Keep Up the Tweets,Mr. President

    Donald Trump is the first social media President.

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Clinton Landslide and other Pipe Dreams

Chidem Kurdas

All Governments lie but serious trouble comes when officials smoke the same hashish they give out. That was the maxim I.F. Stone arrived at after observing 20^th century politics.

All Hail the American People

I have to admit I did not think the people would be able to overcome the power of the political oligarchy, the immense amount of money backing the corrupt Clinton machine

The Clinton Fortunes

Chidem Kurdas

If there’s one point Hillary Clinton talks about honestly and passionately, it’s that

Are You Deplorable? Take the Test.

If you are unsure whether you are among those Hillary Clinton called deplorable, here is a quick test.

Basket of Deplorables as Elite Rhetoric

   At a fundraiser, Hillary Clinton called one-quarter of the U.S. electorate “basket of deplorables.”  The quip reportedly got a chuckle from the wealthy donors in the room

Easy Money, Voracious Uncle Sam

Chidem Kurdas

Like President Truman, some market observers may have wished for a one-handed economist as they listened to Janet Yellen.

How Bill Clinton Gets Third Term

Chidem Kurdas

Hillary Clinton brought up her husband in campaign speeches, providing material

Collusion, Competition, Republicans and Democrats

Chidem Kurdas

Donald Trump accused his two remaining opponents of collusion to cheat him out of delegates in the Republican Party presidential primary.

Trump the Donor as Victim and Predator

Chidem Kurdas

Donald Trump’s contributions to Democrats may lead one to wonder why he entered the presidential race as a Republican. But his defense of his political donations raises issues beyond him and the political affiliations of his beneficiaries.