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UKRAINE: Watch This to See When Putin Will Invade | Steve Berman

UKRAINE: Watch This to See When Putin Will Invade | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

The Russians are as ready as they’ll ever be if they plan to invade Ukraine. According to U.S. sources, backed by satellite imagery, Russia’s claim of pulling back troops is false. American media, citing all kinds of unspecified sources, had claimed that Putin was going to invade on February 16th, Wednesday. This led to a very strong, sarcastic, …

Democracy Didn’t Die in Darkness | Steve Berman

Democracy Didn’t Die in Darkness | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

In perhaps the second-most liberal city in America, ruled by authoritarian busybodies who protect billionaires while virtue signaling their devotion to the homeless—yes, I mean San Francisco—the voters decided to deploy their super weapon. Yes, I mean democracy. Many are calling it a “revolution” or a “revolt” but those things only happen when democracy isn’t available. …

I’ll Take Justin Trudeau Over All Y’all | Steve Berman

I’ll Take Justin Trudeau Over All Y’all | Steve Berman


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I’d rather vote for Justin Trudeau than for most Democrats or Republicans. At least Trudeau knows his place when the President of the United States tells him to get his truckers off the border, or else. Speaking of President Biden, after the U.S. Army, of which he is Commander-in-Chief, released its findings of the bungling of our Afghanistan exit, he told …

JAN 6th: Will We Ever Know What Trump Did? | Steve Berman

JAN 6th: Will We Ever Know What Trump Did? | Steve Berman


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Gossip reporters in the 70s through the 90s sometimes got calls from “John Barron.” It was of course Donald Trump, dishing out on the wonderfulness of Donald Trump, without even the decency to affect a different voice. This ruse has about the same level of sophistication as the small time drug dealer who drops his package …

FREEDOM CONVOY: Seizing Kids a Big Mistake | Steve Berman

FREEDOM CONVOY: Seizing Kids a Big Mistake | Steve Berman


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If American rabid libertarians have their Avengers, they’re almost certainly the thousands of big rig drivers who have descended on Ottawa, disrupting Ontario’s commerce with the USA, forcing a Ford plant to close, and overall being an icicle in the rear for the normally chill Canadian government. Trying to remove them by force is a thorny …

PITCHFORKS IN OTTAWA: Canadian Truckers and U.S. Parents Share a Common Goal | Steve Berman

PITCHFORKS IN OTTAWA: Canadian Truckers and U.S. Parents Share a Common Goal | Steve Berman


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It is not 2020. We no longer need to worry about flattening the curve. We no longer need to wipe our groceries down with bleach, or stay huddled in our homes for fear of COVID-19 killing us. I had COVID-19 in October, 2020. I got it around the time then-President Trump got it, except he spread …