President Trump decided to have another Twitter-tantrum again this morning, claiming that the appointment of the special counsel in the Russia investigation is “totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” This is obviously not true and the appointment of this special counsel is warranted and welcome by all real Americans so that we can get the truth to finally come…

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By Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant Editor’s Note: Michael Gerson recently wrote this article for the Washington Post regarding the fate of Christian Evangelicals in Trump’s America. Our religious affairs editor, Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant, offers this response. It’s important to point out that Michael Gerson, having been a former speech writer for W. Bush, has…

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 It’s harder and harder to find new experiences as one gets older, so imagine my surprise yesterday when, for the first time ever, something Roseanne Barr did actually made me laugh.  Admittedly, what she did was to get fired from her zombified, one-trick-pony sitcom which had been improbably resurrected for a new series, but it…

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Huffpost is reporting that Donald Trump is working to make it easier and cheaper for US gun manufacturers to sell their product overseas. His greed knows no bounds. Makes perfect sense to me that he is reducing the restrictions on the exportation of death so arms manufacturers and dealers can make a bloody buck. SAD!…

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by Matt Blanchfield So, all sorts of good and bad news on the web this week. Check out some of the following: Did you ever see the movie Minority Report? The one set in a near future where every corporation and government agency knows your every move? Well, among other vendors, Amazon has some facial…

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Okay, so yesterday we wrote here about how Trump’s North Korean summit was delayed. Today, we learn that it is canceled. Full Stop. End of story. Nothing to see here, folks. And, of course, we all saw it coming. You saw it coming. I saw it coming. Hell, my dog saw it coming. But once…

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Editor’s Note: this story has been now out of date as a result of Trump’s abrupt cancellation of the summit entirely. Like we didn’t see that one coming…     Okay, Trump now says there is a “substantial” chance that his summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un will be delayed. That sound you just heard…

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Regular readers of my column (all three of them) will notice I’ve been absent from the site, lately. This was due to taking a long road trip around the highlands of Scotland. It’s been two weeks and, in case you can’t tell, I’m back. Unfortunately, due to the rollercoaster pace of news these days, two…

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With all of the blustering about nuclear disarmament and with the actions of President Trump in regards to Iran and all the happenings with North Korea, you would think things would be starting to deescalate in the nuclear development world. You would think this, but you would be wrong. In fact, “the initiatives in the…

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Yes, Donald Trump really is thinking about organizing a space patrol. Writing in The Washington Post, John Wagner notes that, “President Trump mused again Tuesday about adding a new branch of the military — a Space Force — and this time made clear he is thinking seriously about it.” Apparently, he said as much during…

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