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The Enemy Within
Alan Zendell, March 5, 2021 Many people in Congress have been tiptoeing around the elephant in the room, but last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who at eighty, isn’t intimidated by speaking the truth, said, “The enemy is within.” When … Continue reading
An Epic Supreme Court Decision?
Alan Zendell, February 22, 2021 Did you ever wonder why beavers spend so much time and energy building dams? When I asked Google, it said because those that do survive and those that don’t, don’t. Beavers are rodents, and not … Continue reading
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Tagged $400 million debt, Al Capone, bribery, campaign finance violations, Cyrus Vance, Deutchebank, Donald Tump Jr, extortion, FBI, follow the money, fraud, hush payments, Michael Cohen, money laundering, New York City District Attorney, racketeering, roger stone, russia, tax returns, Wikileaks
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Charismatic Leaders and Their Mobs
Alan Zendell, January 17, 2021 The summer I was seventeen, I worked for the Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund at a summer camp. The Fund took hundreds of kids out of the New York City slums, and gave them a … Continue reading
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Tagged beheading a snake, Biden's inauguration, bigotry, brainwashing, FBI, Fresh Air Fund, gangs, Herald Tribune, indoctrination, lynch mobs, police
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The Coming Reckoning
Alan Zendell, January 11, 2021 There will be a reckoning for the Capitol insurrection. It’s not a question of “if” but “when.” And the when is critical right now, as right-wing militant groups enabled and incited by the president and … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchists, congress, conspiracy, COVID deaths, COVID. vaccines, criminals, DOJ, Donald Trump, donald trump jr, Facebook, FBI, incitement, insurrection, Josh Hawley, kevin mccarthy, Merrick Garland, Mo Brooks, murder, prosecution, Rudy Giuliani, statehouses, Ted Cruz, Twitter, U. S. Capitol, zero tolerance
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Downward Spiral
Alan Zendell, December 10, 2018 I was as wrong as everyone else who predicted Donald Trump couldn’t possibly win in 2016. I could rationalize being wrong by reasoning that the combination of the incompetence of Hillary Clinton’s campaign advisers and … Continue reading
King Donald
Alan Zendell, June 6, 2018 The frightening but inescapable reality is that in 2016 we elected a president who thinks he’s a king. More likely, he simply doesn’t know the difference. Schooled in the world of business and mentored by … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse of power, autocracy, Bob Corker, british monarchy, congress, dictatorial powers, FBI, history, hitler, King George III, Koch Brothers, pardons, Reichstag, Richard Burr, tariffs, trade, trey gowdy, Weimar
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Rob Porter’s Security Nonclearance
Alan Zendell, February 10, 2018 Sherlock Holmes (aka, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) famously said, “…when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Consider the sordid case of Rob Porter’s temporary security clearance. It’s impossible that while … Continue reading
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Tagged allegations, anger, blackmail, Chief of Staff, Colbie Holderness, FBI, hope hicks, Jennifer Willoughby, John Kelly, Raj Shah, Science, sherlock holmes, spousal abuse, Trump
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Trump’s Booming Economy
Alan Zendell, February 2, 2018 The President has recently been touting the booming economy, and of course taking full credit for it. Trump points to the roaring stock market and the low unemployment rates as evidence. But is he right? … Continue reading
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Tagged 1987 market crash, banks, economics, equities, FBI, germany, investments, Justice Department, lagging indicator, Obama, policy, robert mueller, S&P 500, stock market, UK, unemployment
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