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Trump’s fighting on a lot of fronts – look at tariffs: If Trump’s right, as he says, he’s leading us into a ‘Golden Age.’ But if he’s wrong we could land in a recession with the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs echoing in our ears. Here’s another fight: The Constitution says Congress decides how much money gets spent…
Read MoreShafted
To understand politics today, we need to understand what happened the last 20-plus years. A good diagnosis comes from Rahm Emanuel (photo), a possible Democratic candidate for President in 2028. He’s been senior adviser to President Clinton, a member of Congress and a House Democratic leader, chief of staff to President Obama, mayor of Chicago…
Read MoreWhat’s Going On…
Pouring gas on fires, living off division, the news media’s full of melodrama – headlines like: Trump, Roberts on collision course. (Loved by some, loathed by others, no one gets people’s attention like Trump – to boost their ratings Fox, CNN, MSNBC are all full of Trump stories.) Here’s another: Trump allies out to make…
Read MoreA Mystery…
White-haired, old-school Democrat, Daniel dropped a newspaper on the table beside Dillon, sat down. Young, cocky, brash, Trump Republican, Dillon pointed at the newspaper headline, baited Daniel. ‘Trump’s right. We’re getting shafted. Tariffs put a stop to rip-offs.’ Leaning back I asked: ‘Hitting China with tariffs sounds fine – but what about Canada? They’ve been…
Read MoreEighth Graders – Not Grown-Ups
Striding onto stage, waving both arms, wearing a Wisconsin Green Bay Packers cheese hat, grinning, Elon Musk looked odd. Musk flew to Italy. Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs. Musk disagreed. On Fox News, the brain behind Trump’s tariffs Peter Navarro mocked Musk, added Musk buys batteries from China to build his Teslas. Musk shot back, called…
Read MoreWho’s After Publicity…
Trump railed about radical left judges taking away his power, usurping his presidency, fumed one judge – James Boasberg – tried to stop him deporting ‘murderers, drug lords, and rapists.’ Next demanded the Supreme Court step in and stop that foolishness – and called Boasberg ‘a grandstander looking for publicity.’ That last part didn’t ring…
Read MoreBad News for Us
Lips pursed, standing at the front of her elementary school classroom, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, conducting a drill my teacher told students to crouch beneath our desks – I crouched wondering how on earth a wooden desk was going to save me from a nuclear missile. Times changed. After the Cold War ended we…
Read MoreLess Melodrama…
Sitting down, leaning back, I turned on the news – Fox News played a video Trump posted saying we saved Greenland from the Nazi’s in World War II. Going down its own road CNN did a story saying tariffs mean prices go up on top of inflation. Out to help Trump, Breitbart News said egg…
Read MoreBickering away…
I opened the newspaper, read most Americans are fed up with bickering…that what they really want is unity. That would be a blessing if it’s true. But it doesn’t look that way. The next article was full of bickering. Both sides have fought in politics for years but, not all that long ago, they had…
Read MoreLast Night
Last night Trump took a blow – in Florida and Wisconsin support for Republican candidates dropped ten-plus points. That drop’s more than a turnout skew. People who voted for Trump in 2024 voted against candidates he endorsed this election. Why? The media’s pointing the finger at Elon Musk. But that doesn’t sound right. One thing…
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