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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.
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.
iPINIONS thinks bulldozers razing the White House were an unwitting metaphor for Trump’s destructive presidency; this marathon cartoon is another — America still running from the anomie and fear his rule unleashed. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-new-york-marathon-run4hope Read more.
Trump’s billionaire backers (Ellison, Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Murdoch) are turning America’s news industry into a MAGA propaganda machine. They’re gutting journalism for profit and power, while pretending it’s free speech. iPINIONS sees this as a silent coup reshaping America’s media landscape. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ellison-bezos-and-other-oligarchs Read more.
Barrett wears serenity like armor. KBJ refuses to play along. This post analyzes the Supreme Court’s most consequential rivalry — one between a MAGA-aligned enabler and a justice dissenting with the clarity of a Nazi hunter. From book tour barbs to courtroom ideology, iPINIONS contends this isn’t just about legal theory. It’s about who will… Read more.
America celebrates traffic and sales while workers work. This post shows how grievance politics swap wages for outrage… how offshoring buys cheap goods at the cost of jobs… and how algorithms now do what foremen used to do. iPINIONS contends that the theater is the point… and workers pay for the tickets. Read my full… 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.
With the most famous thumbs-down in US history, Sen. John McCain stopped Republican efforts to strip millions of poor Americans of affordable healthcare. With the most infamous middle finger in US history, Sen. Lisa Murkowski enabled them to strip millions of poor Americans of Medicaid and food stamps. Put another way, to get pork for… Read more.
Frederick Douglass asked what the Fourth of July meant to the slave. In 2025, the question still haunts Black Americans, especially as MAGA celebrates with fireworks, beer, and denial. iPINIONS marks this Independence Day by echoing the founding contradictions Douglass indicted. Read more on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/what-to-the-black-is-the-fourth-of Read more.
Sorry, Charlie Brown, but iPINIONS has been warning for years that when it comes to Trump’s America, separation of powers is just another quaint tradition Republicans are all too happy to ignore. Turns out, all three branches weren’t necessary, just one packed with political sycophants and judicial hacks. Read more.
