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Team Trump meets the press — and eats the press

Team Trump meets the press — and eats the press

White House press corps is now mostly "content creators" delighted to be there, who prefer gossip to news

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“I believe almost everything he says”: Why Trump just unleashed homegrown criminals on America

“I believe almost everything he says”: Why Trump just unleashed homegrown criminals on America

This is Donald Trump at his most destructive — and it’s only week one

23.01.2025 30

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"A series of criminal efforts to retain power”: The stench of American politics overwhelms us all

We have two parties in this country — one has no heart and the other has no head

16.01.2025 30

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The LA conflagration: It is now painfully clear what matters

The LA conflagration: It is now painfully clear what matters

The wildfires in Los Angeles are a harbinger of our doom — yet ultimately leave me with hope

13.01.2025 10

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America in his image: A nation suffers whiplash between Biden and Trump

America in his image: A nation suffers whiplash between Biden and Trump

On any other day this might seem strange

09.01.2025 8

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“It felt like we’re going to be all right again”: The truth of Jimmy Carter

It’s not that I think that everyone isn’t entitled to their own opinion, it’s just that I think that those who haven’t a clue about things on which...

02.01.2025 3

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Attack Panama, take over Greenland: Trump’s Christmas wish list

Merry Christmas! I’m not sure what Santa Claus brought everyone, but it sure is obvious what some of us want. President-elect Donald Trump wants...

26.12.2024 10

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The week American journalism died

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our respects to the dearly departed: journalism. Journalism was dearly, and it has departed. I’ve...

19.12.2024 40

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Biden’s shadow communications strategy is creating a drone conspiracy crisis

If you read between the lines, the federal government thinks there’s a good possibility that irresponsible drone pilots are out there looking for a...

16.12.2024 9

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Donald Trump’s Christmas message of hope: Die hard

Call me naïve. You wouldn’t be the first. And, I’ve definitely been called worse.  My naïveté springs from the eternal hope brought to us by the...

12.12.2024 2

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Yes, Joe should pardon them all — Trump included

The storm is rising. Lost in the anger, frustration, bitterness, hopelessness, rhetoric and potential violence, as well as  the existential angst...

05.12.2024 6

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American gratitude has no room for accountability

Happy Thanksgiving. Peach and Blossom are thankful. As is usual on this purely American holiday, the president earlier this week pardoned the two...

28.11.2024 20

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The press obeys in advance

The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth from those who despise Donald Trump continues inside the Beltway and across the country two weeks after...

21.11.2024 1

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Trump savors victory — but the storm is coming. Will the media stand up?

On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump made his “victorious” return to the White House and shook hands with President Joe Biden. A short time...

14.11.2024 30

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It’s time to prepare for the Trump sequel

I hate sequels. Godfather II was OK, but most other sequels suck. I guarantee you the Trump sequel won’t be anywhere near as entertaining as...

07.11.2024 30

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Jeff Bezos just threw Donald Trump’s campaign a life jacket

The stakes have never been higher in a presidential race. For those who have conveniently forgotten, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled...

31.10.2024 2

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Donald Trump drowns out his own closing argument

Donald Trump is broken and no one can put Humpty Trumpty back together again. This thought occurred to me at a truck stop in rural Nevada. Less...

24.10.2024 20

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“The enemy within”: Trump trumps Trump

He’s vindictive, shallow, delusional and increasingly dangerous – but no one seems to care. Houston, we have a problem. Actually, we have many...

17.10.2024 30

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Natural disasters leave fertile ground for MAGA’s exploitation

It has been an interesting and tiresome week in the news. Time to recap. Donald Trump made loving phone calls to Vladimir Putin after he left...

10.10.2024 10

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JD Vance is laying his foundation for a post-Trump GOP

If you watched Tuesday’s vice presidential debate hoping for something like a WWE SmackDown event, then you were probably left...

03.10.2024 3

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“The Apprentice” gets honest about the making of Donald Trump

When we first meet Donald Trump in the new movie “The Apprentice” it is in the early 70s and Trump is in his mid-20s. He is a slumlord collecting...

02.10.2024 50

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Trump fatigue has set: Post-election disruption plans suggests the pressure is getting to MAGA

Donald Trump can be defeated.  He was in 2020, although he’ll never admit it. He was defeated by E. Jean Carroll in court when a New York jury in a...

26.09.2024 10

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It’s now all fiction. Donald Trump destroyed reality

Republicans are openly proud of their lies — but our disdain for the truth is bipartisan Nobody’s making it easy for anyone these days. Let’s start...

19.09.2024 2

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“Active suppression of witnesses”: CIA lied about "Havana Syndrome," whistleblower documents reveal

The CIA has consistently lied to the American public about anomalous health incidents (AHI) for the last several years and may be guilty of...

16.09.2024 10

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“We did not do well”: MAGA admits Kamala Harris broke Donald Trump

Beware the prosecutor who smiles. Be wary of the cornered sewer rat who feels threatened. That sums up the contentious presidential debate between...

12.09.2024 10

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“Enough is Enough”: America’s toxic mix of mass shootings, disinformation and Donald Trump

Welcome back to the new school year kids.  Seeing friends. Sharing stories about your summer. Fall football. Dodging bullets. Apalachee High School...

05.09.2024 30

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Republicans for Harris: GOP gets ready to rescue MAGA from Trump

The 2024 presidential race may answer a question none of us knew we would ever ask: What can 70,000 disgruntled Republicans on one phone call do to...

29.08.2024 3

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The Woodstock of politics: Democrats strike all the right cords — and scare Donald Trump — with DNC

CHICAGO — I sat down Wednesday to indulge in my morning ritual of an espresso; this time at the Gallery Café just a couple of miles from the United...

22.08.2024 10

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The babysitter factor: Democrats have one big question to answer with their convention

Donald Trump doesn’t hold press conferences, he stages press events. And he doesn’t want you there if he can’t control you.   Shortly after...

15.08.2024 5

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Trump left spinning by Kamala Harris’ surprise strength

It didn’t take long. Shortly after Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appeared Tuesday on stage in Philadelphia with...

08.08.2024 10

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Joe Biden must bust up the media

Don’t look now, but we just witnessed a major seismic event in American media. Monday afternoon a federal judge ruled that Google’s parent company...

06.08.2024 3

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Joe Biden demonstrates the meaning of unity: The president drops out so Kamala Harris can step up

Joe Biden is done. The president who brought us back from the brink after four years of Donald Trump’s atrocities, a horrible COVID pandemic and...

22.07.2024 10

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Biden’s donor dilemma: Democrats brace for the big money dump

Folks, we’ve been here before. When Ronald Reagan bombed in his first debate against Walter Mondale in 1984, it prompted members of the press, some...

13.07.2024 10

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