Stephen Miller

Fourth of July: Frederick Douglass, America’s Ill-begotten Founding Son

Friday, July 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

America turns 250 as Trump turns the Fourth of July into a vanity grift of passports, pageantry, caste, and resentment. iPINIONS contends that Frederick Douglass, America’s ill-begotten Founding Son, still exposes the country’s original sin and its ongoing failure to honor the promise of equality. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/fourth-of-july-frederick-douglass Read more.

Trump Wanted His Roy Cohn. In Emil Bove and Stephen Miller, He Has Two.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

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.

Trump Nominates a Latino, a Jew, an Indian, and a Black to Do the Dirty Work

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

DEI is poisoning American schools and businesses Donald Trump is a certifiable racist and antisemite. Nobody should be surprised that he has nominated a nearly all-White cabinet. For context, his cabinet will have just five people of color compared to Biden’s thirteen. Of course, Trump vowed to kill all DEI programs if elected. Not only… Read more.

Stephen Miller Is the Only Aide Trump Didn’t Fire or Alienate

Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 6:42 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Stephen Miller served Donald Trump the way Thomas Cromwell served Henry VIII. And he stroked Trump’s ego the way Roy Cohn did. That explains a lot. Stephen Miller is the only aide Trump didn’t fire Peter Baker is a journalist at The New York Times. His wife, Susan Glasser, is one at The New Yorker.… Read more.