Stephen Colbert is out. Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. And the FCC Chairman has offered the country a chilling choice: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
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Shocked? Political Violence Ain’t Nothing New
This is a violent country, in a violent world, and leaders, hopefuls and rabble-rousers alike have to know they might be the next target.
Read More »Trump, Project 2025, and the Unfolding Authoritarian Blueprint: Five-Alarm Fire
As the federal government is rapidly being hollowed out and restructured under his second term, the pot is on full boil.
Read More »NAB 2025: Stephen A. Smith Takes on the Future of Sports and Running for President
Smith also had criticisms of President Trump, suggesting the president’s activities were "haphazard." He said, "He’s scaring America and capitalists and where is that going to lead us?"
Read More »Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute: A Mere Distraction or a Warning Sign?
If Musk were just an ordinary individual, his actions might be dismissed as a lapse in judgment or a poorly thought-out gesture. But Elon Musk is far from ordinary. Here's why his actions demand scrutiny.
Read More »The POTUS Problem: My Two Cents on the Biden Debacle
Like many of you, and with a heavy, heavy heart, I’ve been doing a ton of thinking about the debate, President Joe Biden’s presidency and the future of a possible Donald Trump presidency. (Think Project 2025). I think Joe has been an amazing President, but it’s not enough. Not this …
Read More »SXSW 2023: More Than Movies, It’s Past, Present and Future
The SXSW Conference has movies, music, comedy, science and pop-culture.
Read More »Good Guys with Guns Can’t Stop Mass Shootings
“Only Thing That Stops A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun.” The favorite bull*hit spewed by the NRA, Trumpsters, MAGAs. Nothing is holier than the second amendment, for which there is only one reading, one interpretation according to the usual suspects. Really. No, I …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘White Riot’
'White Riot' is about events that took place 40 years ago but its message of unite in a fight against the right is still important today.
Read More »My Private Messages from the Trumps
The president and his family have been emailing me almost every day. They sound as if they know me, though they keep calling me by the wrong name.
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