Trump deploys paramilitary secret police to trigger urban violence as a reelection strategy

By Robert A. Vella This is what all authoritarians do.  This is what fascists especially do.  This is what Donald Continue reading →

CDC chiefs blast Trump for undermining its coronavirus guidelines, plus today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella Here’s the news for July 14th 2020: From:  Former CDC chiefs rebuke Trump for ‘undermining’ agency’s Continue reading →

Monday Kickoff: The ‘Wrath of Khan’ or just an ignored lunatic barking at the Moon?

By Robert A. Vella In a classic scene from the 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Continue reading →

Justice gets stoned by Trump

By Robert A. Vella It was certainly no surprise;  but, on another cowardly Friday night maneuver, President Trump rebuffed his Continue reading →

Friday Roundup: Trump hits new low as COVID-19 hits new high while the GOP contemplates its future

By Robert A. Vella Today’s news roundup is highlighted by President Trump falling to a new low in public approval Continue reading →

Besieged from three sides, the Dictator embraces a dictator

By Robert A. Vella In the last months of World War II, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was besieged from three Continue reading →

Second day of peak COVID-19 infections strike as Trump once again tries to rob Americans of healthcare

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. has suffered its second day in a row of record new COVID-19 infections with Continue reading →

As pandemic surges back to crisis levels and officials testify against him, Trump falls further in the polls

By Robert A. Vella What we are witnessing today in America is truly astonishing.  The United States, for 70 years Continue reading →