Tag: Donald Trump

… One Year Of trump. The Time to Act Is Now, …

  While We Still Can!     A year into Donald Trump’s second term, friends who live outside the United States continue to express shock at the news that comes from this country, often mixed with concern for my safety. I shrug. Even those of us in the United States who oppose this administration’s actions … Continue reading … One Year Of trump. The Time to Act Is Now, … →

… STICK A FORK IN HIM …

  STICK A FORK IN HIM After a series of epic failures, the low-energy, grotesque Trump is done ... Maybe I’ve had this all wrong, my friends … Maybe, if instead of wondering if our country will survive the next three-plus years, this question should be asked instead: Will the grotesque and failing Donald Trump … Continue reading … STICK A FORK IN HIM … →

… Trump 2.0 repudiates the conservatism of Trump 1.0. …

A guest essay from National Review's Noah Rothman. Image by Russell Nystrom / Tangle News Dear readers,Every day, the Tangle team dives deep into commentary about the big, divisive story we are covering. And, I kid you not, almost every day we come across a piece from Noah Rothman.I take pride in how much I … Continue reading … Trump 2.0 repudiates the conservatism of Trump 1.0. … →

… Donald Trump Is Enjoying This …

Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He’s Breaking the Law Beneath the technical arguments at the Supreme Court last week was an effort to take away one of the only really effective legal tools for reining in the executive branch. Thomas Müller / Picture Alliance / Getty MAY 19, 2025 Produced by ElevenLabs and … Continue reading … Donald Trump Is Enjoying This … →

… Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk …

  Credit...Photo illustration by Shannon Lin; photographs by Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images and Haldeman Papers Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk https://www.nytimes.com/by/jill-lepore • April 4 at 3:01 AM President Trump has reportedly told cabinet members that Elon Musk may soon leave the administration. If and when he goes, what will he … Continue reading … Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk … →

… From a White House Reporter …

  A report on a recent meeting between Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. A report on a recent meeting between Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. someone who was present in the room quoted below... From a White House Reporter, “ I’ve covered a lot of Donald Trump press conferences over the … Continue reading … From a White House Reporter … →

… A disaster in the White House for Volodymyr Zelensky—and for Ukraine …

  J.D. Vance set a trap for the Ukrainian president, who declined to flatter Donald Trump   When volodymyr zelensky arrived at the White House on February 28th the America-Ukrainian relationship was fragile and uncertain. By the time the Ukrainian president left, it was shattered. After a full-blown shouting match in front of the television … Continue reading … A disaster in the White House for Volodymyr Zelensky—and for Ukraine … →

…How the Democrats wandered away from America’s workers …

A pro-labour Democrat’s career traces the party’s erratic path “Free trade’s just a dandy concept/Advertisers tell us so/Don’t you question, don’t you doubt it/You’re so stupid. You don’t know.” So goes a song Sherrod Brown composed on his guitar back in 1993, when he was a freshman congressman from Ohio helping lead the fight against … Continue reading …How the Democrats wandered away from America’s workers … →

… Election lawsuits are flooding America’s courts …

Donald Trump is mostly losing them—but his strategy invites HAVOC Amid teetering uncertainty over who will win next week’s presidential election, little suspense looms about one thing: if Donald Trump loses, he will not concede to Kamala Harris. Instead, as he has been doing throughout his campaign, Mr Trump will repeat false claims of fraud … Continue reading … Election lawsuits are flooding America’s courts … →

… Anita Hill: The Smearing of Kamala Harris …

OPINION GUEST ESSAY Anita Hill: The Smearing of Kamala Harris Oct. 28, 2024                 By Anita Hill It’s not easy to remain calm and collected in the glare of intense public scrutiny, especially when the opposition is set on denying your integrity, competence and accomplishments. But call it … Continue reading … Anita Hill: The Smearing of Kamala Harris … →

