With the federal government shutdown grinding on, the nation’s economic picture is collapsing into silence and uncertainty. For the first time in decades, there is no official monthly employment report […]
Tag: Donald Trump
Posted inCounting the Cost
Trump’s issue with Black women
Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power. From Letitia “Tish” James to economist Lisa Cook, […]
Posted inGovernment/Politics
House Republicans getting paid on recess
The latest move of distraction on the part of President Trump has been two-fold. First, the freeing of all hostages in Gaza and flying there to participate in the cease-fire, […]
Posted inNational
Obama fills the Void in a fading Democratic Party
Former President Barack Obama has stepped back into the political arena, delivering some of his sharpest critiques yet of President Donald Trump as the Democratic Party struggles through one of […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump’s visage on everything
Apparently, in a love affair with himself, POTUS Trump has recently decided to put his face on new American coinage. He has ordered his vassals to dedicate an upcoming new […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump as the nutty granddad
Most of us have at least one family member we would prefer not to have. There’s the boozy, profane aunt, the loud, always-lying cousin, the funky-smelling and sticky-fingered grandparent, etc. […]
Posted inNational, News
Thousands march on Wall Street
Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan on Thursday, linking arms and voices in […]
Posted inGovernment, Government/Politics, Local, Local Politics
Newsom announces California Redistricting Plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom joined statewide Democratic leaders in downtown Los Angeles today to announce a Nov. 4 ballot measure that would redraw California’s congressional districts to add more Democrat seats […]
Posted inEntertainment, National
Trump revives familiar playbook with racist swipe at Charlamagne
Donald Trump’s latest tirade against a prominent Black media figure is drawing fresh scrutiny of his long-documented history of racist behavior. In a Truth Social post, the president called Charlamagne […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of making the 2028 olympics Trump’s folly
Only a fool who still believes the ‘tooth fairy’ is real would not have seen this one coming. The blowhard Donald Trump, ever-seeking style points and added glow to his […]
