by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 6, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
I saw a comment on FB yesterday where in response to where professor David Rothkopf of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs writing on “The Shallow State” wrote: “…Donald Trump, champion and avatar of the shallow state, has won power...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 5, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
The enormous role played by evangelicals in Trump’s victory — and in his enduring core of support — has not received as much attention from the mainstream news media. Have Christian nationalists staged a “soft coup,” with Trump as their...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 5, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
The Shallow State The “deep state” is the flavor of the month for conspiracy theorists, the “black helicopters” of 2017. The idea of career intelligence and military officers and bureaucrats marshaling the institutional power they have spent...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 4, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Madeleine Albright Warns: Don’t Let Fascism Go ‘Unnoticed Until It’s Too Late’ Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright describes herself as an “optimist who worries a lot.” And lately, it seems, there has been much to worry...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy
Donald Trump adds $1 trillion to national debt in 14 months President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week – and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Trump’s presidency is unravelling. But he won’t fall without a push | Gary Younge Even by Donald Trump’s standards, Tuesday was extraordinary. First came the tweet that he had fired his secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Then a state department...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 13, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
Certainly no fan or friend of Hillary Clinton South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy (from 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired and spent $7.8 million with the United States House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi unsuccessfully trying...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 4, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Meet the billionaires who run Trump’s government Alex Fine Mr. Monopoly, that mustachioed fat cat with the Taftian profile, was about as close as most Americans got to a New York City billionaire until candidate Donald Trump started flying his jet to their...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 24, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Without a doubt, he is the most NON-intellectual president ever. I have never known him to or heard a report of him engaging in critical thinking, research, or reflection on a topic. Donald Trump might be the stupidest President ever President Donald Trump does not...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 22, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Fact-Checking a Facebook Executive’s Comments on Russian Interference Rob Goldman, vice president for ads at Facebook, posted an eight-part thread on Twitter late Friday about his company’s role in Russian disinformation – and quickly caused a...
