Cockburn’s Gossip

Nov 8, 2024 | thespectator.com | Cockburn’s Gossip |Freddy Gray |Juan P. Villasmil |Matthew Parris

Donald Trump has successfully won his second term, which means it’s time for him and his allies to buckle down and fervently start hiring for the incoming administration. Prior to his election, Trump announced that his transition would be chaired by former head of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon and billionaire businessman Howard Lutnick, with assists from Trump’s sons as well as former Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

Nov 8, 2024 | thespectator.com | Cockburn’s Gossip |Freddy Gray |Juan P. Villasmil |Matthew Parris

No one really knows what a second Trump administration will hold for America — given the breadth of his coalition of contradictory factions, some of his voters are bound to be disappointed.

Jun 21, 2024 | thespectator.com | Juan P. Villasmil |Roger Kimball |Cockburn’s Gossip |Freddy Gray

Donald Trump is making strides in all the right places, it seems. Polls indicate he’s making moves among black and Jewish voters in New York State as well as with female voters, while also gaining support in crucial battleground states.

Jun 21, 2024 | thespectator.com | Juan P. Villasmil |Roger Kimball |Cockburn’s Gossip |Freddy Gray

My grandma loves to joke about how she got a tooth knocked out by a motorizado (biker) in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. “¡Dame el aro!” (Gimme the hoop!) exclaimed what looked like an off-duty bodyguard. “My hoop? What the hell?” Grandma thought to herself, before realizing the man was talking about her wedding ring. “I never wear it when we go to church; I must’ve forgotten that day,” she tells us, in what feels like a skit.

Jun 13, 2024 | thespectator.com | Juan P. Villasmil |Roger Kimball |Cockburn’s Gossip |Freddy Gray

“What’s made Milwaukee famous / Has made a fool out of me.” So sang Jerry Lee Lewis back in 1968, another election year with a lively summer of party conventions. Donald Trump, an infamous teetotaler, will not be sampling the city’s brews as he secures the Republican nomination this month, the first convicted felon to do so. But that’s not to say he’ll be able to steer clear of the foolishness of his party’s attitude toward its quadrennial colloquium.