If anyone doubts Donald J. Trump is masterful in using Twitter to market fictional and slanderous propaganda campaigns against political opponents and our democracy, his recent attack on former FBI Director James Comey should end any debate. Ahead of Comey’s tour to promote his memoir, “A Higher Loyalty,” which details his brief encounter with the […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the next few days The Shinbone Star will be republishing material that until now appeared exclusively on our dedicated Facebook page. If you’ve already read this article, please forgive us and rest assured that fresh copy is on the way. Since Jan. 20, 2017, anyone who looked up the phrase “ugly American” in a dictionary […]
Mr. Trump: After another mind-numbing day of revelations concerning alleged illegal and immoral activities by you and members of your administration, I want to strongly suggest you resign the presidency and spare us any further fear that your selfish and often thoughtless actions will adversly impact our country. Enough with the porn star legal battle […]
Watching election night results on Nov. 8, 2016 didn’t put me in the hospital the next day, two blood clots in my lungs accomplished that life-threatening moment. Spending countless hours that same night tuned to CNN, however, as bankrupt casino operator and reality television personality Donald J. Trump inexplicably gained access to the White House, […]
Donald Trump stuck to a carefully crafted teleprompter script, and Republican lawmakers in our nation’s capital wildly cheered the trying-to-be president’s red meat catch phrases during his first — and possibly only — State of the Union, prime time reality show speech last night. One slight problem. Well, make that two: The catch phrase he […]
By now most folks in America and countries around the world agree that Donald J. Trump is not like any other U.S. president in the history of our country. No doubt about it. So, let’s all agree to stop pointing out that fact every time he does something illegal, unethical, immoral or otherwise bad or […]
Thanks Time magazine for reminding us that the world doesn’t revolve around the madman currently occupying the White House. Fact: “The number of children in the world who die before their fifth birthday has dropped in half since 1990, meaning that 122 million children have been saved in a quarter century and countless families have […]
