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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 402

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  This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 402 Ron Filipkowski Jun 21 … The US has never looked smaller and weaker on the world stage, as JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Switzerland to begin talks with Iran. The Iran delegation made Vance wait, then when they arrived Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi refused to shake Vance’s hand, pose for a joint photo, or greet him in any way. … UAE based Middle East expert Amjah Taha : “This was humiliation. No one in modern history has made America wait and beg for negotiations. This was the moment JD Vance should have returned to Washington. The Islamic regime did this on purpose. Trump, if you don’t understand politics, you should at least understand protocol: “The US delegation entered well before the Iranians. In diplomacy, the side with leverage doesn’t wait in the room. You claim to be leading and winning, yet you arrived first. First mistake.” “Ghalibaf did not enter while the press was inside. JD Vance did. Anoth...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 393. 6/4/26

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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 393. 6/4/26 Ron Filipkowski Jun 4 ∙ … Trump fell asleep again today at a press event in the Oval Office as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin was speaking. His last few Truth Social posts were just after 1:00 AM where he was raging that the CA election was being stolen. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst … From Trump’s 1:00 AM posting rampage: “There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the US Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???” “The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS.” … Ron Desantis , who continues to angle for a job in the Trump admin, chimed in: “California keeps dumping votes. Odds are shifting because the vote dumps always seem to go one way. Count unti...