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The staggering cowardliness by four ex-presidents vis-à-vis Tyrant Trump’s wrecking of America cannot escape history’s verdict. However, there is still an opportunity for vigorous redemption by George W. Bush—whose life-saving AIDS Medicine Program in Africa was shut down by President Donald Trump—Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, if they have any self-respect for their patriotic duty.As of now, these former presidents are living lives of luxury and personal pursuits. They are at the apex of the “contented classes” (see my column “Trump and the Contented Clas

It’s still early as facts are coming in about the brutal killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Wood, by who shot in the head by an ICE agent in Minneapolis through the windshield of her car.What we do know, as we all can see with our own eyes on the viral videos of the killing, is that she was shot in cold-blood, unprovoked, not having put the ICE agent in any danger. This video analysis by The New York Times makes it clear.We also know from reports that Renee, an American citizen originally from Colorado, was in a relationship with a woman who, in a gut-wrenching video, identified herself as Renee’s wife. In

There was of course much discussion on my Sirius XM program yesterday about Donald Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro.And that’s when Eli in Virginia called, a true MAGA warrior, to challenge my statements. I’d been explaining that, for legal and political cover, Trump presented this at first as a law enforcement operation, because his DOJ in his first administration had indicted Maduro on drug trafficking charges in 2020—though not his wife, who was only indicted in the superseding indictment a few days ago—and I explained how ludicrous that was.The U.S. has, after all, indicted people around the world

The Daily Beast reports MAGA influencer Steve Bannon “has an ulterior motive for banging the ‘Trump 2028’ drum. “Close associates of Bannon, 72, told Axios that the former White House adviser keeps mentioning a third term [for President Donald] Trump — which is unconstitutional — because he wants to run for president himself,” the Beast reports.“When Trump doesn’t end up running, [Bannon] will reluctan

Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers, who is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA franchise, spent several minutes from a recent post-game press conference to denounce the killing of Minneapolis, Minnesota resident Renee Good at the hands of federal agents.The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that Rivers — whose team defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by a score of 105-101 on Friday — called Good's killing "morally wrong" while speaking to reporters after the game. The 20

National Review conservative columnist Andrew McCarthy says there’s a threat lurking in the Republican Party’s decision to keep ceding power to President Donald Trump, and it’s going to come back and bite them possibly as soon as the next presidential election.“You’ve got to hand it to President Trump: He has definitely shifted the terms of public discussion and debate,” said McCarthy.The problem with a shifted debate, however, is that the debate remains shifted long after Trump is gone and a Democrat enters the White House.

Never Trump Conservative website The Bulwark periodically “takes the pulse” of swing voters who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, and their most recent survey revealed what “a difference a year makes,” according to publisher Sarah Longell.“The swing voters we're going to hear today are about as sour on Trump as they have been since he re-took office,” said Longwell, on Bulwark’s “Secret Podcast” Saturday.Podcast guest speaker and Atlantic contributor Jonathan Chait shared his own frustration at the swing voters’ shift in opinions, saying “every time I hear swing voters, I want to ki

One of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters in the media is offering a full-throated defense of a federal agent's fatal shooting of an unarmed U.S. citizen — and is being pilloried for it.The Daily Beast reported Saturday that Kelly excused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross' shooting of 37 year-old mother of three Renee Nicole Good by blaming Good for her own death. On Friday, Kelly posted the new video filmed by Ross on his cellphone on her X account that shows Good turning her st

Intelligencer features writer Zack Cheney-Rice said the international community is increasingly viewing President Donald Trump as the world’s "most powerful thief," and they’re responding accordingly.“It’s true that, in spite of the shocking developments of the past few weeks, there’s a creeping sense that we are witnessing a tale as old as time,” Cheney-Rice said of Trump’s announcement that he was using the U.S. military to steal Venezuela’s oil, and is even now trying to

Author, attorney and CNN host Michael Smerconish couldn't help but laugh when reading one MAGA supporter's take on this week's fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.During a Saturday segment on his show "Smerconish," the CNN host read social media reactions to the death of 37 year-old mother Renee Good at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross. One supporter of President Donald Trump wrote: "You are making it way to[sic] complicated. The rule should be 'if you run from the police - you'll be shot.' Your analysis