On Tuesday, February 18, President Trump with excellent judgment commuted the fourteen-year prison sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, a.k.a. “Blago.” “We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He’ll be able to go back home with his family after serving eight years in jail. That was a tremendously powerful,
One thing we’ve learned from the Trump presidency is that the “deep state” is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we’ve seen that deep state launch plot after plot to overturn the election. It all started with former CIA director John Brennan’s phony “Intelligence Assessment” of Russian involvement in the 2016 election.
Secession is less of a dirty word these days, but how it might actually work is a mystery. Fortunately, unless you’re a politician, there’s almost no downside. It’s a win for nationalists, open-borders advocates, and, most especially, for everyone in between. New York splitting into two or three states, Illinoisans ditching Chicago, West Virginia
With election season well underway and political tensions heating up, everyone’s attention will be glued to the TV or their favorite political website for the next few months. Political ads will inundate TV and internet media as political action committees (PACs) and official campaigns beg for votes and donations while trumpeting their preferred
El martes 18 de febrero, el presidente Trump, con excelente criterio, conmutó la sentencia de 14 años de prisión del ex gobernador de Illinois Rod Blagojevich, alias «Blago». «Hemos conmutado la sentencia de Rod Blagojevich», dijo Trump. «Podrá volver a casa con su familia después de haber pasado ocho años en la cárcel. Esa fue una frase
Una cosa que hemos aprendido de la presidencia de Trump es que el «Estado profundo» no es sólo una loca teoría conspirativa. Durante los últimos tres años hemos visto ese profundo plan de lanzamiento estatal tras otro para anular las elecciones. Todo comenzó con la falsa «Evaluación de Inteligencia» del ex director de la CIA John Brennan sobre la
La secesión no es una palabra tan sucia hoy en día, pero cómo podría funcionar es un misterio. Afortunadamente, a menos que seas un político, no hay casi ningún inconveniente. Es una victoria para los nacionalistas, los defensores de las fronteras abiertas, y, sobre todo, para todos los que se encuentran en el medio. La división de Nueva York en
Con la temporada electoral en marcha y las tensiones políticas calentándose, la atención de todos estará pegada a la TV o a su sitio web político favorito durante los próximos meses. Los anuncios políticos inundarán la TV y los medios de Internet mientras los comités de acción política (los PAC) y las campañas oficiales piden votos y donaciones
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