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Donald Trump crossed a line with his Easter rant on Iran. (Photo: Gage Skidmore.)

Trump Insane Easter Rant Inflames MAGA Base; No Morals, No Decency, No Respect for God or Country

Jim AstrachanApril 6, 2026

He is quite insane. He’s coming apart. There is so much wrong with this post....

President Trump is briefed on the Iranian attack at Mar-a-Lago. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump Iran War: Questions He Never Answered Before Blundering Into a World Crisis

Jim AstrachanMarch 12, 2026

Really ugly consequences are beginning to show because of President Trump’s ill timed and totally unnecessary war against Iran....

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President Trump discusses tariffs as Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick looks on. (Photo: White House)

Trump Tariff War Heats Up Again As New York, 20 States Sue to Block New Levies

Keith GirardMarch 5, 2026

Donald Trump is being challenged again in court over his latest tariffs, after his stunning defeat before the Supreme Court last month....

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U.S. Airforce F-105 jets heading for North Vietnam in 1965, a year after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution widened the war. (Photo: USAF)

Trump Is the Worst in a Long History of Presidential Lying to Justify Wars

Jim AstrachanFebruary 28, 2026

President Trump controls the narrative, and the troops; Congress is absent from any participation in the decision-making as is the public....

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President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address that veered into lies and misstatements. (White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump Provides Rope to Hang GOP in Midterms With Altered Reality SOTU Speech

Keith GirardFebruary 25, 2026

Donald Trump offered an altered reality in his State of the Union Speech last night that will haunt Republicans in the midterm elections....

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Donald Trump called U.S. Supreme Court justices 'disgraceful' and under 'foreign influence." (Photo: SCOTUS)

Trump ‘Crosses Dangerous Line’ With Supreme Court Personal Attacks, Leading Lawyer Group Says

Keith GirardFebruary 23, 2026

Donald Trump's sharp personal attacks on three Supreme Court justices, including allegations of treason, drew a sharp rebuke today....

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Letitia James (left) won a significant Supreme Court victory over Donald Trump. (Photo: NYI collage)

Trump Tariff Defeat Is a Victory for New York, 11 States Before Supreme Court

Keith GirardFebruary 20, 2026

New York Attorney General Letitia James and 11 other state attorneys general took a victory lap today (Feb. 20) with a win over Donald Trump. ...

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Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein attract the attention of a fetching blonde. (Photo: House Committee)

Epstein Files Most Horrifying Claims: Murder, Rape, Torture, Snuff Films, Sexual Abuse, Blackmail

Keith GirardFebruary 18, 2026

Among the millions of files released in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, chilling revelations have emerged...

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ICE agents detain a person during a sweep in Los Angeles. (Photo: USGovt.)

Trump Has Long Fetishized Violence; Gives ICE Carte Blanche to Satisfy His Fixation

Keith GirardJanuary 13, 2026

Donald Trump has a long history of advocating violence against political opponents and masked ICE agents are carrying out his wishes....

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Home Depot founder Bernard Marcus was a rabid Trump supporter (Photo:

Trump Slump a Bittersweet Legacy for Home Depot Founder Bernie Marcus

Keith GirardNovember 18, 2025

For Bernie Marcus, Home Depot's late billionaire founder, this year would have been a bitter payback for his rabid support of Donald Trump....

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Trump Epstein Quagmire Deepens; 11 Trump Claims Contradicted by New Emails

Keith GirardNovember 14, 2025

Donald Trump's Epstein quagmire has only deepened with the latest release of Epstein documents....

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Deconstructing the Supreme Court Tariff Case; Trump Clearly Acted Outside the Law

Jim AstrachanNovember 6, 2025

It is not reasonable to conclude the Congress intended to delegate to a president it’s exclusive authority to tax....

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Donald Trump can't be trusted says his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen. (Photo: ScreenCap)

Trump Fact Checked by Artificial Intelligence (AI); Here’s What It Found on 20 Claims

Keith GirardOctober 25, 2025

Donald Trump's most offen repeated claims are lies or misleading, an AI analysis found. (Photo: ScreenCap) In an unusual experiment, a Yale School of Ma...

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Elon Musk's name has surface in the Epstein files. (Photo: Steve Jurvetson)

Musk Epstein Ties Renew Questions About Possible Russian Recruitment Efforts, ‘Kompromat’

Keith GirardSeptember 26, 2025

Elon Musk was part of sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's ring of friends or associates at at time when Russia may have been attempting to "blackmail" and recruit him as an agent of influence....

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Ukrainian tanks on maneuvers in conflict with Russia.

Trump Sudden Russia, Ukraine Reversal Aimed at Countering ‘Kompromat’ Reports; Is He Gaslighting?

Keith GirardSeptember 23, 2025

Donald Trump made an abrupt and radical departure on Russia and Ukraine today (Sept. 23) seemingly shifting his view of the war in Ukraine's favor....

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