Democrats say they’re defending democracy–but only by opposing Trump. They’re happy to resort to anti-democratic tactics whenever they feel threatened.
Ted Rall’s Latest Books:
To Not Know Him Is To Love Him
After the January 6th Capitol riot, social media companies blocked Donald Trump’s accounts. His poll numbers, which had been awful, began to creep up. Now he’s being silenced again by being stuck in court four days a week and subject to a partial gag order, and the same phenomenon is happening again. The less voters hear from the former president, the better they like him.
We’re the Pariah-iest!
Norway, Spain and Ireland have joined the 140 nations that recognize Palestine as a country, this coming right after the International Criminal Court prepared to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Never has Israel seemed so much like an international pariah state.
Not Genocide
The Biden Administration has announced that it does not formally believe that Israel’s actions against Gaza rise yet to the official definition of genocide.
BIbi’s Big Ride
Biden told Israel the US would stop supplying bombs to Israel if it insists on bombing “population centers” in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The Amazingly Languid Adventures of Bidenman
Joe Biden’s “pause” of a bomb delivery Israel is the embodiment of way too little, way too late to help the Palestinians of Gaza. He’s like the world’s slowest superhero.
No Place for Violence
Even as he funnels tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Israel to help it bomb the Gaza Strip, President Biden lectures college students about being too violent as they try to protect themselves from riot police.
Correlation Does Not Equal Causation, Even in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters keep repeating the talking point that all of the civilian casualties in Gaza should be blamed upon Hamas because Hamas begin the latest conflict with his attack on October 7. By their logic, literally anything that they chose to do after October 7 would be justifiable.
Old Enough to Kill, Too Young to Protest
If you are 18 years old and an antiwar protester, old militarists will say that you’re too young and naïve and ignorant to understand the complexities of foreign policy and should just shut up. But if you’re 18 years old, and you don’t know anything about anything, they are happy to send you to go kill people in those very same foreign conflicts you don’t know anything about.
History Doesn’t Repeat, It Weeps
Right-wing House Speaker Mike Johnson demands that Columbia University President Minouche Shafik sic the National Guard against peaceful antiwar protesters. That’s always worked out so well in the past…
“The Stringer”
graphic novel
by Ted Rall & Pablo G. Callejo
“Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party”
by Ted Rall
“Bernie (Revised 2020 Edition)”
by Ted Rall
DMZ America Podcast #149: Trump Is Now a Felon. What Happens Next?
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Political cartoonists Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) analyze the conviction of Donald Trump. How did it happen? Will he go to jail and/or be put on probation? Will he drop out of the race? How will it affect the campaign? Might we soon have a sitting president forced to govern from prison? Watch the Video Version: here. (Video will be live at 4:45 EDT 5-31-24)
Read MoreThe Final Countdown – 5/31/24 – How Trump’s Guilty Verdict Could Shape the 2024 Election Landscape
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On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Angie Wong discuss the latest developments worldwide. Armen Kurdian – Political commentator Tyler Nixon – Counselor-at-law Jamie Finch – Former Transportation Safety Official Mindia Gavasheli – Bureau Chief of Sputnik U.S. The show begins with political commentator Armen Kurdian weighing in on Trump’s unprecedented guilty verdict. Then, counselor-at-law Tyler Nixon continues the conversation on Trump’s guilty verdict. The second hour starts with former National Transportation Safety Board director Jamie Finch discussing a whistleblower calling for a criminal investigation into Boeing. The show closes with Mindia Gavasheli reporting from Mexico City on the latest out of Mexico’s general elections.
Read MoreThe Final Countdown – 5/30/24 – Trump Hush Money Trial, U.S. Elex, Biden Moves Closer to Ukrainian Attacks Inside Russia
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On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Angie Wong discuss the latest current events from around the globe, including the Trump hush money trial. Ajay Pallegar – Criminal & Civil Attorney Tyler Nixon – Counselor-at-law Mohamed Gomaa – RT journalist Jeremy Kuzmarov – Managing Editor of Covert Action Magazine The show begins with Ajay Pallegar and Tyler Nixon discussing the ongoing Trump hush money trial. Tyler Nixon continues the segment to weigh in on actors Robert De Niro and Dennis Quaid and their opinions on the U.S. elections. The second hour starts with RT journalist Mohamed Gomaa weighing in on the latest out of Israel’s onslaught of Rafah. Later, Managing Editor of Covert Action magazine Jeremy Kuzmarov shares his perspective on Biden moving closer to allowing Ukraine to attack Russian soil.
Read MoreIf Trump Leaned Left, Democrats Would Love Him Too
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If you don’t understand your enemy and their motivations, Sun Tzu counseled, victory will elude you. Part of the reason Biden’s polls are so awful is that Democrats and their supporters don’t have a clue about what is driving Trump and his MAGA movement. The answer would shock many of them. Republican voters want the same thing as Democrats: a warrior. Republicans don’t much care whether their president or senator or congressman is a decent or law-abiding individual. They just want him to vote for the bills they agree with, and to push like hell to turn them into law. Evangelical Christians, the bedrock of the GOP base, embodies this seeming paradox. “It is odd,” The New Statesman muses, “to see a man who embodies so many sins—including all seven deadly ones; is there anyone who better exemplifies a noxious combination of pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth?—be so widely embraced by the religious Right.…
Read MoreThe Final Countdown – 5/29/24 – Trump’s Hush Money Trial Enters Final Stage
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On this episode of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Angie Wong discuss the latest from around the globe, including Trump’s hush money trial. Mitch Roschelle – Media commentator, podcaster Scott Stantis – Cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune Sourabh Gupta – Senior Asia Pacific Int’l Relations Policy Expert Mark Sleboda – International relations and security analyst The show begins with media commentator Mitch Roschelle joining the show to discuss Trump’s trial as it comes to a close. Then, cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune Scott Stantis weighs in on RFK Jr.’s ongoing campaign as the candidate has his sights set on the CNN debate. The second hour starts with Sourabh Gupta, Senior Asia Pacific Int’l Relations Policy Expert, analyzing the rising tensions between Taiwan and China. The show closes with international relations and security analyst Mark Sleboda sharing his perspective on Ukraine’s upcoming ‘peace summit.’
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