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A Post Donald Trump Nation Could Signal Return to Normalcy and End to Post-Truth Politics

Keith GirardSeptember 1, 2023

Donald Trump's four separate criminal indictments likely will end his political career. What will the post-Trump world be like? ...

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Hundreds of thousands of young people gathered in Washington, DC, for the March for Our Lives rally, protesting gun violence. (Photo: Phil Roeder)

Trump Indictment, GOP Extremism Spark Democratic Surge, Rising Activism

Keith GirardApril 6, 2023

Donald Trump has been trying to whip up the Republican base but just the opposite is happening....

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Trump Legacy as ‘Massacre President’ Jumps in Wake of California Mass Shooting

Keith GirardNovember 8, 2018

Donald Trump’s claim to be a “law and order” president was rebuked, again, today (Nov. 8) after another mass shooting left 13 people dead and others wounded, cementing Trump’s legacy as the “massacre president” for his failure to act to curb gun violence....

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Did Kanye West Trump Bromance Sink Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum?

Keith GirardNovember 8, 2018

Kanye West’s high-profile support for President Trump, including efforts to convince African-Americans to vote Republican, may have help sink the candidacies of Democrats Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum, who ran for governor in Georgia and Florida, respectively....

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NRA Ties to Russian Red Sparrow, Kremlin Officials Face New Senate Probe

Keith GirardNovember 2, 2018

Maria Butina poses with a gun at a U.S. gun show. Her ties to the NRA are under investigation. (Photo: Facebook) Fetching Russian Maria Butina allegedly wooed top Republicans and National Rifle Association (NRA) officials into a dalliance with R...

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Kanye West Throws Fox News, Right-Wing into Chaos With Trump Denunciation

Keith GirardNovember 2, 2018

Kanye West was Donald Trump’s most visible African-American supporter until he wasn’t. The rapper threw Fox News and right-wing pundits into chaos with his stunning and sharp denunciation of the president....

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Trump Called Out for Spurring MAGA Bomber With Hate Speech (Watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 25, 2018

Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the news media, lawmakers and critics are in the spotlight in the wake of what appears to be several targeted bombing attempts aimed at the people who Trump has repeatedly singled-out with hate speech on the campaign trail....

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Donald Trump’s Fascist Tendencies and Tactics Revealed in New Video (Watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 16, 2018

Donald Trump’s Fascistic tendencies, revealed in the political tactics he’s using to solidify his national support, should send chills up the spines of Americans, according to new video published by The New York Times. ...

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Trump’s Absurd ‘Scary Time for Men’ Claim Taken Apart by Simple Song (Watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 9, 2018

Donald Trump’s claim that it’s a “scary time for men,” because of Brett Kavanaugh’s sex assault allegations, was mocked by singer Lynzy Lab Stewart in a song that captures the absurdity of the president’s statement. Watch it below! https://youtu....

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Taylor Swift Gets Political: Reveals for First Time Who’s She’s Voting For and Why

Keith GirardOctober 8, 2018

Taylor Swift, never known to be the political type, is getting all political now, but she’s had her own #MeToo moment and cites it as one of the reasons she’s deciding to speak out now ahead of the all-important mid-term elections. For the rest o...

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Brett Kavanaugh Follows Donald Trump as Butt of Jokes in SNL Cold Open (Watch)

Keith GirardSeptember 30, 2018

Matt Damon made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to play Brett Kavanaugh in the show's cold open. Brett Kavanaugh is getting at least one thing out of his contentious Supreme Court hearings–besides a tattered reputation. He’s joined ...

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Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and the Struggle Over Trump, Racism and America

Keith GirardSeptember 20, 2018

Snoop Dogg knows a racist when he sees one and Donald Trump fits the bill, along with all those others who support him, including fellow rapper Kanye West and other African-Americans who have become fronts for the hard-right. For the full story, clic...

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Trump’s Peen in Play on Late Night, After Stormy Daniels Sends Mario Cart Trending

Keith GirardSeptember 19, 2018

Donald Trump made an issue out of it during the 2016 election; now it’s back, his penis that is, thank’s to his one-time lover Stormy Daniels. The adult film star is about to release a tell all book and her detailed description of his private member ...

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Les Moonves, Trump-Style Sexual Predator, Ousted at CBS; Ergo the President?

Keith GirardSeptember 10, 2018

Les Moonves, the all-powerful chairman and chief executive of CBS, was ousted from the company he oversaw for two decades, felled by the same kind of sex assault allegations that have dogged Donald Trump. So far, the president has escaped justice, bu...

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Trump Plan to Allow 3D Printed Guns Hits Roadblock in Federal Court

Keith GirardAugust 27, 2018

The Trump administration’s approval of untraceable, undetectable guns created with 3-D printers was stopped in its tracks today (Aug. 27) by a federal judge, who issued a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit filed by eight state Attorney...

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