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From FDR Decrying a Day of Infamy to Trump Executing a Year of Infamy

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Pearl Harbor Day the Monroe Doctrine and Trumpism

On Pearl Harbor Day, history is meant to warn, not comfort. As iPINIONS argues, America has moved from condemning infamy abroad to exporting it across the hemisphere—through economic coercion, naval intimidation, and revived imperial arrogance. From FDR’s moral clarity to Trump’s year of infamy, this piece reframes remembrance as indictment. Read my full take on… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: American Empire, Historical Memory, Monroe Doctrine, Pearl Harbor Day, Trumpism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Year of Infamy

Handmaiden Coney Barrett Battling Uppity Brown Jackson for Soul of the Supreme Court

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson

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.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Amy Coney Barrett, Birthright Citizenship, iPINIONS, Judicial Dissent, Ketanji Brown Jackson, MAGA, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Trumpism

Elon Musk Hails Trump’s as the ‘Best Cabinet Ever’

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk at Trump Cabinet meeting

Trump held his first Cabinet meeting today. And no one should be surprised that Elon Musk spoke almost as much as Trump, reinforcing his co-president status. Notably, Vice President “JV” Vance led everyone else in performative displays of awe and deference to both presidents. Frankly, the only thing remotely interesting about this meeting was the… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, cult of personality, Dogecoin Musk, Elon Musk, iPINIONS, ketamine Musk, Orwellian politics, sycophants, tech billionaires, Trump cabinet, Trumpism

From Hanoi to Hollywood, Jane Fonda Remains Unbowed

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Jane Fonda accepting SAG award...

Last night, Jane Fonda showed why she remains the most endearing and enduring figure in both entertainment and politics. The occasion? The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Receiving a Life Achievement Award was testament enough. But it was the rousing speech the 87-year-old icon delivered that stole the show. Empathy is not weak —… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: civil rights leaders., Empathy, feminist icons, Hollywood activism, Jane Fonda, political resistance, SAG Life Achievement Award, Trumpism, woke culture

Sen. Kennedy Turns Presser on New Orleans Terrorist Attack into MAGA Spectacle

Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Sen. Kennedy at press conference on New Orleans terrorist attack in New Orleans

Senator Kennedy: Theatrics trumps service Louisiana Senator John Kennedy cares more about entertaining MAGA Republicans with one-liners than serving his constituents. His disgraceful performance at yesterday’s press conference following the New Orleans terrorist attack proves it. While most public officials focused on the tragic loss of 15 lives, Kennedy seized the mic and ranted like… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI, John Kennedy, MAGA, New Orleans terrorist attack, political spectacle, Trumpism

Christian Resistance Rising to Recapture Religion from MAGA Cult

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of Bible taking over America and inset a caricature of the Golden Calf

Evangelical leaders sold their souls to Trump in 2016, making Faustian bargains for political power. Under their apostate leadership, Christian nationalism has gone from fringe to mainstream and is now a potent force threatening American democracy. The infamous Project 2025 is their blueprint for transforming America into a theocratic dystopia. Gone are the core tenets… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: American Democracy, Christian nationalism, Christian resistance, evangelical leaders, grassroots movement, MAGA cult, Project 2025, reclaiming faith, Trumpism

Trumpism at the Supreme Court Makes Justice Sotomayor Cry

Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Justice Sotomayor raging against conservative justices for their judicial activism

Trumpism rules conservative justices Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she often cries over how conservative justices are trashing the Constitution. But their willful delay in ruling on Trump’s frivolous immunity claim is enough to make any patriotic American cry. Of course, there should be no crying at the Supreme Court. After all, its proceedings are as… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Conservative Justices, Constitution, Immunity Case, Judicial Norms, Justice Sotomayor, Liberal Justices, Supreme Court, Trumpism

Civil War II Between Red States and Blue States: The Fighting Has Already Begun

Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump vs Biden face off with image of Jan 6 insurrection inset

Civil War II America is marching into Civil War II – eyes wide shut. Indeed, few seem to care. iPINIONS has raised alarm in this regard in many commentaries. But the titles alone of some of them seemed alarming enough – as these three attest: “Civil War II Looms Larger as Texas Suppresses Voting Rights and Bans… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: American politics, Biden, Civil War II, democracy, MAGA, Republican and Democrat conflict, Supreme Court rulings, Trumpism, U.S. political landscape, Voting Rights

Proof In Trump Republicans Trust – Like Israelites Trusted Golden Calf

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Republican Evangelicals worshiping Trump and Trump worshiping himself inset.

In Trump Republicans trust Trump voters are more likely to believe the former president is telling them the truth than their friends and family or religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll. (Axios, August 21, 2023) That, of course, is the very definition of cult worship. After all, nobody in their right mind… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Cult worship, Evangelicals, Faith, golden calf, Grifting, hypocrisy, idolatry, lies, Lindsey Graham, MAGA, Religious leaders, Ted Cruz, Trump, Trumpism

J6 Insurrectionists Lost this Battle, but They’re Winning the War…

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 6:39 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The media covered the 2016 US presidential election as if it were little more than a challenge on Donald Trump’s reality TV show, The Apprentice. This, because they realized from the moment Trump descended the escalators in his gilded tower to announce his campaign that, when it comes to their bottom line, covering politics as… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Donald J. Trump, J6 rally, Jan 6 insurrectionists, The Apprentice, Trumpism

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