Clowns in Politics: News and Notes magazine features commentaries and opinions about USA politics and influential cultural events.
Clowns in Politics: News and Notes magazine features commentaries and opinions about USA politics and influential cultural events.
As discomforting as it is to admit, Donald J. Trump is the guy in the White House right now. He’s brought along a tremendous amount of cultural baggage to begin his second term. The big orange cheeseburger loves to divide…
One of the timeless tropes in comedy is the notion of the incompetent jerk. Everyone with any experience in life has encountered the arrogant asshole who thinks he or she knows it all and is above any kind of criticism.…
The news just comes daily. It does not stop. Every 24 hours it seems, there’s yet another mention of an American hero or cultural icon who has been scrubbed from a government website. The last such victim was none other…
A strange event occurred in Washington, D.C. last week. City workers began dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza. The admittedly awkward and poorly designed monument to the summer of 2020 when the world railed against the video-recorded, in broad daylight murder,…
The recent announcement by NBC Nightly News of Lester Holt’s coming departure from the prestigious post, has caught America by surprise. There was little indication the move was coming. It has not been leaked whether the exit was his idea…
The still linked – but not for long – NBC/MSNBC media conglomerate must believe that non-white people are a problem in this moment in our nation’s history where the law-defying and jerk POTUS is adamant that DEI is bad for…
Once upon a time, a liberal Supreme Court Justice who had stayed around too long, passed away and the Democratic president that was expected to quickly nominate a replacement was unjustly denied that opportunity by the Senate Majority Leader. A…
One month in and Donald Trump is taking a hammer to the government that he hates. He’s got his billionaire pal Elon Musk along for the ride and the rich guy is more than happy to take a literal wrecking…
The current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hesgseth, may be one of the most unqualifedin US history, but this alcohol-soaked loser sure knows how to make a bold statement. In reality though, Hegseth’s blunt and definitive declaration at the Ukraine Defense…
America was warned by prominent and well-respected persons on both sides of the political divide not to allow Donald Trump back into the White House. The country did not listen. Millions of Americans preferred a racist, convicted felon over a…