Joe Gandelman

Donald Trump’s war on the environment
If you hear something rumbling, it’s the sound of Theodore Roosevelt turning over in his grave. And Abraham Lincoln. And Benjamin Harrison. And Franklin D. Roosevelt. And Richard Nixon. And Jimmy Carter. Barack Obama and Joe Biden aren’t dead ye..
Trump’s Tucker Carlson problem
Is Tucker Carlson a threat to Donald Trump and the Republican Party? The answer may surprise both Carlson’s supporters and Trump’s defenders. The real question isn’t whether Tucker Carlson can build a successful third party or become president..
The founders warned us. So did the Bible.
In the good old days of vaudeville, they used a long shepherds hook to get bad acts that couldn’t take a hint off the stage. On July 19th, after Spain defeated Argentina during the 2026 World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino could have u..
The Kennedy name has seen better days
For more than sixty years, the Kennedy name was political gold. It conjured youth, glamour, idealism, sacrifice, and possibility. It was Camelot. Today, the spell appears broken. A recent headline summed up the mood: “JFK’s grandson just lost. G..
America loves a comeback. Meet Hunter Biden
For years, Hunter Biden was less a person than a political symbol. Republicans turned him into a one-man crime wave, Democrats often treated him as a liability to be ignored, and much of the media covered him as a walking scandal. Now, in one of the..
Why teachers are walking away
The near legendary elementary school teacher sighed. “I’ve been teaching more than 23 years and I love the kids,” he said. “But it’s getting harder and harder and I think I’m going to hang it up at the end of this year.” What’s getti..
Pete Hegseth: The Fox News Defense secretary
There seemingly isn’t a day when Defense secretary Pete Hegseth isn’t pitchforked into the headlines. Hegseth used to be a weekend co-host on Fox News. Previous presidents assembled cabinets from governors, generals, and business leaders. Donald..
The wave of political Tourette syndrome
A Trump official at a recent hearing gave an answer that had nothing to do with the question asked, offering instead, "Biden..." A senator cut the official off immediately. Trump counselor Peter Navarro , U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ag..
Tucker Carlson and the art of the pivot
After the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, which later led to a suspect being charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump, far-right media entrepreneur and political influencer Tucker Carlson asked if it was “anot..
Donald Trump’s war on the Pope
Donald Trump has now started a second war – a war on the pope. Trump is launching political broadsides at Pope Leo XIV – a pope – for saying that he’s against war, bombs and death. Trump has accused him of being “weak on crime,” claims P..
Did Donald Trump’s gut fail him on Iran war?
Harry Cohen, the founder and autocratic president of Warner Brothers, once said he had a way of judging whether a movie would be a success. "I have a foolproof device for judging a picture," he said. "If my fanny itches, it's bad. If my fanny doesn'..
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