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Trump Foreign Policy, Term II

What will foreign policy be like in Trump’s Term II? The bar is low for Trump 47. It is not like the other guys have done much better. Biden-Harris hand over a weakened global deterrence, with major wars in the heart of Europe and at hotspots in the Middle East, including Israel attacking on the […]

Three SCOTUS Cases to Watch in the New Term

While the new Supreme Court term does not promise anything as life-changing as overturning Roe v. Wade, several cases offer potential change to First Amendment rights, resolution of questions over transrights, and a Second Amendment case which can affect a large number of ghost gun owners.   First Amendment The question of the First Amendment […]

Can Trump Use Schedule F Declare War on the Federal Bureaucracy?

What is Schedule F and can Trump use it to declare war on the Federal bureaucracy, maybe parts of the Deep State itself? In October 2020, during the first administration,  Trump issued an executive order that would have stripped firing protections from civil servants. This effort is referred to as “Schedule F” because that was […]

John Kerry Says to End the First Amendment!

John Kerry, the former U.S. Naval officer, senator, secretary of state, and candidate for the presidency, who has taken the oath of allegiance to the Constitution many times now says “our First Amendment stands as a major block to be able to just, you know, hammer it [disinformation] out of existence.” So finally a major […]

For Next Time, Memo to Trump

If there is a next debate (you say no, but it depends on whether you’re ahead or behind in a month, and a fair choice of moderators being offered) it won’t be for a few weeks or so, leaving you, Trump, plenty of time to tidy up some of the missed opportunities from the first […]

Demonization of Opponents is a Death Warrant in America

In many Third World countries falling out of power means being declared an enemy of the people who needs to be done away. In some situations that means trumped up charges and made up evidence — lawfare — to mislabel the fallen leader as evil and justify the life sentence he receives. In other situations […]

Exploiting the Military Dead

We’ve reached the place in America where people can believe Trump taking a photo is more disgraceful than the Biden-Harris administration getting a son killed on a badly conceived final day in Saigon. It began when Donald Trump was invited to attend a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 American service members who were […]

Debate Questions for Kamala

Trump told the press he thought ABC should be “shut out” of hosting a debate, but then added that he and his team were still “thinking about” whether he should participate in the one with Kamala Harris scheduled for September 10, adding that Harris and her team “want to change the rules.” Specifically mentioned was […]

Biden Impeachment Plan Has the Meat, Fizzles Nonetheless

House Republicans released a little-noticed 291-page impeachment report that should have exploded over the Democratic National Convention like an October Surprise, but in the end fizzled like a wet July 4th sparkler. The facts are there, largely thanks to Hunter’s laptop, but the drive to impeach a lame lame duck president seems to have lost […]

Trump Again Proposes End of Birthright Citizenship

Candidate Donald Trump renewed his pledge to end a long-standing constitutional right, saying he would sign an executive order on day one ensuring children born to parents who do not have legal status will not be considered U.S. citizens, as they are now. “The United States is among the only countries in the world that […]