The countryside is not Trumpland: busting the myth of ‘rural values’
Rural areas may lean more toward Trump, but they aren’t championing the President and his policies.
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Saturday
Friday
Would the Steve Bannon approach give Republicans a better chance of midterm victory?
Polls indicate his populist outlook is more in line with what voters want.
Thursday
Australia’s choice: Chinese trade – or American security?
Sydney For decades, Australia has been known as ‘the lucky country’. At the end of the world geographically, we are separated from the global troublespots by vast oceans. We have recorded 27 years of uninterrupted growth, partly because of a surge in exports of commodities to China. At the same time, our tough border protection
Boris Johnson: Why we sent the jihadi Beatles for trial in America
Surely there is a bit of humbug in this outrage about the two remaining jihadi Beatles, Kotey and Elsheikh, and Sajid Javid’s difficult but correct decision to send them for trial in America. Suppose the grisly pair had been located a couple of years ago in Raqqa. And let’s suppose there was a Reaper drone
The more extreme the left’s screeches, the greater the populist surge
The latest exciting news is that it may very soon be possible for surgeons to perform uterine transplants, so endowing a man who has ‘transitioned’ into being a strange approximation of a woman with the ability to gestate a child. And to give birth, after a fashion. The benighted child would need to be hacked
Portrait of an American childhood: A Long Island Story by Rick Gekoski reviewed
Success as a rare books dealer, academic, publisher, broadcaster and author of several non-fiction books — at 70, Rick Gekoski had ticked all the boxes. Time to relax, perhaps? Gekoski thought otherwise: he wrote his first novel, published last year, a quirky black farce mutating into a revelation of love and loss. Heaped with praise,
Wednesday
How significant are Trump’s trade talks with the EU?
The President is declaring victory on the European front of his incipient trade war.
Trump betrays the elite sense that the US is always pure and democracy-loving
Welcome to American post-exceptionalism .
Is Trump going supernova?
Tariffs and turncoat lawyers could soon dwarf the President’s other problems.
The Trump inauguration speech that wasn’t
Read the address that Stephen Miller rejected.
Tuesday
Does Stormy Daniels want her privacy to be respected?
The adult film actress is preparing for a custody battle in court
Who benefits from John Brennan’s security clearance?
It sure isn’t America.
Monday
How NATO became the most sacred cow in the barn
Before Trump’s visit the Senate approved by a near-Soviet margin of 97-2 a resolution expressing ‘ironclad’ support for NATO.
Will Trump’s CAPITAL LETTERS keep the world safe?
For the madman approach to work, it has to be unpredictable. Trump’s Twitter aggression isn’t.
Sunday
The conservative judicial revolution
Trump’s administration has been the continuation—and perhaps the climax—of a decades-long march through the judiciary by conservatives.
Saturday
Sheriff David Clarke’s Russian connection
What connects Moscow, gun rights, and the Vice President? Cockburn has the answer…
Elon Musk: Genius or jerk?
Elon Musk, the California-based entrepreneur behind the Tesla electric car, the SpaceX commercial rocket venture and several other wacky start-ups, made a fool of himself with his attempt to intervene in the Thai cave rescue and subsequent Twitter spat, but there’s no doubt he’s an original thinker and a remarkable businessman. If the futuristic Tesla
Friday
The DNC limps towards a laughable midterms slogan
The Democrats are officially “For the People.” Reagan would have advised we run screaming.
Trump flings Putin in his critics’ faces
The Russian president may yet come to Washington, DC, which will only make them madder.
The tragedy of the neocons
It’s the cognitive dissonance, stupid!
Wednesday
Steve Bannon: ‘We have to end the Cold War with Russia’
The former White House strategist thinks China poses a much greater threat.
Two out of three ain’t bad: Jetlagged Trump’s European roadshow, reviewed
Is the likeliest explanation of Trump’s U-turn really that he’s a Russian agent?
Trump’s fawning performance in Helsinki has only lent credence to the worst theories about him
The legacy of his presidency may be to fortify suspicions of Moscow and his chum Putin.
Tuesday
Donald Trump’s fight is against globalisation and the left – not Vladimir Putin
History somehow isn’t moving toward its predetermined end, and this has driven Western liberals completely mad. The theatrical overreaction to Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki is just the latest proof. Before the Trump-Putin summit, pundits warned that Trump might recognise Crimea as Russian territory. He did nothing of the sort. … Read more
Why does Teen Vogue applaud when Ash Sarkar says she’s ‘literally a communist’?
If anyone wanted an encapsulation of the screwiness of our times just consider the following straight question being asked of an interview subject. ‘How does being a communist impact your view of the US presidency, whether it’s Obama or Trump?’ And then consider that this pleasant question was being asked by Teen Vogue. It was
Monday
After flirting with Putin, is Trump putting ‘America first’?
The Helsinki summit, which was intended to smooth relations with Moscow, is having the reverse effect.
Friday
What’s the purpose of Trump’s forthcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin?
A diligent press corps is trying to force him to say what he will do or say when he meets his Russian chum. But Trump himself may not really know.
Donald Trump wants to deal with a self-governing Britain post-Brexit — is that such a bad thing?
His fiery interview with The Sun makes clear he is not on board with Theresa May’s flaccid plans.
Admit it, Trump is right about Sadiq Khan
I’m sorry to say this, but Donald Trump really doesn’t think much about Britain at all. He may have some sentimental attachment to Scotland, because of his mother, but we’re not nearly as precious to him as the British like to think. He may be blowing British minds today with his explosive Sun interview, but
Donald Trump is a news god – but his memory is patchy
One of the myths about Donald Trump is that he’s wildly unpredictable. In media terms, he’s an absolute banker: everywhere he goes, every time he opens his mouth or picks up his smartphone, he gives the press what we want. Take his glorious interview with the Sun this morning. It was timed to perfection. The
Donald Trump’s press conference was a comic masterpiece
Donald Trump never fails to amuse. He is very, very funny. You can say that he should be no laughing matter – he’s the most powerful man in the world, his words and actions are deadly serious, and you’d probably be right. But then, I mean, just look at him – listen to him. He
Thursday
The left needs to calm down about Brett Kavanaugh
He’s committed to upholding the law and has meticulously reasoned opinions.
Tuesday
Jim Jordan’s sexual abuse scandal could threaten his conservative colleagues
If the cover-up allegations against the Ohio congressman deepen, it could cause a rift in the caucus.
How #AbolishICE lets Trump win on migration and the border
It didn’t take long for Democratic leading lights to realise that such a sweeping idea on immigration spells death at the ballot-box.