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FEISTY: Biden’s Sundowner Moment | Steve Berman

FEISTY: Biden’s Sundowner Moment | Steve Berman


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You know when you hit a sensitive spot. For Trump, it was the size of his…hands. For Biden, it’s when the New York Times reports “In a hurriedly arranged nighttime televised appearance at the White House, a defiant Mr. Biden offered a feisty defense of his actions and his capacity to run the country.” (Emphasis mine.) He’s feisty. If you’ve dealt with …

THE BOOKMARK: Biden Can’t Lead Even When Americans Want What He’s Selling | Steve Berman

THE BOOKMARK: Biden Can’t Lead Even When Americans Want What He’s Selling | Steve Berman


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The Senate did something pretty unusual for these times: it produced a useful piece of legislation dealing with the southern border, immigrants already in the country, and funding for both Israel and Ukraine. Unfortunately, it’s stillborn in the House. Why? Because the guy who runs the GOP says not to give Democrats anything resembling a victory. Why? Because he’s …

DOUBLE DOG DARE: Will Biden Federalize Texas Guard? | Steve Berman

DOUBLE DOG DARE: Will Biden Federalize Texas Guard? | Steve Berman


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Because it’s an election year, the idiocy surrounding our southern border is naturally a breeding ground for ignorance and great harm. On one hand, President Joe Biden does not want to crack down on illegal immigrants pouring in from Mexico, even though that means New York City and Boston are running out of places to shelter them. On the …

Biden His Time While Americans Die | Steve Berman

Biden His Time While Americans Die | Steve Berman


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Since October 17, there have been about 165 attacks on U.S. and coalition forces, according to CNN. The United States maintains troops in around 750 bases worldwide, Al-Jazeera reported in 2021 after our last boots left the ground in Afghanistan. In the Middle East, we have approximately 45,400 American military deployed as of the end of last October, according …

HALEY: She’s Nuked | Steve Berman

HALEY: She’s Nuked | Steve Berman


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A week ago, it was a dream that Nikki Haley could pierce the bubble of inevitability that Donald J. Trump is the next nominee of the Republican Party. Now it would now take a miracle, and the Haley campaign’s think tank is fresh out of them. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ kneeling before the Orange Zod before New Hampshire …

SABOTAGE: Beastie Boy Christie & Featherbrained Fani | Steve Berman

SABOTAGE: Beastie Boy Christie & Featherbrained Fani | Steve Berman


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I know many of my friends and fellow writers respect Chris Christie for his dogged determination to tell the world how bad Donald Trump is. Many also respect Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who indicted Donald Trump plus a posse of his closest chums on Georgia RICO charges to overthrow the 2020 election; she is singlehandedly responsible for …

2024: Come, Godzilla | Steve Berman

2024: Come, Godzilla | Steve Berman


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Ignorance, lack, struggle, death. There you go: The Existentialist’s Guide to the Galaxy, lol, nothing matters. Earth has made another lap around the star, so if you’re marking it on a cave wall like Tom Hanks’ character in “Castaway,” it’s 3,652,500,000,000 days minus one before the sun dies—or if we pay down our national debt at a …