Prisoners stand in a cell as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University A federal appeals court on March 26, 2025, upheld a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s deportation … [Read more...] about Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court
Roy Cohn lives on through Donald Trump’s behavior and rhetoric
If the fear and censorship coming out of the White House reminds you of the 1950s “red scare,” there’s a probable reason: “political hitman” Roy Cohn. Cohn is best known now for the lessons he taught Trump, but even before that he was an outsized figure running through US politics and culture... Throughout his life, he bullied people and tried to bully facts... He was … [Read more...] about Roy Cohn lives on through Donald Trump’s behavior and rhetoric
Being Canadian in the age of Trump
In the couple of months since his second term began, President Trump's attacks on the Canadian economy and sovereignty have given rise to a fair bit of anger from Canadians. Yes, we are nice, but we have our limits. Trump's tariffs, and promises of more, despite having signed onto a new free-trade agreement with Canada and Mexico near the end of his first term, and his threats … [Read more...] about Being Canadian in the age of Trump
My Life in Seven Days…and 36 Additional Hours
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching" ~ Unknown Source Fifteen years ago, when I was a young 70 and was feeling somewhat sentimental, I penned what probably is one of the shortest autobiographies – or memoir – ever written. I squeezed the seven decades I had lived at the time into seven days. At the conclusion, I expressed my … [Read more...] about My Life in Seven Days…and 36 Additional Hours
Downgrading America’s Health Care System
Everyone knew before he was appointed head of HHS that Robert Kennedy Jr was a vaccine skeptic and a purveyor of alternative treatments for various diseases. But it was unclear how he would function as the head of America’s health care system. Now, we know. With our brilliant president’s approval and cooperation, RFK is in the process of downsizing and downgrading the crown … [Read more...] about Downgrading America’s Health Care System
A Moderate Response to Atheist-Zionists’ Claims on the Israel-Gaza Conflict
by Matthew B. Flynn, Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Georgia Southern University Jacek Lubecki, Professor of International Studies, Georgia Southern University Since the Hamas brutal attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, including civilians and members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), there … [Read more...] about A Moderate Response to Atheist-Zionists’ Claims on the Israel-Gaza Conflict
TRUMP EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS MADE UP OF PARROTS (CARTOONS)
With Signalgate, the media can show what they learned from 2016
The biggest upside of hunkering down with the fat new bio of longtime SNL producer Lorne Michaels is that it’s veritable Novocaine — it numbs the pain of tracking Team MAGA’s daily idiocies. Inevitably, some squalid acts by the moron squad are bound to break through, such as Trump’s national security guys using Signal, a hackable commercial messaging app, to discuss … [Read more...] about With Signalgate, the media can show what they learned from 2016
A Shadow Hangs over this Year’s National Medal of Honor Day
March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day, a day designated by Congress to honor those miliary men and women who have been awarded the nation’s highest military honor for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.” It is a sad commentary that, just a few days before this date of remembrance, these and other honors … [Read more...] about A Shadow Hangs over this Year’s National Medal of Honor Day
Discounting Veterans and Other Americans
President Trump denigrated Senator John McCain for being captured by the North Vietnamese and called soldiers who served in Vietnam suckers and losers. This is the way Trump thinks about those who serve in our military and protect our country. Now this great patriot with his DOGE sidekick is in the process of gutting the Veterans Administration which provides medical and … [Read more...] about Discounting Veterans and Other Americans
REACTION TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TEXTING JOURNALIST WAR PLANS
Reactions are pouring in to the news that the White House National Security advisor added The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg to a chat where secret war plans were revealed. The Trump administration is now in defense mode with conflicting statements coming from various officials. Here's a round up of blog/news reactions, cartoons and X, formerly known as … [Read more...] about REACTION TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TEXTING JOURNALIST WAR PLANS
Is Trump’s assault on Canada bringing Québec and the rest of the country closer together?
Yulia Bosworth, Binghamton University, State University of New York As Canadians rally around national unity in response to American tariffs and threats of annexation, kindling a renewed sense of Canadian nationalism, Québec stands in solidarity with the rest of Canada. A February Angus Reid survey suggests a notable increase in Québecers’ emotional attachment to Canada … [Read more...] about Is Trump’s assault on Canada bringing Québec and the rest of the country closer together?
TESLA TERRORISM (CARTOON AND COLUMN)
Turds for Tesla While announcing charges against three individuals accused of “violent destruction” of Tesla properties, Attorney General (sic) Pam Bondi said, “The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended.” No, they haven’t. Donald Trump is currently taking bribes through his products, his crypto, and his stock. He’s violating the Constitution daily. And … [Read more...] about TESLA TERRORISM (CARTOON AND COLUMN)
‘Never Seen a Breach Quite Like This’: Journalist Added to Trump Team Group Chat on Bombing Yemen
Embed from Getty Images Reactions included: "Dangerous." "Gross incompetence." "Unfathomable." by Jessica Corbett Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump's administration came under fire Monday after a journalist revealed that he was added to a group on a commercial messaging application in which top officials discussed secret plans for the recent bombing of … [Read more...] about ‘Never Seen a Breach Quite Like This’: Journalist Added to Trump Team Group Chat on Bombing Yemen
See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America
A five-story replica of a stamp of Superman in 1998 in Cleveland, home of the superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File Miriam Eve Mora, University of Michigan Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the sole survivor of a planet … [Read more...] about See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America
TRUMP’S GOLDEN AGE (CARTOON)
Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
The Heritage Foundation flag flies over its building on July 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Fred L. Pincus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education. The president needs congressional … [Read more...] about Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
DOGE hamstrings IRS to tune of $500B
What efficiency? IRS projects DOGE-driven disruptions will reduce tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. DOGE Loss: $500,000,000,000 ONE AGENCY “For context, the U.S. government spent $825 billion on the Defense Department in fiscal 2024.” Read gift link at the WaPo. … [Read more...] about DOGE hamstrings IRS to tune of $500B
404 – History not Found! .
Five years ago, when Americans were grappling with the last vestiges of slavery, racism and segregation by removing statues and other symbols of those unsavory parts of our nation’s history, Donald Trump argued against such a movement. “We should learn from the history…And if you don’t understand your history, you will go back to it again,” he said in a Fox interview. … [Read more...] about 404 – History not Found! .
Is a MAGA Sheriff Threatening Your California County?
Officials Across the State Are Embracing Corruption, Threatening to Work with ICE—and Remaining Above the Law by Joe Mathews If you’re a Californian who wants to fight back against the Trump administration, you might start with a campaign to remove your county sheriff. In our state, the position of sheriff is the closest approximation to the lawless, authoritarian … [Read more...] about Is a MAGA Sheriff Threatening Your California County?