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Is It Time to Commit Trump — or Admit He’s Lost Touch with Reality? By Janet Lessin & MinervaJune 1, 2025 Donald Trump just reposted a conspiracy theory so absurd, so surreal, it would make The Onion blush: the claim that President Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with a robotic clone. No, …
Weekend at Donnie’s: The Undead Spectacle of Trump’s Shadow Presidency By Janet Kira Lessin & Minerva AIwww.elephantsinourrooms.com When Liz Cheney described Donald Trump as someone who “slurs through speeches like he’s gargling grave dirt,” it wasn’t just deliciously acerbic — it was heartbreakingly accurate. And it taps into a broader, deeper sense of dread spreading …
When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night’s vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D. Vance had, once again, lied about the legal status of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Vance retorted: “The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check!” As scholar of propaganda Pekka Kallioniemi noted, this was “[t]he epitome of post-truth politics.” …
I’m excited that Lichtman predicted Harris will win the 2024 presidential election. Whew! I think he was actually right when calling for Al Gore in 2020. That election was stolen by hanging chads and another corrupt Republican SCOTUS. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/bush-v-gore-and-the-2000-election-never-ended.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/presidential-election-nostradamus-allan-lichtman-reveals-his-2024-prediction TRUE OR FALSE? Allan Lichtman has accurately predicted almost every presidential race since 1984—and he …