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Trump's Arrogance and Incompetence Produce Foreign Policy Disasters
For a president who has long described himself as a peacemaker (and openly yearns for a Nobel Peace Prize), Donald Trump has proved to be a reliable harbinger of war. His delusional pronouncements and dithering incompetence have failed to resolve the conflagrations in Gaza and Ukraine, despite many promises -- and now he bears substantial ...Read more
Stopping Trump's Qatar Airliner Scam
Eager to accept a luxury airliner from the government of Qatar, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Usually eager to behave like the servile puppies that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) once described with scorn (before becoming one himself), at least a handful of GOP elected officials seem worried that this "...Read more
Suffer The Little Children, At Kennedy's Whim
Conducting his first press conference as secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved swiftly to demonstrate yet again why he is so unfit for that critical cabinet post.
In one of many egocentric abuses of his newfound power, Kennedy has directed his department's resources away from vital research on cancer and ...Read more
Absolute Power Brings Economic Catastrophe
Everyone should have known what was about to happen when Donald Trump announced huge global tariffs under the slogan "Make America Wealthy Again." Like "Make America Healthy Again," which accompanied the return of deadly measles, the cheery tagline for Trump's trade war foretold ruin -- which has arrived at warp speed.
Within hours, the ...Read more