Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Trump uses troops as political props, orders them to parade before him on his birthday and deploys them to “quell” protests against him. Meanwhile, he’s gutting healthcare for veterans. He treats veterans like – his words – “losers” and “suckers.” The Guardian reports that the Veterans Administration, which provides healthcare to more than 9 million…
Leaning back smiling, a devout Christian, Chris praised Trump for stopping wokeness – I asked how he saw Trump’s religion. He paused, said thoughtfully, Getting wounded probably deepened Trump’s faith but he grew up in New York as a real estate tycoon. He’s got religion. But he’s got a ways to go. He laughed, then…
Habeas Corpus. What those two Latin words mean is simple: They mean the government can’t throw you in jail without a trial. Unless you’re guilty. That old doctrine that goes all the way back to the Magna Carta. The Founding Fathers wrote it into the Constitution, saying habeas corpus can only be suspended by Congress…
My friend Redge Hanes of Winston-Salem, who served with honor in the Army in Vietnam, wrote this about Trump and Los Angeles: “The National Guard, called out under doubtful and possibly illegal pretenses by the man who occupies the White House, is set to ‘quell’ the protests in LA. Quell is an interesting word when…
The billionaire head of Amazon paid $40 million to buy the rights to a film about Trump’s wife – Melania Trump stands to make a $28 million profit. Of course, politicians using their power to make money is an old story. For years Joe Biden did it to help his son Hunter make money. But…
Let’s take a look at what’s been in the news. On X, a Trump post included a photo of a billboard with his picture on it beside five words: Trump was right about EVERYTHING. DHHS Secretary Bobby Kennedy issued a report telling us how to improve our healthcare – but there was a problem: The…
There’s a big difference between Trump’s America and 1930s Germany: Americans are fighting back. As in Germany, jackbooted, helmeted government thugs are rounding up people the Leader deems undesirable. Trump’s Goebbels, Stephen Miller (photo), warns darkly of “insurrection.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vows, “Under President Trump, violence and destruction against federal agents and federal facilities…
Trump and Musk are right about each other. Musk is right that Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would bankrupt America, like Trump has bankrupted everything he’s ever done. Trump is right that Musk is deranged. It takes one to know one. This reminds me of those old movies where Godzilla and Mothra squared off. I…
Back in 1988, Floyd Brown’s Citizens United superpac ran an ad attacking Michael Dukakas for pardoning Willie Horton. The ad helped George H. W. Bush but Brown got a lot of heat for it. Fast forward forty-seven years: After Trump took over The Kennedy Center, Brown agreed to go to work at the center raising…
Carter Wrenn and I are moving to Substack. That’s where you’ll find our blogs in the…
The political sniping began even as chaos still reigned at the White House Correspondents Dinner. My…
A new nationwide poll shows that, if they could run against each other in 2028, Barack…