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NYC Mayor Adams Jumps from Democratic Ship into MAGA Swamp

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Eric Adams hailing Trump damning the Democrats

Adams jumps from indictment to Independent Yesterday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced he’s ditching the Democratic Party to run for reelection as an Independent. But no one should’ve been surprised. After all, allegations of corruption have made him even less popular than that other congenitally corrupt native son — Donald J. Trump. More to the… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2025 elections, Biden DOJ, Democratic betrayal, Eric Adams, justice system, MAGA politics, NYC Mayor, political corruption, Trump DOJ

DOJ-Mayor Adams Quid Pro Quo? Prosecutor Sassoon Says No!

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Fed prosecutor refused DOJ order to dismiss corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams

The quid pro quo Emil Bove is Trump’s deputy attorney general. Danielle Sassoon is the US attorney for the Southern District of New York. Eric Adams is the mayor of New York City. Bove ordered Sassoon to drop corruption charges against Adams. He claimed the case was interfering with Adams’ ability to help Trump tackle… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Danielle Sassoon, DOJ, Eric Adams, Justice Department, Legal Ethics, political corruption, Quid Pro Quo, Saturday Night Massacre, Trump administration, Womens Leadership

In Murdering Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince Exposed His Perfidy and Trump’s Cupidity

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) exposed his perfidy and Trump’s cupidity with the brutal assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The prevailing feature of President Trump’s foreign policy is the way he courts world leaders with whom he has, or is scheming to establish, personal financial ties. Nothing betrayed this quite like… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: assassination, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump, foreign policy, human rights, Istanbul, Jamal Khashoggi, Middle East Politics, political corruption, press freedom, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Fated Fall from Grace

Friday, August 16, 2013 at 6:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I am mindful of God’s admonition that he will visit the ‘iniquity of the fathers upon the sons.’ But I pray that HE will decree that Jesse Jackson Jr. has done enough good deeds as a public servant to be exempted from this cursed fate. (“Despite His Father…,” The iPINIONS Journal, November 13, 2008) Alas, God did… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Jesse Jackson Jr, political corruption, Reverend Jesse Jackson

Britain Suspends TCI Constitution After Commission of Inquiry

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 4:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Premier Michael Misick addressing people at Beaches resort with cartoon image of displeased queen inset

In a November commentary, I made the case for suspending the TCI Constitution. I argued that local officials have fostered a culture of “corruption and serious dishonesty.” And that this has been self-evident for years.  Britain suspends TCI Constitution Yesterday, the British government finally released Sir Robin Auld’s Interim Report. It delineates the findings of a Commission of Inquiry into… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: British governance, Governor Gordon Wetherell, political corruption, Premier Misick, Sir Robin Auld, TCI Constitution, TCI reforms, Turks and Caicos Islands

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