Shawn510
Stories by Shawn510
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The Second Surrender at Versailles
Donald Trump has always understood politics as theater. This week, the stage swallowed him whole. At the Palace of Versailles, the very symbol of imposed peace, imperial vanity, and national humiliation — Trump signed his Iran deal in front of Emmanuel Macron, cameras, chandeliers, and history. He no doubt imagined himself as the conquering dealmaker,…
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Trump’s Skyscrapers Doctrine
There is an old saying about comparing apples to oranges. But Donald Trump has managed to invent a brand-new category of logical failure: comparing pools to skyscrapers. Today, Trump took time in the Oval Office to hold up a giant chart. His big discovery? The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is longer than America’s tallest buildings…
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Trump’s Corruption Was the Story — and NBC Covered Mark Fuhrman’s Death
On the same morning that one of the biggest corruption stories in modern presidential history was breaking, NBC’s Today show chose to spend several minutes on the death of Mark Fuhrman. That is a stunning editorial choice. The Trump Justice Department reportedly agreed to create a $1.776 billion fund tied to Trump’s own IRS lawsuit.…
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Trump’s TACO Tuesday, Iran Edition – and the Press Sane Washes again!
It’s TACO Tuesday in Washington again: Trump Always Chickens Out. The nickname started on Wall Street for Trump’s signature move, issue massive threats, watch markets spasm, then quietly fold when reality hits. Tariffs were the original template. Now it’s Iran policy in a nutshell: bombastic deadlines, final warnings, chest-thumping speeches, and then, right as things…
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When Race Counts — and When It Suddenly Doesn’t
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais reveals a troubling problem in how courts handle voting rights. Here is the sharp irony: If a state draws a district so Black voters have a real chance to elect the candidate they want, the Court will rule it unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. But if a state…
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Trump’s Tariff Scam: We just Got Screwed Twice
Donald Trump told us foreign countries would pay for his tariffs. That was a lie, he knew it, and we all knew it. Tariffs are just a fancy word for a border tax paid by American companies. When those companies get hit with a bill, they do not just eat the cost. They tack it…
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Daily Kos 6.0: Appreciate the Effort — But We Need More Transparency
Like a lot of longtime Daily Kos readers and contributors, I get why this change happened. The old platform had real issues — security risks, aging code, and a system that was getting harder to maintain. Moving to WordPress makes sense, and it was probably necessary. So credit to the team — this was a…
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They Want to Erase the Record—And They Think We’re Too Distracted to Notice
While Americans are focused on a growing war with Iran and all the crap that comes out to Tump’s mouth, something deeply alarming is happening here at home…
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Presidents Don’t Run the Economy — But Trump Is Showing How to Wreck One
Historians like to describe the American economy as an ocean liner. It has enormous momentum. It doesn’t turn quickly, and it doesn’t sink because of a single…
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Paul Krugman is right – America Is Quietly Shutting Itself Down
Paul Krugman is right! In his post today, he stated that immigration to the United States isn’t just slowing — it’s collapsing. And it’s not because of better…
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OMG: We’re Letting Iranian Oil Flow– In the Middle of a Conflict with Iran
It is hard to overstate how extraordinary this moment is. As tensions with Iran escalate and as the United States signals the possibility of deeper conflict…
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Allies to Trump — Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk
There’s an old saying: friends don’t let friends drive drunk. It’s not about judgment. It’s not about humiliation. It’s about stepping in — firmly…
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Trump’s New Low: Cashing In on Fallen Soldiers’ Caskets
No president in American history has sunk this low. Donald Trump is now fundraising off the deaths of U.S. soldiers killed in the war with Iran…
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Trump Is Funding Both Sides of the Iran War
Donald Trump likes to call himself a tough dealmaker. But right now, his foreign policy looks less like strategy and more like a geopolitical train wreck…
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Trump Hands Putin an Advantage—While Rejecting Ukrainian Help That Could Protect American Troops
You almost have to admire the consistency. When there’s a choice between helping America and helping Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump somehow always manages to land…
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Business Against Trump – Until It Capitulated: The Washington Post is the latest Victim
The layoffs at The Washington Post are happening right now, and they tell us exactly where corporate America stands with respect to Trump’s second term.
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Bondi’s ICE Shakedown: “Minnesota, Give Us Your Voter Rolls and We’ll Back Off”
Minnesota is staring straight at something Americans are not supposed to tolerate: federal force being used as a political bargaining chip.
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Dems, Please Take Keith Olbermann’s Advice and Turn the Press on Its Head—Again
I wrote recently that Democrats need to “Turn the Press on Its Head” – stop letting the Sunday talking heads set the narrative and start making the news before…
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What the Hell Is Wrong With Axios?
Axios looked at Trump’s Greenland fiasco (www.axios.com/…) — the bullying, the imperial cosplay, the diplomatic arson — and decided the “big winner” was… Trump.
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The “Board of Peace” and the dangerous new shadow-presidency precedent
There are plenty of ways for a U.S. president to pursue peace. Presidents host summits, appoint envoys, negotiate ceasefires, support treaties…
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Day 34: Where Are the Epstein Files? A Call to MS NOW and CNN
It is now 34 days since the Trump Administration was supposed to release the full Epstein files. Instead, we’ve gotten partial drops, selective disclosures…
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Trump’s Greenland Fantasy Isn’t Strategy — It’s a Gift to Putin (and a Warning to Us)
Donald Trump’s Greenland obsession is being treated like a gag, another goofy headline to chuckle at before we move on to the next eruption in the circus tent.
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Congress: Stop Trump’s Greenland Extortion Before It Spreads
Donald Trump is doing it again: Greenland. The same fixation, the same arrogant entitlement, the same contempt for allies, only now upgraded from absurdity to…
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The DOJ is already weaponized and now Trump and Vance want their own prosecutor
The Justice Department is already weaponized. We’ve watched it happen. We’ve lived it. Trump’s DOJ, run by Pam Bondi, has become a machine that goes after Trump’…
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From Kennedy’s Camelot to Trump’s Court
Americans have always been uneasy with kings, but we’ve never fully escaped royal imagery. At moments, we’ve even embraced it. No presidency illustrates that…
