Roger Stone is sentenced to prison, Trump’s bribe to Julian Assange, and today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s longtime political operative and self-described “dirty trickster” Roger Stone was sentenced today to serve Continue reading →

The insatiability of Trump’s megalomania, and today’s loaded news roundup

By Robert A. Vella Normally, a president who has survived two historic criminal investigations into his clearly demonstrable wrongdoing (i.e. Continue reading →

Humpday Headlines: the SOTU and the SNAFU

By Robert A. Vella I didn’t watch last night’s State of the Union speech by Herr Trump and I’d expect Continue reading →

GOP’s Sham Impeachment Trial: No witnesses, no evidence, no justice, and maybe worse to come

By Robert A. Vella “No witnesses, no documents in an impeachment trial is a perfidy. It is a grand tragedy. Continue reading →

The shakedown is working: Key Republican will block witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial

By Robert A. Vella The pressure campaign waged by Donald Trump and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Republican senators amenable Continue reading →

A shakeup and a shakedown for Republicans in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump

By Robert A. Vella Politics can be very complex and difficult to understand, and it is especially so in today’s Continue reading →

Tuesday Topics: Bolton, Impeachment, Pompeo, Bibi, Immigration, Ocean acidification, and more

By Robert A. Vella Two additional revelations have emerged since Sunday night’s leak of a soon to be published tell-all Continue reading →

Monday Kickoff: Another Impeachment Bombshell

By Robert A. Vella Another impeachment bombshell A couple of weeks ago, indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas spilled-the-beans on Continue reading →