Newsweek A Crypto Crash is the Likely Cost of Trump’s Corruption | Opinion Th0mas Moukawsher Published Oct 01, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT Common sense tells us there are two things in our economy that are going to blow up in our faces sooner or later: artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency. AI is dangerous because…

Newsweek Trump Just Thanked Qatar for His $400M Airplane | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Sep 16, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT   Last week, the United States voted for a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Israeli strike on Doha, Qatar, where Hamas negotiators are housed. President Donald Trump joined in the condemnation personally, hailing Qatar as a “close Ally of the United…

Newsweek Trump’s Fed Firing Must Fail, For All Our Sakes | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Sep 02, 2025 at 03:07 PM EDT The Federal Reserve manages interest rates for borrowing money in America. If it’s too easy to borrow, you get higher prices at the supermarket. If it’s too difficult to borrow, people lose their…

Newsweek Bill Maher Is Right. There Is a Slow-Moving Coup | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 26, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT   HBO’s Bill Maher doesn’t like today’s Democrats. He has repeatedly thrashed them for being clueless about the concerns of most Americans. He even had dinner with President Donald Trump. So, when he issues a dire warning about the fate of…

Newsweek Court Ruling Kills Congressional Purse Power | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 19, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT Whatever happened to judges just reading the law and doing what it says? After a D.C. appellate court last week ignored a duly enacted law and gutted congressional control over spending, the late Justice Antonin “Nino” Scalia must be spinning…

Newsweek Ghislaine Maxwell Holds the Key to Trump’s Murdoch Lawsuit—and Her Jail Cell | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT In case you haven’t noticed, there is nothing more important to President Donald Trump than enriching himself. The uproar over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files may have angered some of his base, but, remember,…

Newsweek Why Reject Trump? It’s the Corruption, Stupid | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 05, 2025 at 09:58 AM EDT We all know Americans vote with their wallets. President Bill Clinton‘s first campaign ran on the slogan: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Today, with questionable economic news, maybe this means trouble for President Donald Trump. But forget the…

Newsweek Trump Rightly Identified Homelessness as a Problem. What’s the Solution? | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Jul 29, 2025 at 06:45 AM EDT Last week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will get more homeless people off the streets. The order has some good parts to it, including additional support for mental health and addiction services. If he…

Newsweek And Now It’s The Wall Street Journal’s Turn To Tango With Trump | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Jul 23, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT   When, oh when, will Americans realize we are descending into dictatorship? President Donald Trump has already silenced ABC, CBS, and Facebook, extorting millions of dollars from them for offending him. The job was…

Newsweek It’s Time for Pam Bondi To Go | Opinion Thomas Moukawsher Published Jul 15, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT   Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino—all three are caught up in an internal feud over the now-you-see-them-now- you-don’t files of the felonious financier, Jeffrey Epstein. But Pam Bondi is ultimately responsible. Her botched…