President Donald Trump grinned with pride as he announced what he saw as a “new American moment” in his first State of the Union speech to Congress. It was a polished speech which bragged about his economic record, lower unemployment, restored consumer and business confidence and a rising stock market. […]
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Civil rights activist and gospel queen Mavis Staples has called for a return to the protest era of the 1960s as President Trump revealed his own fake news awards. The president cited The New York Times twice while the broadcaster ABC and the magazines Time and Newsweek were each ‘exposed’ as […]
Was the elegantly coiffured President Trump faking it when he took to social media and claimed he would be presenting “corrupt awards” to the media? “I will be announcing the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year,” Trump tweeted after coming up with the idea of a “fake […]
Impeachment is on the lips of many people, including myself, who know little of the implications of such a process but understandably rant about how a man of Trump’s calibre can continue to be, arguably, holding the most powerful position in the world. I have spoken and written about why […]
Donald Trump has been described as a creep after a radio interview where he joked about having sex with Diana, Queen of Hearts, was made public. And, Trump even made a jibe about her having an HIV test. The Macho President – who is embroiled in WMD-rattling with North Korea’s […]
As Brexit causes sabre-rattling in Europe and Trump takes on ‘responsibility’ for the horrors of Syria, the consumerwatchfoundation.com takes a look at… What is democracy to me..? I’d like to ramble on about democracy. Dictionary definitions being numerous I’ll quote one: democracy is a form of society ignoring class distinctions […]
The Trump seems to have had two basic methods throughout his aggressive, ruthless first 40 days in power. And it stinks, as far as I’m concerned. These were on the one hand using emotive, extremist rhetoric to appeal to the lowest common denominator. And on the other he preached distorted […]
In New York City harbour lies a small island, Liberty Island, upon which stands a tall woman holding aloft a torch, a welcoming torch representing freedom and light. She faces the open sea and has welcomed countless millions of immigrants over many years. The original Pilgrim Fathers arrived to escape […]