Trump’s reckless bluster about his “spectacular military success” in Iran has just been thoroughly debunked.
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Sabrina Haake is a 25+ year federal trial attorney specializing in 1st and 14th A defense. Her columns are published in Alternet, Chicago Tribune, MSN, Out South Florida, Raw Story, Salon, Smart News and Windy City Times. Her Substack, The Haake Take, is free.
Temporarily upstaged by war in the Middle East, last week’s Senate Armed Services hearings suggested war might be brewing closer to home. Trump seeks an unprecedented $1 trillion defense budget that will be used, in large part, on American soil.
When border czar Tom Homan threatened to arrest California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Trump goaded Homan on, telling reporters, “I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great!” adding, “Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”
Seven months past the November election, Trump supporters are still talking a big game about an electoral “mandate.”
This week, the State Department announced that it is formally increasing “social media vetting” for all student and exchange visitor visa applicants.
The world is watching in disbelief as the President of the United States goes full Aryan. After coaxing black and brown voters into his tent, Trump loaded a gun, trained it at their heads, and blocked the exits.
I’m not a religious person. Catholic schools, and my mom’s reliance on Catholicism as a surrogate for normal activities like grocery shopping, complicated things.
On May 7, Chief Justice John Roberts, in a not-so-veiled swipe at Donald Trump, stressed that the U.S. Constitution’s “main innovation” was the creation of an independent judiciary.
Last week, Trump held a campaign-style rally on the campus of Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan. To the delight of his MAGA fans, he trotted out the same personal grievances he’s been serving up since 2015.
Trump’s Executive Order to accelerate climate change didn’t get nearly the press it should have, upstaged, as it was, by his more immediately destructive acts.
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