By DUTTON PEABODYEditor Emeritus We always knew Donald Trump was a crook, and we here at The Shinbone Star have been telling you exactly that since the first day we put pen to paper. But it’s always nice to get that affirmation, this time from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who today gave us […]
While the end of a very long tunnel is finally in sight, it might be prudent to take a quick look over our shoulder as a reminder of where we’ve been and where we never want to go again. And while we’re peering into the darkness, it’s understandable that some of us might wonder, “Just […]
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: The Shinbone Star — if you’re not counting the movie version — began publication on Jan. 29, 2017, just nine days after President Donald Trump raised his right hand and lied on a Bible that he would preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. During his tenure, our […]
Needing to stick a good landing to cap the Democratic National Convention with a speech accepting his party’s nomination to be president of the United States, Joe Biden pointed out the differences between himself and the criminal currently taking up space in the Oval Office, a difference that should be apparent to any person with […]
Congratulations to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on making history Wednesday night as the first woman of color to accept the nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate to be vice president of the United States. Harris, added the nightcap to a long night of stirring speeches by Democratic heavyweights including former President Barack Obama, House Speaker […]
In a speech for the ages, former First Lady Michelle Obama explained in stark terms how Donald J. Trump cannot do the job he was entrusted to do in the 2016 election, an election that he lost by 3 million votes. Speaking with emotion to an America reeling from nearly four years of Trump’s divisive […]
Dear supporter of The Shinbone Star: Once again, our social media coordinator was summarily thrown into Facebook Prison for the high crime of trying to share our content to as many eyes as possible. The content judged too inflammatory: this morning’s Trumplandia column (click the big red word to the left to view it in […]
Dear reader of The Shinbone Star: As you know, we have been taking the fight to President Donald Trump almost daily since shortly after he was inaugurated at a ceremony which, for the record, had much smaller attendance than the inauguration of President Barack Obama. We haven’t asked for much in return, but today that […]
By DUTTON PEABODY Editor in Chief At a recent staff meeting in The Shinbone Star’s palatial newsroom, I worked to put down a coup attempt (there’s that word again) after beleaguered writers opined that they deserved a raise. I challenged them. “A raise?” I said. “But what have you actually done to help our readers?” Nobody had […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Shinbone Star is reproducing this White House memorandum of a telephone conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Voldemort … er, Volodymyr Zelensky with (almost) no editorial comment. While the document released by the White House is un-redacted and declassified, keep in mind that officials did not release the entire conversation, which certainly makes one […]
Another Word From Our Editor: Dagnabbit!!!! More innocent country men and women killed in broad daylight today by a domestic terrorist(s) in El Paso, Texas…check that – Dayton, Ohio. In the last 24-hours or so, we have watched domestic terrorism destroy lives first in Texas and now we wake to more dead in Dayton, Ohio […]
A Word from our Editor: More innocent country men and women killed in broad daylight today by a domestic terrorist(s) in El Paso, Texas. We are watching our once proud country — a beacon of hope for freedom lovers everywhere — turn into a third world nation where guns and violence, hate and anger dictate […]
In the wake of Donald J. Trump’s recent racist and anti-American attacks against duly elected national lawmakers — representatives of the people of their districts — and for the current White House occupant’s ongoing attack on the fundamental values of our country, The Shinbone Star is joining a national petition drive to demand Congress remove […]
Even though we’re resting our typing fingers today, you don’t have to miss out on the latest Trumpian threats to our democracy. Please support journalism by subscribing to one of our sister papers: The Washington Post The New York Times But if you insist on being cheap, you can still find free coverage of Trump’s […]
CHAOS There’s no other word for our national standing. With the resignation today of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general who associates say would never have quit under any circumstance that might be considered remotely normal, there will soon be no more adults in the room to mind the Toddler in Chief, […]
No newsroom worth its salt ever shuts down completely, and that’s certainly the case here at The Shinbone Star. Truth is, however, that Donald Trump has some of us plum wore out and we’ll be reducing our coverage temporarily so some of us can rest up. But don’t worry, we still have enough loafers and scratchers sitting […]
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