• Jan. 6th: The start of the second great experiment in American democracy is about to be certified. Something wicked this way comes. By Hal M. Brown

      Jan 6, 2025
      Uncategorized
      Democracy,, fascism,, jan-6th, Trump

      The United States is about to embark on its second great national experiment with Donald Trump being certified as the winner of the 2024 election as president. Very possibly this will mean Project 2025 will be initiated laying out the guiding principles of his administration. (Click above to enlarge) There’s nothing astonishingly original in my…

    • In two years let’s hope voters realize Trump is a modern Fiji mermaid, by Hal M. Brown

        Jan 5, 2025
        Uncategorized
        2024 election,, donald-trump, news, Politics, Trump

        I began to write today’s blog after reading this: I made this llustration using AI: You can read about how the panel on “Morning Joe” reacted to the leak here. This was supposedly leaked to NBC News. I wonder if  John Barron “leaked” what Trump said. After all, Trump wants to rub the lib’s noses in the fact that…

      • My take on The Washington Post spiking an Ann Telnais editorial cartoon and her quitting in protest, by Hal M. Brown

          Jan 4, 2025
          Uncategorized
          ann-telnais, cartoon, cartoons

          Above is my way of expressing what RawStory conveyed in the illustration for  WaPo staffer resigns after paper spikes cartoon that jabbed billionaires cozying to Trump Ann Telnaes is one of my favorite editorial cartoonists. Her overseers at The Washington Post spiked a cartoon for expressing an opinion they objected to. Then she resigned in…

        • Am I the only anti-Trump shrink who thinks Trump may not have dementia? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

            Jan 3, 2025
            Dementia,
            Dementia,, trump-dementia, trump-psychology

            Most mental health professionals who are saying this are not neurologists, let alone neurologists who specialize in dementia. Many mental health professionals are absolutely, positively convinced Trump has dementia. I seem like a lone voice among them saying we need more evidence.  I am not an expert, but because I live in a continuing care retirement…

          • It would be better to have a calculating liar as president than one who doesn’t get all the facts before making a major decision, by Hal M. Brown

              Jan 2, 2025
              Trump
              donald-trump, new-orleans, news, Politics, Trump

              Even thinking that Trump would be a model for a modern day Rodin to turn into a 21st century version of The Thinker is no doubt a stretch for most of my readers. I would venture to say most of you would more likely think that if an artist, a cartoonist for example, wanted to…

            • The “dignified “Trumps are going to Jimmy Carter’s funeral. This is as it should be, however this is what they will be feeling. By Hal M. Brown.

                Jan 1, 2025

                “Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, ‘I’ll be there.’ Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump said he’d rather not say.” (Reference)  It is true that when one uses “dignified” and “Trump” in the same sentence the context has…

              • Is Trump like an angry caged monkey throwing feces at the fence? By Hal M. Brown

                  Dec 31, 2024
                  Uncategorized
                  constitution, donald-trump, Politics, Trump

                  Click to read above article  This was my comment: I wrote:  This is clearly a diversion.  I wrote about how he does this here: Trump is throwing yet another dead cat on the table.There’s nothing that really needs to change as far as creating something like the EU. With smaller countries in Europe this made sense.…

                • Jimmy Carter’s death and his being called “decent” should remind people that the current president elect epidomizes the opposite. By Hal M. Brown

                    Dec 30, 2024
                    Business
                    decency, History, jimmy-carter, news, Politics

                    No matter that historians and polls rank Jimmy Carter near the middle of American presidents in terms of best to worst, all of them say something like the following (with my highlights): Based on the C-SPAN survey, Jimmy Carter is ranked 26th out of 45 pre-Biden presidents. Carter’s ranking among his White House peers was…

                  • Being called an HB may soon become a MAGA attack line, by Hal M. Brown

                      Dec 29, 2024
                      H1-,B visa, Immigration
                      Immigration, news

                      The H1-B visa controversy is all over the news (see Google News search). It involves immigration but has nothing to do with our southern border. Click image above to enlarge. The vast majority of Trump’s base never heard of H1-B visas or other kinds of visas until recently. At times in my life a few people have called…

                    • If Trump has dementia it can only be hidden for so long. This is may be the biggest “if” hanging over him. by Hal M. Brown, MSW

                        Dec 28, 2024
                        Dementia,, Trump
                        america, Dementia,, donald-trump, Politics, Trump

                        Trump’s post on Truth Social (shown above, click to enlarge) was the subject of an article in RawStory. One of the commenters to the article “‘What is going on here???’ Trump melts down over Harris endorsements weeks after election” questioned in one way or another whether Trump had dementia.” wrote “Does anyone in America believe that we should…

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