi Calls Chinese President Xi’s Bluff on Taiwan
Podcast Episode 86 My blog is replete with commentaries attesting to my belief that women make better leaders than men. They range from “Cracking the Political Glass Ceiling: First Woman to Become President in South America,” December 12, 2005, to “International Women’s Day: ‘Men Should Be Barred from Politics’, March 8, 2019. But nothing vindicates… Listen.
FBI Agents ‘Raid’ Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home. What Took Them So Long…
But here is how Trump insinuated to his MAGA peanut gallery, in his typically whining fashion, that they’re picking on him (but ignoring Hunter Biden and his laptop…?). Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI “raided” his Florida home at Mar-a-Lago and even cracked his safe, with a source familiar telling NBC News… Read more.
Biden Kills Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
Podcast Episode 85 No, that’s not a typo. Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of al-Qaeda, not ISIS But you’d be forgiven for wondering why killing him is even worthy of mention, let alone this episode. After all, every time there’s breaking news these days of a terrorist attack anywhere, it’s invariably the terrorizing deed not… Listen.
Biden Must Wag the Dog to Save Ukraine and His Presidency
Podcast Episode 83 President Biden may not know it. But everyone in Washington thinks he’s a lame duck. So it behooves him to do something dramatic to disabuse them of that thought. As any crisis often does, the war in Ukraine offers him an opportunity to do so in historic fashion. Listen.