Author: maha

Update:  Regarding what happened last night at the White House Correspondents Dinner — I wasn’t watching, I haven’t watched the videos, and I have read only […]

I did not know until today that RFK the Lesser rejects germ theory — “the unquestionable scientific idea that specific pathogenic microbes cause specific diseases,” […]

Heather Cox Richardson writes that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus. CNN reports that the bottom could be falling out in Trump’s polls. […]

Just noting quickly that the U.S. has seized an Iranian cargo ship while preparing for talks. This is from the New York Times: A U.S. […]

So the Strait of Hormuz is closed again, I take it. It was open, but as I write this on Saturday evening it’s closed. Iran […]

I can’t say I understand the new 10-day cease fire and how it came about. Trump seems to want to take credit, but I doubt […]

Trump has a sad. This is a crazy person [image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM Yep, some federal […]

I’m just writing something brief to let you know I haven’t disappeared. Among other things I had an ophthalmology appointment today and my vision is […]

Update: Orbán concedes to Magyar’s Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority! The peace talks collapsed in less than 24 hours. Usually negotiations of […]

Trump may have entered the wounded, cornered animal phase of his second term. Everything he’s touched in his second term is a damn mess — […]

Phillips O’Brien (no relation I know of) is an American historian and professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He was […]

(Update: The New York Times is reporting that Trump and Iran have agreed to a two-week cease fire. So no nuclear Armageddon tonight.) Stealing a […]

Trump’s Easter message posted on Truth Social has caused a stir. Here is the unredacted version: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, […]

This hasn’t much gotten into the news, what with everything else going on. But in what may have been one of Pal Bondi’s last initiatives, […]

What Trump really needs is his Daddy to come along and clean up the mess he made. Barring that, my impression of what he said […]

I’m hearing different things about why Bondi was fired. Much of it points to her failure to get indictments for some of Trump’s prime targets, […]

First off, let me warn you I’m still feeling under the weather and suffering a lot of brain fog. But I’ll do my best. Today […]

Sydney Blumenthal in The Guardian: Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. Unlike the US embassy personnel captured as hostages […]

This is an actual headline from the New York Post: From the article: To the victor go the naming rights. President Trump is prioritizing taking […]