Make Iran Great Again? Who Made Them Bad? We Did.
Anyone else facepalming over Trump’s MIGA (Make Iran Great Again) tweet? Have you ever wondered why the US is so worried about Iran getting a nuclear weapon? I did - so I looked it up. As it turns ou...
Americans Are About To Pay More For Everything
Now that Iran has announced the closing of the Strait of Hormuz - are you curious about how you’ll be affected? I was - and after I had a commentor say that since we make our own oil, we wouldn’t be ...
There Is No Distraction
I keep seeing people keep insist that the very public Trump-Musk feud this week was some elaborate theatrical performance - a carefully orchestrated distraction to keep us from noticing the “real” age...
Explaining the Trump-Musk Social Media Meltdown
So yesterday we got to watch the most expensive friendship in American politics implode in spectacular fashion across dueling social media platforms. Donald Trump and Elon Musk - the world’s most powe...
The Living Wage Reality Check
A living wage is simply the amount of money someone needs to earn to cover basic living costs - like rent, food, and transportation - without needing extra help. Right now, the federal minimum wage in...
The Great Refugee Scam
So Trump recently welcomed the first group of South African "refugees" to American soil. What a touching scene - white families from one of the world's most privileged minorities getting the red carpe...
How Trump Plans to Rig The Courts
House Republicans just buried a provision in their budget bill that's even more devious than it first appeared. They're not trying to protect Trump from contempt - they're trying to prevent courts fro...
This is an experiment in empathy.
What do you think about when you read the words “bodily autonomy” - that sacred principle claiming we should control what happens to our own bodies. Sounds reasonable, right? Yet today, we’re witnessing a real-life Handmaid’s Tale episode unfold in Georgia with Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black nurse and mother who was declared brain-dead in…
Qatar’s “Gift” to Trump: A Decades-Old Problem the Royals Can’t Unload
You know that Boeing 747-8 that Qatar supposedly “gifted” to Donald Trump - it’s not the grand gesture it appears to be. This plane is basically an expensive garage sale item the Qatari royals have been desperately trying to unload since 2020. First off - this aircraft is ancient history in aviation terms. Delivered in…
Political Gifts: From Nixon’s Checkers to Trump’s Qatar Jet
Let’s talk about political scandals and the strange art of accepting gifts while in office - because somehow we’ve evolved from defending a dog named Checkers to justifying a $400 million “flying palace” from Qatar. Back in 1952, then-vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon found himself in hot water over an $18,000 fund established by his…
Republicans’ No Tax on Tips: A Budgetary Mirage?
Now that more details are coming out about the Republican budget - lets talk about that No Tax on Tips promise. It shouldnt be surprising that it looks a lot less appealing in the light. This proposal - originally part of the Trump campaign and now being considered by Congress - aims to exempt tips…
Trump’s Big Announcement: What’s the Real Tea Here?
Okay - I will delete this if Im wrong. But heres the tea on what I think Trumps big announcement will be Remember when Mike Waltz got the boot - it turns out it wasnt just because he accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat about bombing Yemen. Remember when photos got released…