The biggest news over the Supreme Court this week dealt with the immigration rulings, but one ruling upended the campaign finance laws, handing more control to national political parties. Punchbowl News’ weekend newsletter pointed out that the ruling in NRSC vs. FEC will easily transform how each pa…
Organized by the Donald Trump-associated Freedom 250 group, the Great American State Fair launched on Washington, DC’s National Mall on June 25 and continues through July 10. The event is Trump’s MAGA-themed celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary, but according to Talking Points Memo (T…
Trump loves the poorly educated —and America’s IQ decline explains why
An American historian and former Republican would normally be the perfect audience for America’s 250th celebration, but both agreed that President Donald Trump has turned what should be a moment to bring the country together into his own ego fest. The Bulwark’s publisher, Sarah Longwell, an ex-Repub…
During his first presidency, Donald Trump was a vehement critic of cryptocurrencies — calling Bitcoin a “scam” and saying that cryptos could never hope to compete with the U.S. dollar. But these days, Trump is an aggressive promotor of cryptocurrencies, which have done a lot to increase his net wort…
On Friday night, as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding drew attention to Madison Square Garden, the White House displayed a sign reading “Trump is your president” near the venue’s “Just&T;” announcement.The gesture comes amid a long history of tension between Trump and Swift. In 2020, Swift pub…
The American republic dodged a bullet this week when the US Supreme Court decided to uphold birthright citizenship. If not for two Republican justices, who refused to make-believe their way through a plain reading of the text of the 14th Amendment, we would have seen the clock turning back to a time…
Today America turns 250 years old, and instead of a celebration of the republic those 56 men who signed the Declaration risked the hangman’s noose to create, we’re getting a MAGA rally.Donald Trump has taken the nation’s 250th birthday, the once-in-a-lifetime anniversary that belongs to all of us, a…
An Angry MovieogoerBoth before and after seeing “Young Washington,” I spoke with members of the audience to get a sense of who was seeing the film and what they thought of it. Virtually everyone was there because they loved American history, wanted to celebrate the 4th of July and/or both. With one …
President Donald Trump’s corruption is so egregious, Democrats are now competitive in a farm belt state where they are normally not considered viable.Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, who is running for governor as a Democrat this year, has been able to capitalize on “ a clean-up-the-books platform, with…