An Anti-Abortion Christian Asks: Is This the Only Thing That Matters to Jesus? NO!
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg forces us to confront one of the favorite excuses some voters use for ignoring Donald Trump’s egregiously inhumane and anti-Christian words and deeds. They can turn a blind eye to Trump’s endless sins as long as he appoints judges who will outlaw abortion. That raises […]
Why Donald Trump is Killing the Postal Service: to Rig the Election, with Putin’s Help
Donald Trump is killing the U.S. Postal Service because he and Vladimir Putin are set up to rig America’s voting machines. That’s where our election is most vulnerable; not from paper, mail-in ballots, which are by far the safest voting method we have. They want you to fear the wrong things about the voting process. […]
Reports Confirm What We’ve Always Suspected: Trump’s Contempt for Those Who Actually Serve
When I was a young law student, I had a professor of criminal law who had been a prosecutor working with the legendary Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. He would later run twice for the presidency, losing to Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. The professor regaled us with stories of “Murder, Incorporated,” the catchphrase […]
If You Believe Trump was Appointed by God, Ask Yourself: Why is God so Angry with America?
Fed Up New Yorkers have been reading many of your comments and we’re gratified to see that not all Florida evangelicals support Donald Trump. Not by a longshot. But we feel obliged to respond to some of the comments we’ve received from others. Many Trump supporters claim that God has chosen him as our president. […]
Is Evangelicals’ Devotion to Armageddon and the Rapture Increasing the Danger of Mideast War?
Some time ago I began writing the third in a series of profiles of so-called “faith leaders” who make up an indispensable part of the Trump base—this one about Jerry Falwell Jr. I was puzzled: how could so many millions of people be taken in by the many fraudsters who Trump has assembled around him? […]
You Don’t Have to Be Evangelical to Love Trump: You Just Have to Believe the Unbelievable
‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE JEWISH . . . TO LOVE LEVY’S REAL JEWISH RYE’ New Yorkers of a certain age will remember this famous advertising campaign that playfully used models of various ethnicities to help sell Levy’s “real Jewish Rye” bread to non-Jews. The point was that there were plenty of reasons for consumers […]
FLORIDA’S POLITICAL MAFIA, Part 2: Lobbyists, the Ultimate Swamp Creatures
FLORIDA’s POLITICAL MAFIA Part 1: ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI, FOR SALE TO TRUMP FLORIDA’S POLITICAL MAFIA PART 2: LOBBYISTS, The ULTIMATE SWAMP CREATURES PREVIOUS: FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI, FOR SALE TO TRUMP FOLLOW THE MONEY TO TRUMP’S FLORIDA GANG: BALLARD PARTNERS A crew of lobbyists, lawyers and public relations people—hacks and flacks—are the component […]
With Trump’s Approval, Big Tobacco and New Players Use Nicotine to Hook a New Generation of Consumers
TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO Part 1: systematic lies about smoking’s health dangers TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO PART 2: the money pours in, vaping regulations slow-walked PREVIOUS: BIG TOBACCO’S DECADES OF LIES ABOUT SMOKING’S DANGERS PART 2: JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT CIGARETTE SMOKING WAS DYING OUT: NOW THIS We thought we had finally gotten rid […]
A New Generation of Addicts: Trump Takes Tobacco Money, Becomes Friend to Vaping Industry
TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO Part 1: systematic lies about smoking’s health dangers TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO PART 2: the money pours in, vaping regulations slow-walked PART 1: DO YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS? WHAT A QUESTION! WE ALL LOVE OUR KIDS. But never mind love. Does Donald Trump even care about your kids? I grew up […]
On Empathy: Do you Really Think These Men Care About You or Your Kids?
There they are, members of Trump’s private golf club inBedminster, New Jersey. They’re standing by their man who, as soon as hefreshens up from a day on the links, will sit down to sign an executive orderthat the White House lawyers prepared for him. First the aides will scurryaround putting up a few American flags, […]