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I wasn’t sure which word to use in the title of this Substack to describe the unique kind of empathy Trump and his MAGA cohorts have. The other terms I considered were obscene, meaing offensive to moral principles, and repugnant. I settled on “perverse” because it was less judgmental. It decribes a person or their actions showing a deliberate and…
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I intended to write about my negative reaction to some of the hosts and guests on MSNBC laughing or expressing any kind of amusement when they talk about Trump or his minions. I don’t want to pick on Rachel Maddow in particular, but she seems to be the worst offender. Others like Lawrence O’Donnell, Michelle…
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Sabrina Haake’s Substack “Haake Take” today A king pardons his army: J6 was a rehearsal. By pardoning the most violent among them, Trump has begun recruitment for the real event prompted me to make a comment.Then I realized this would be a good topic for my own Substack. I added a bit to it and added an…
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As we enter the dark days of democracy’s death there are several positive things I can think about Trump’s grandiose narcissism that can derail his quest to establish his ruthlessly cruel dictatorship. The obvious one is that some of his plans will fail so egregiously that some of his supporters in Congress will turn against…
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I’m surprised that Trump didn’t call the bishop who called on him to be compassionate a Devil worshipper. This is the man who couldn’t be bothered to place his hand on two Bibles held by his wife when he was sworn in to be president. Perhaps he thought that if he took the oath without…
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There he was. Jeff Bezos, the owner of both Amazon and The Washington Post, along with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and the less familiar owner of Google, Sundar Pichai, in Billionaires Row at the inauguration. If he only owned Amazon, all things considered with Trump’s affection for oligarchs, it would make sense for him to be…
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I was thinking of using “Democracy’s Dark Dark Day” as the title for this but it seemed to be too obvious. Here’s the quote from Mary Trump that prompted me to write this: “Tomorrow (meaning today) will be a very dark day—there is no pretending otherwise. But I do take comfort in the knowledge that so much…
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What is happening in Israel may bump some of the coverage of tomorrow’s inauguration off non-stop TV coverage. Even if it does, somewhere around the half of the country who might be inclined to watch at least the high point of any inauguration would find watching Trump sworn in too upsetting. The actual hand on…
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The titles of the same Sabrina Haake essay about Pete Hegseth have a different emphasis. RawStory’s title emphasized his lack of qualifications. On her substack, The Haake Take, the author focuses on his view about when it is permissible to use lethal force even if it might not be legal. Hegseth may not be the least qualified Trump…
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There was one line that struck me as particularly telling in The NY Times (subscription) article How Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA. It isn’t about Homan. Is is about Trump. The goes beyond Trump saying he admires someone who is tough on policy, which Homan is. Trump was saying he admires him because he sees him…
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