WASHINGTON — Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase. The twice-impeached president painted a fantasy world in office, starring himself. In this world, he did things bigger, better, more boldly than all who came before him while facing enemies more pernicious than any in creation. In service of his ego, his […]
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PERSONA NON GRATA! European Leaders Snub Trump’s Secretary of State Pompeo After Capitol Putsch
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute today after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said. The Europeans snubbed Washington’s top envoy days after the storming of the U.S. Capitol by […]
Dumping Trump Will Cost Twitter $2.5 Billion In Lost Stock Market Value As Free Speech Advocates Cry Foul
SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Twitter Inc slumped seven percent today on course to knock off about $2.5 billion from the market value of the microblogging platform after it permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The slide came as some Republicans hit out over the weekend at the platform for gagging one […]
U.S. House Democrats To Pursue Impeachment If Trump Not Removed
WASHINGTON — U.S. House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote today to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters’ deadly storming of the Capitol, before attempting to impeach him again. The plan, spelled out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter to members […]
Trump Rally Incites Mob Of Thugs To Storm U.S. Capitol To Delay Counting Of Electoral College Votes
WASHINGTON — The chaos in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday unfolded after President Donald Trump spent weeks whipping his supporters into a frenzy with false allegations of fraud in the November 3 election, culminating in a call to march to the building that represents U.S. democracy. Trump, who has refused to concede his loss to […]
Trump Won’t Be Able To Ride Out Into The Sunset Golfing In Scotland … Because The Scottish Government Won’t Allow Air Force 2 To Land
EDINBURGH — Great Scott! That makes two times Donald Trump has been undone by COVID-19. Once in 2020 — and once in 2021. Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in America — or lack thereof — might have cost him the 2020 presidential election. Now Trump is being told by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon […]
United States Blacklists 2 Venezuelan Officials Over Former Citgo Executives’ Trial
WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo sentenced to prison by a Venezuelan court last month. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted the Supreme Court judge who presided […]
Outgoing Lame Duck President Donald Trump Kowtows To China, COVID-19, On Tibet Issue
Ever wonder why you see those “Free Tibet” bumper stickers on peoples’ cars? We have a few of them here — in St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands — where I live. For Liberals it used to be “End Apartheid” — a bumper sticker that you can still see on Danny Glover’s fridge in the […]
Trump Says He’ll Leave White House If Electoral College Seats Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his […]
Michigan Lawmakers Being Wined And Dined By Trump At His Hotel With $500 A Bottle Champagne
WASHINGTON — Michigan’s top two legislative leaders are still being wined and dined by President Donald Trump at his namesake hotel in the capitol city, enjoying at least $2,000 in free food, including free-flowing Dom Perignon champagne until midnight last night. Still, they vowed that the presidential candidate with the most votes will win the […]