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This story has been given a lot of coverage. Here’s the HUPPOST story about it. This should elicit a “well, duh, this ought to be obvious you brainwashed eejit” response and need no explanation. This means you Megan McCain and everyone else saying this. Her’s what she tweeted with a few replies. (You can read all of…
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In his address to the general and admirals Trump bragged about using the most expensive high quality paper with real gold on it for the documents promoting generals and admirals. Then we went on blasting Biden for using an auto-pen, though it is not clear whether he ever did this with these particular documents. Trump…
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Paul Krugman hardly needs publicity. Check this out: Below is what the Daily Beast article about this looks like. If you’re reading this and don’t know who Paul Krugman is, and admire him for his insights, you must be a Trumper who by some twist of fate stumbled on my Substack. This is the comment…
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Trump worked his David Copperfield distraction beautifully yesterday when he suggested that the United States should take over Gaza, using the military if necessary. A good magician sometimes uses distraction and misdirection to pull off an illusion: Whether the magic is of a “pocket trick” variety or a large stage production, misdirection is the central secret. The…
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There are so many Trump travesties every day that it is hard for me to decide which is bad enough to write about. Here’s one comparatively minor story that got my attention from HUFFPOST: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘Disturbing’ Post About Reporter’s Foreign Accent Is Slammed. I followed up on this and found that this was also…
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Trump might as well add people with disabilities to his list of people like those I depicted above who don’t have the rights of “real” citizens and don’t belong here in his America. Sorry guys, the FAA won’t hire you. In case you doubt me when I say Trump dosen’t have any empathy for people…
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Frank Figluizzi,who served as assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, posted a photo of someone painting a wall at the FBI Academy on BlueSky (here) which lists operativenss, fairness, compassion, integrity, initative, respect, and stability as some of the core values of the agency. It also lists diversity. The photo was published in The Washington Post article …
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I have admired Rachel Maddow ever since she began her show on MSNBC. I always agree with everything she says. I don’t always agree with how she says it or how she produces her show. I address the latter today.Last night Rachel Maddow found something to smile and chuckle over about something Trump did. I found…
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Rachel Maddow is known for wearing the same black outfit on all of her shows. Kash Patel wants to put her in prison orange. Patel aspires to be Trump’s Hermann Göring. To fully appreciate why I titled this the way I did, watch the 11 minute segment of last night’s Rachel Maddow show (here). Here are…
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This is a sequel to yesterday’s Substact: Trump and MAGA cohorts don’t lack empathy. As sadists, they have perverse empathy. I wrote this in part as a reaction to the following: ‘Cruel’: Ex-GOP lawmaker slams Trump’s border czar for Dr. Phil stunt: RawStory Needless to say, Phil McGraw is an embarrasment to me and any…
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