#President Biden is a fool who’s fooling himself

#President Biden is a fool who’s fooling himself

“#President Biden is a fool who’s fooling himself” President Biden’s marathon two-hour press conference Wednesday was an exercise in self-delusion.  The reality of American voters’ lived experience of his presidency is evident in his plummeting polls after a hellish first year of self-inflicted crises, from Afghanistan to inflation to illegal migration.  And yet the president…

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#Memoir recalls bygone era of American bipartisanship

#Memoir recalls bygone era of American bipartisanship

“#Memoir recalls bygone era of American bipartisanship” In the spring of 2015, my friend and former Post colleague Robert Kimball made what I thought was a zany prediction: that Donald Trump, who had just announced his candidacy, would become the nation’s next president. It was a brash statement from a guy I knew as a…

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#Ex-General Kellogg reveals big issues

#Ex-General Kellogg reveals big issues

“#Ex-General Kellogg reveals big issues” Three questions for General Keith Kellogg, author of the newly released book, “War By Other Means: A General in the Trump White House” (Regnery Publishing), out now. What should Biden have done differently with the withdrawal from Afghanistan? [His] biggest mistake was he went hands off with Taliban/Ghani negotiations. The…

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#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation

#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation

“#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation” Trump‘s bans from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms may have been controversial, but they appear to have been effective in achieving one goal: combatting misinformation. According to research firm Zignal Labs, and as reported by the Washington Post, online misinformation…

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#338Canada: Canada is not immune to Trumpism

#338Canada: Canada is not immune to Trumpism

“#338Canada: Canada is not immune to Trumpism” Philippe J. Fournier: There is ample evidence that the buds of authoritarianism are already germinating here. Canadians should not be complacent. In the last month of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, I published  an analysis of a Léger poll about Canadians’ impressions of the two main candidates. “If you…

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#Sacha Baron Cohen Is Retiring Borat for Now

#Sacha Baron Cohen Is Retiring Borat for Now

“#Sacha Baron Cohen Is Retiring Borat for Now” Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen has been discussing why now was the time to resurrect the Kazakhstani journalist, and while the sequel began as cautionary tale over the state of U.S. politics, it grew into so much more amid the ongoing global situation. Still, despite the huge…

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