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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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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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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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The Jack Smith report about Trump’s election interference was released last night a bit after midnight. Just before 1:30 AM Trump took to Truth Social to blast late night comic Seth Meyers. This is because Meyers said “Trump is caught in the middle between the MAGA diehards and the rich oligarchs who helped him get…
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I don’t see anything surprising or particularly wrong with the story above. It makes sense that a conservative Canadian poltician like Alberta’s premier Danielle Smith wants to curry favor with Trump. What struck me was the hat Trump was wearing. With Trump, vanity is a prominent part of his narcissism. In this way he’s more like Narcissus than a…
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If wine consumption is reduced significantly it will hurt wine grape growers in my home state of Oregon, across the country, and in the rest of the world. I don’t know what crops, if any, would replace the grapes growing in our beautiful wine country. The picture is from one of our many road trips…
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I’m not going to write about how Trump again proved he’s above the law by getting barely a slap on the wrist in his sentencing this morning. Instead, I will focus on another wrist. This is the wrist of Mark Zuckerberg who, of course, is in the news having announced that he is ceasing to…
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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…
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