THE TRLICA TAKE

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: One news story not being reported on by the news, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell. That should be the lead

Cher, who turns 80 on May 20, may be the single greatest gay icon of all time. I, like millions of other gay men, have been a fan for over 60 years. She has always been omnipresent, which makes our relationship even more special!

Cornyn, who will be 80 years old by the time he’d complete another term, and older than both Democratic candidates combined, has been busy licking Trump’s Florsheim shoes.

“When it gets to Election Day, we’ve been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country,” Noem said. “The right people voting.” “Electing the right leaders to lead this country.” Those two phrases should scare the living daylights out of all Americans. The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for helping protect U.S. election infrastructure from threats, but has nothing to do with preventing election fraud.

When our president says, “White people were very badly treated,” it’s obvious he has never had to sit isolated in a theatre balcony, or wonder if his medical care was contingent on his skin color, or been restricted from a pool or beach because of a perceived diseased status, and has no idea what it means to be very badly treated.

Commentary: “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure,” is a quote often misattributed to Mark Twain but was actually said by famed

ABC News agreed to a $15 million settlement over a defamation lawsuit Trump brought against the network. Both networks (ABC and CBS) lacked the balls to stand up to a bully.

We have a president on a revenge tour that makes Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour look like Amateur Hour at the Dew Drop Inn. We’ve watched rainbow crosswalks ripped up because, as everyone knows, if you walk across one of them, you’re a Cher fan by the time you reach the other side.

A funny thing happened on the road to the White House. The GOP won the election, and their minions did not forget that promise and are demanding it be kept. There’s just one slight problem: It’s not only Democrats in the files. President Donald Trump is in there too. A lot!

Will that be enough to get the Texans past the second round of the play-offs for the first time in franchise history? Maybe. Here are the highly partisan, slightly biased predictions for the 2025 NFL season.