Posts by Shopie Claire
Transcript: Nancy Mace Explodes in Fury after Dem’s Takedown Hits Home
Sargent: Well, I want to get at the cruelty dimension of this, because I think it’s really important. I want to point out that unless you had prompted that reaction from Mace, her long diatribe on the floor would have passed entirely unnoticed, at least outside of right-wing precincts, right? Mainstream media barely registers it…
Read MoreTranscript: Why Democratic Leadership Is Clueless About Politics
Litman: They’re going to have to go through a full rebranding exercise the way the Democrats had to do after Obama and we saw how that works. It doesn’t go that well when you don’t have the unifying figure who can bring together unique parts of the coalition you need. Bacon: I see. Litman: I’m…
Read MoreMissouri Republican Warns His Party as It Passes Gerrymandered Maps
Missouri Republican state Representative Tony Harbison rebuked his party on the state House floor for choosing to submit to President Trump’s gerrymandering demands rather than address the actual problems of their constituents. “The needs are heavy, the list is long. Our plate is full of things that we need to be doing for the people…
Read MoreTrump’s Corrupt Firing of Lisa Cook Backfires as Brutal New Poll Hits
There’s been an amusing turn in the saga involving President Trump’s corrupt effort to remove Lisa Cook as governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump has relied on his flunkies to cook up allegations of mortgage fraud against Cook—and other foes as well—but now news organizations have blown big holes in the scam. They’ve reported that…
Read MoreHere’s Trump’s Birthday Letter to Epstein—With His Signature on It
In reality, they “are seizing people using firearms, physical violence, and warehouse detentions,” and whisking away American citizens as well. Further, she wrote, Kavanaugh incorrectly places the burden of proof during immigration stops not on law enforcement but on “an entire class of citizens to carry enough documentation to prove that they deserve to walk…
Read MoreTrump Has Ignited a Civil War Between the Federal Courts
The rebuke still prompted Judge William Young, who presided over the NIH case, to make a public apology to the justices “if they think that anything this court has done has been done in defiance of a precedential action of the Supreme Court of the United States,” during a court session earlier this week. Young,…
Read MoreDemocrats: Don’t Let Trump Define What State Capitalism Can Be
Importantly, this is not just a story about China. State enterprises account for over 20 percent of the largest companies in the world, and include iconic companies like Renault, Mercedes-Benz, and Sweden’s green steelmakers. Sovereign wealth funds of Norway, Alaska, and other jurisdictions now control more assets than hedge funds and private equity firms combined,…
Read MoreTrump’s Trade Deal With Japan Has One Awfully Unusual Requirement
Joining them, former Representative Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, the health secretary’s nephew, took to X Friday, calling his uncle “a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American,” who has chosen to “dismiss science, mislead the public, sideline experts and sow confusion.” “None of us will be spared the pain he is inflicting.…
Read MoreTrump’s Crooked Attempt to Get Andrew Cuomo Elected Should Be Illegal
Both prominent center-left Democrats and President Trump seem wary of Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But their motives are different, says TNR’s Monica Potts. In the latest edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon, Potts argues that Trump sees former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mamdani’s main opponent, as a potential political ally if…
Read MoreThe Fascist Takeover of CBS Is Just Beginning
CBS News has once again caved to President Donald Trump’s administration by offering up the journalistic integrity of Face the Nation, one of the longest-running television news broadcasts. Freshly merged Paramount Skydance announced Friday that it would no longer air edited interviews on Face the Nation, after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attacked…
Read MoreRFK Jr.’s Own Family Calls on Him to Resign After Train-Wreck Hearing
The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money! They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love…
Read MoreWhy Is Pete Hegseth Taking Orders from Libs of TikTok?
The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money! They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love…
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