JD Vance is the latest in a series of awful Republican VP picks. Dan Quayle who couldn’t spell potato, Sarah Palin who thought she could see Russia from her bedroom window. Vance looks just as daft as them, if not more so. He’s not even called JD Vance, he is Jonathan David Hamel, if you … Read more
Like most people I watched the events unfolding last night with horror and shock. This is a massive moment for Trump supporters, particularly the MAGA/QAnon crowd; this is the moment that verifies every deep state conspiracy theory. There is no hint of shock or sadness from hardcore Trump fans on-line. They greeted the news of … Read more
With Trump now a convicted felon it is hard to see a path for him back to the White House. Even before this Trump’s campaign was doing badly. The majority of the money raised goes into paying his legal fees rather than campaigning, and money talks in US politics. Trump doesn’t have enough of it … Read more
Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers to win last weekend’s Super Bowl. The Chiefs star player, tight end Travis Kelce, was hugged by his girlfriend megastar Taylor Swift. I don’t really know what a tight end is, but I do know this was the most watched event on US TV since the Moon … Read more
One year ago this week Donald Trump lost the US presidential election. It seems like a lot more recent than that because his endless attempted recounts, and futile attempts at litigation, mean that we get to experience the joy of watching him lose over and over again. It never gets tired. I am currently banned … Read more