POST 1174 DUI Hegseth Norm Ornstein hit the bulls eye with this: Trump kakistocracy—government by the least competent About which Joyce Vance goes on to say that the Trump kakistocracy . . . continues to harm everyday Americans and put our allies at risk. On that front, the dishonor prize again goes to Pete Hegseth,… [read more]
The Lede
POST 1173 Here’s the Lede Our Constitution’s Peril Is Not Now Nor Was It Ever About Trump. America’s real enemy is the fascists – call them ultra-fat cats or oligarchs if you prefer. They are the home grown terrorists, the diabolical evil ones, working for over 40 years to steal our country away from us…. [read more]
The Constitution Train
POST 1172 First Stop: Your First Amendment What if that foundational list of 5 protections were vanished by the flick of a Sharpie? What if a morally compromised, legally powerful Trump toady took aim at you and hauled you into court for not being nice enough to Trump? Or for voicing a contrary opinion? Or… [read more]
Courage
POST 1171 The 18th of April – last Friday – was the 250th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere to alarm the farmers and townsfolk of Lexington and Concord, Mass that British troops – 13,000 of them – were on the way to subdue and dominate them. Revere’s was a swift ride on a… [read more]
Lessons
POST 1170 Good News First I subscribe to the posts of some very insightful people and I’ve noticed something recently: their posts are getting longer. They have a lot to say, now that the shock of the last election has worn off and there is some good news happening. Two weeks ago we had the… [read more]
How Does Trump Hate You? Let Me Count The Ways*
POST 1169 Crushing Us With Hatred It isn’t just Trump. He’s assembled a gang of fascist tool-boys and -girls into a hit mob, abhorrents like Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, Kash Patel, Fauxbilly Vance, Pam Bondi Steve Bannon and so many more. He’s doing everything he can to tear down our country, to trash the things… [read more]
Clueless In DC
POST 1168 Tariffs Start with what we know. Tariffs are a tax on goods imported to this country. They are paid by the importers. That money goes to the U.S. government. The importers raise prices to their customers, like retailers, to cover their extra costs. Those retailers then raise the selling price of the imported… [read more]
Dumb
POST 1167 Having To Admit: It’s The Reality, Stupid Here is the opening stanza of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’. Come gather ’round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown. And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you is… [read more]
BACK OFF!
POST 1166 At Last It’s Happening and We Know The Answer I’ve been asking the key question since the last election, as we suffered under leadership insufficiency and have steadily been sorely pained by would-be political leaders who cannot lead anyone. The question is Who Will Lead? . Now I think we’ve seen the face… [read more]
April 5: Fixin’ What’s Broke – v2
POST 1165 Holes It is clear that I am out of step with today’s political realities that have been Big Lied to us for decades. Instead, I/we need to obey the Rule of Holes: When you’re in a hole, stop digging. I.e., stop doing what is counter-productive. We’ve been told that “Corporations are people, my… [read more]
