Desperate articles

  • Donald Trump's desperation is showing—more than usual

    As the ides of April approach, Donald Trump faces a heap of trouble—of his own making, naturally—that has him flopping about like a stunned carp on the bottom of a rowboat. And, frankly, he’s looking pretty desperate. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty desperate. There’s more video of Trump bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade than of Melania slapping his wee, scurvy hand away, so he can’t really run away from the issue. But he sure is trying. And as dense as Donald is, he surely knows...
  • Desperate measures: Amsterdam puts €4m into public toilets

    Amsterdam city council is to spend €4 million to develop city centre public toilets for women, seven years after a high profile “peeing in public” case hit the city’s courts. The furore dates back to 2017 when a 23-year-old Dutch woman lost her appeal against a fine for urinating in a public place after the judge told her she could have used a urinal. Geerte Piening was fined €140 after she was caught urinating between the Balie debating centre and
  • Trump's desperation for cash is complicating his VP search: report

    The dual burdens of funding an expensive presidential campaign combined with funneling enormous amounts of cash to pay his legal teams attempting to keep him out of jail is creating bumps in the road for Donald Trump's choice of a running mate.Add to considerations over what the number two person on the ballot with the former president brings to the table with regard to voters is Trump's desperate need for campaign cash because he is trailing his opponent, President Joe Biden, by a substantial...