.,.. The Supreme Court begins another contentious term …

Guns, vapes, online porn and health care for transgender youth dot the docket photograph: Getty images After a trio of terms that saw the Supreme Court side repeatedly with Donald Trump while weakening abortion rights, affirmative action, gun-safety laws and administrative agencies, the nine justices return to their courtroom on October 7th with a fresh lineup … Continue reading .,.. The Supreme Court begins another contentious term … →

..Fantasy-Impotence-Fascism …

The Trump-Vance Political Theory A lady in Springfield, Ohio lost her cat and found it, and Trump and Vance have made this the centerpiece of their campaign. This might seem mysterious or just stupid.  But Trump and Vance are intelligent and talented politicians, and their actions make sense within their political theory. Though alien to … Continue reading ..Fantasy-Impotence-Fascism … →

… How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases …

By Jamie Raskin May 29, 2024 Credit...Will Matsuda for The New York Times Many people have gloomily accepted the conventional wisdom that because there is no binding Supreme Court ethics code, there is no way to force Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from the Jan. 6 cases that are before … Continue reading … How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases … →

…Jack Smith runs Stephen Miller’s amateur amicus curiae brief through a legal wood-chipper …

Stephen Miller, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon Stephen Miller, Trump’s dime-store Goebbels, submitted an amicus brief to Judge Aileen Cannon in Trump’s Florida theft of documents case. In the brief, Miller does not argue that Trump is innocent. Instead, he claims that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) had no authority to report a crime … Continue reading …Jack Smith runs Stephen Miller’s amateur amicus curiae brief through a legal wood-chipper … →

… Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case …

The recent news about possible Russian space nukes reminds us that we live in a very insecure world. That is why perhaps none of Donald Trump’s four criminal cases is more troubling than the federal prosecution brought by special counsel Jack Smith for mishandling classified documents. Unfortunately, the judge handling the case, Aileen Cannon—a last-minute … Continue reading … Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case … →

… Alina Habba Cross-Examines E. Jean Carroll …

What a mess. After a testy morning of exchanges during the direct examination of E. Jean Carroll by her lawyer, Alina Habba finally had her chance to cross-examine her. Throughout the morning's testimony,  Judge Lewis A. Kaplan had to repeatedly admonish Habba for basic things like standing up when making an objection, keeping objections in … Continue reading … Alina Habba Cross-Examines E. Jean Carroll … →

… Why Is Vladimir Putin So Difficult to Deter? …

Why Is Vladimir Putin So Difficult to Deter? President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China walk past a portrait of Czar Nicholas II in the Kremlin during a state visit on March 21, 2023. Photo credit: Office of the President of Russia/kremlin.ru; CC BY 4.0. Editor’s Note: When a plan to … Continue reading … Why Is Vladimir Putin So Difficult to Deter? … →

… What connects Trump’s likely arrest with the bank bailouts? “

Answer: the anti-democracy movement Friends, What connects the two biggest stories now dominating the news — Donald Trump’s likely arrest and the Fed’s bailouts of shaky banks? Start with multi-billionaire Peter Thiel, and follow the money. You may recall that in 2016, Thiel spoke at the Republican National Convention to make the case for why … Continue reading … What connects Trump’s likely arrest with the bank bailouts? “ →

…McGonigal, Trump, and the Truth about America …

Thinking about... The Specter of 2016 We are on the edge of a spy scandal with major implications for how we understand the Trump administration, our national security, and ourselves. On 23 January, we learned that a former FBI special agent, Charles McGonigal, was arrested on charges involving taking money to serve foreign interests.  One … Continue reading …McGonigal, Trump, and the Truth about America … →

…Can Biden Reverse Trump’s Damage to the State Department? …

Reeling from the leadership of Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo, career officials wonder whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken can revitalize American diplomacy. Last year, in the early hours of October 27th, Philip Walton, an American citizen living and working as a farmer in southern Niger, was kidnapped in front of his family by armed … Continue reading …Can Biden Reverse Trump’s Damage to the State Department? … →