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Federal Workers Should Launch a Wildcat Strike to End Government Shutdown

Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Happy Halloween: But Why Trick Federal Workers to Treat MAGA Oligarchs

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Speaker Mike Johnson says God made him Speaker, but iPINIONS contends that his faith seems better suited for feeding Trump’s ego than feeding America’s hungry. With federal workers losing paychecks, SNAP benefits on the brink, and Trump hoarding billions for his cronies, this Halloween’s real monsters aren’t in masks; they’re in Congress. Read my full… Read more.

Mitt Romney’s Quixotic Quest to Rescue the GOP from MAGA

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Romney, the Trump-impeachment hero Mitt Romney was the lone Republican to vote with Democrats to convict Donald Trump at his first impeachment trial for abuse of presidential power. In doing so, he showed a rare profile in courage. Indeed, his action inspired six others to join him in voting to convict Trump during his second… Read more.

MAGA Republicans Are Selling Out Democracy for Cheaper Bread

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump is a twice-impeached, four-times-indicted, convicted felon and adjudged rapist. He’s also a pathological liar who incited an insurrection. Yet listen carefully, and you’ll hear MAGA Republicans saying they’re voting for him anyway just to avoid 3% inflation. They blithely overlook his threats to turn American democracy into a Russian-style autocracy, as if that’s… Read more.

French Elections Should Help Biden Fend Off Democratic Mutiny

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Macron fending off National Rally offers a lifeline for Biden Sunday’s French election results had the world all atwitter. Polls had predicted Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally would win an “absolute majority.” That would’ve humiliated President Macron’s centrist alliance and a mishmash of leftist parties. Instead, the New Popular Front, a rebranded leftist coalition,… Read more.

Speaker Mike Johnson Is a Delusional Hypocrite. Duh.

Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Speaker Mike Johnson is flip-flopping on everything from single-party impeachment to FISA surveillance. And the liberal media are having a field day lampooning the self-righteous way he expresses his hypocrisy.  It’s enough to make the Almighty God think Johnson is a delusional psychopath. Congressional Republicans are as animated by mutiny nowadays as they are by hypocrisy. Given this, he probably… Read more.

MAGA Republicans Forcing Government Shutdown

Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As the country hurls closer to a government shutdown, a handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers who have been impeding nearly all progress toward funding the government, appear undeterred, even as a shutdown risks disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. … The most vocal of this handful is Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who has threatened… Read more.

MAGA Republicans Impeaching Biden and Indicting Hunter

Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Two days ago, MAGA Republicans announced their intent to impeach President Biden. Today, a Republican special counsel announced his intent to prosecute Biden’s son, Hunter. Trumped-up charges fueled the announcement in each case. That’s self-evident. Why Republicans are impeaching Biden House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced Tuesday that Republicans in the lower chamber are launching an impeachment inquiry into President… Read more.

Tuberville’s Hold on Military Promotions Undermines the Military and Promotes Racism

Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point.  Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.

Tim Scott Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yesterday Tim Scott launched a presidential exploratory committee. That should have filled Blacks with pride. But nothing could have been further from the truth. The reason is simple. Scott is little more than a right-wing Republican in Blackface. Tim Scott launches presidential exploratory committee I’ve been decrying his self-hating, hunky-dory politics for years. It began… Read more.