President Trump

Just to make things clear, I’m not a Ron DeSantis hater. Personally, I really admire the job he’s done keeping the state of my birth free, safe and prosperous. Doubly so when we keep in mind what a disconnected, out of touch, aggressive Stasi-like central government we have in DC. …

A satirical story. Luxurious, heavy logs crackle beside the fire, orange and yellow flames dancing like gloating, stealthy fencers. And not too far behind, in my mind cackles my opponent’s victorious laughs, burning up my dreams. 19 states. Not enough. Not nearly enough. How did someone as awesome as me…

I was appalled when I first heard the news of Donald Trump’s election as being America’s 44th president. The state of America’s overall feelings on the matter was very mixed; some people were in dismay, some people cried, and other people celebrated for a myriad of reasons such as his…

Frank Kaufmann, April 5, 2023, New York — The indictment of President Donald J Trump yesterday at the Manhattan Courthouse in the southern district has drawn literally gallons of print ink and miles of video and media commentary. This is one of the reasons why I have been reluctant to…

A rant on so-called “political persecution” — If you are anything like me, and by that, I mean living anywhere in the United States today, your news has likely been inundated with news related to the indictment of former president Donald Trump. Political pundits offer the same “unique” take on the historic arrest with the same refrain…

WOW! I have never seen so many writer’s jump on a subject so quickly. Understandably, this is big news in politics, democracy, and civics. The impending arrest of a former president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. Historic and unprecedented. But that’s already been covered. …

Trump Indicted. Trump now faces the reality of possibly 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury. Some will say it is about time that this man was brought to justice. Others, equally passionately, will claim that he has been attacked politically since he assumed the…

I’m always fascinated by the outrage generated by the shocking news that some public figure has been involved in an affair with someone not his or her spouse. Of course, usually it’s the man holding office, and the woman holding something else. So far, we’ve never heard of a female…

Long-time News Items subscribers have heard me bang on about Fox News as follows: “the audience programs the network, not the other way around.” Yet more evidence for this assertion arrived recently in filings by the voting-machine company Dominion Voting Systems, which is suing Fox for defamation and seeking $1.6…