Trump complained vociferously about the way he is treated by Fox News during his interview with Rush Limbaugh, and if he happens to catch some of what the network’s weekend hosts said following his Covid-19 super spreader event at the White House on Saturday, the ‘roided-up president might just blow …
Read More »Trump Claimed 'Magical Authorities' Allowed Him to Do Illegal Things, Says Former Deputy
Blasting Trump as “one of the most unfocused and undisciplined senior executives I’ve ever encountered,” a former top deputy in the Department of Homeland Security says he came away from his service in the administration “completely convinced, based on firsthand experience, that the president was ill-equipped, and wouldn’t become equipped, …
Read More »The Contagious Presidency
Verses 14 through 16 in Matthew 5 follow Jesus’ proclamation of the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden,” it begins. “Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a …
Read More »America's Longest War Takes a Deadly New Turn
The rush of incoming aircraft roused Waheeda and her sleeping family. It was long after dark on a cool spring night in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a Taliban stronghold of fertile valleys and stark mountains that borders Pakistan. The sound of warplanes is a familiar echo across the skies here, but …
Read More »Obama Torches Trump on COVID-19: 'A Lot of Them Aren't Even Pretending to Be in Charge'
Former President Barack Obama delivered a virtual commencement address to graduating students from historically black colleges and universities on Saturday. Obama first spoke to the unusual circumstances this year’s graduating students are having to endure because of the ongoing pandemic, telling them, “Even if half this semester was spent at …
Read More »America Is Living Paycheck to Paycheck — on Purpose
The Trump administration blew $349 billion in small-business pandemic aid in four weeks, less time than it took for me to grow out my quarantine beard. That is nothing to be proud of, but President Trump still took his victory lap on Tuesday, boasting about breaking speed records for loans …
Read More »Sycophant Senator Touts Trump's Non-Existent Psychic Powers
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott said that President Trump saw into the future while making his State of the Union speech on February 4th and claimed Trump referenced the coming financial collapse that would eventually hit America because of the coronavirus. “I think during his State of the Union …
Read More »Trevor Noah: Trump Wants 'Victory Parade' for Re-Opening U.S. After Bailing on Coronavirus Battle
Trevor Noah skewered President Donald Trump‘s desire to earn the glory for re-opening the American economy after his handling of the coronavirus pandemic on The Daily Social Distancing Show Tuesday. Noah noted that getting back to normal in the first place will be a long and complicated process, with experts …
Read More »Trump's War on Whistleblowers Continues as Navy Fires Captain Who Spoke Up About Coronavirus Outbreak on Aircraft Carrier
The captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Brett Crozier, was dismissed by Navy higher-ups on Thursday — a move that was precipitated by Crozier sending a letter earlier this week to military leaders pleading for help with the outbreak of coronavirus cases onboard Crozier’s aircraft carrier. In the …
Read More »Trevor Noah Breaks Down Similarities Between Trump and 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic
Trevor Noah reveled in the similarities between Tiger King anti-hero Joe Exotic and President Donald Trump on The Daily Social Distancing Show Monday. Anyone who’s watched the Netflix docuseries about the insane world of big cat owners knows just how Trump-ian Joe Exotic is, although Noah zeroes in on the …
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