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When you hear the MAGA Hats thundering that Donald Trump is rescuing America from the “socialism” of leftwing Democrats it’s worth at least a chortle. Perhaps even a guffaw. For crying out loud. The Donald has no policy compass whatsoever—save for what...

By Charles Goyette It’s getting a little old at this point, but as the Deep State log rolls for another U.S. attack on Iran, it is promoting a new Iranian national savior, one with a familiar name. Here’s a graphic seen on X, much like others showing...

The utterly delusional MAGA nonsense about the Trumpian Golden Age of Prosperity has gone from the absurd to the sublime. There is absolutely no foundation to it based on credible economic analysis. Even egregiously cherry-picked numbers, punctuated...

There has surely never been a more egregiously wrong, mean-spirited, liberty-threatening “big lie” in all of American history than then Trumpian claim that America has been “invaded” by swarms of dangerous immigrants. These illicit populations are allegedly...