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This RawStory article, “Trump’s plan to jam through appointments enters new ‘extreme’ phase: expert” prompted me to react. Excerpt: The plan already being discussed among a group of House Republicans involves Trump dismissing the Senate “against its will,” which would allow him to stack the government with whomever he chooses in the resulting “recess,” wrote Akhil Reed Amar, a constitutional…
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John W. Dean (remember him from Watergate?) posted this on BlueSky: “Biden should keep going with his pardons: Trump, Jack Smith & team, Mueller & team, and a blanket pardon for all on Trump’s enemies list for any and all political statements before December 25, 2024! Merry Christmas:-). Take the wind out of retribution/revenge!” Here are…
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The highest American military rank is a Five Star General. I wouldn’t be surprised if as Commander in Chief he starts wearing a uniform with six stars.The following blog has adult language. With Trump his self-worth is all about his self-image as Mister Macho the Lord High Pussy Grabber Emperor of the Manosphre and star…
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Amend everything below: Hes not a natural born citizen so he can’t become president. Last night I posted a second blog for the day: “The quickest exit for Elon Musk will be if he steals Trump’s thunder. If he goes if this is a good or bad thing? ” It featured 11 AI images of Musk like…
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There is a good case to be made that Donald Trump wouldn’t have won the election had he not made the lie about schools changing the gender of children a major issue. I lived in the town of Middleboro (sometimes spelled Middleborough) for 20 years having moved there to grow cranberries on my late wife’s…
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Consider this from the NY Times article Hamas Faces a Future Without Its Most Important Ally (subscription) And Iran, which supports Hamas and Hezbollah, seems keen to avoid a direct fight with Israel, at least for now. Iran’s air defense systems were devastated in an Israeli attack in October, and after the victory of President-elect Donald J.…
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The HuffPost article Trump Hurls Attacks At Maggie Haberman In Midnight Meltdown About Her Reporting inspired me to do a Google search about Trump and his midnight meltdowns. Above you see the first links in a general Google search and in a Google News search for Trump meltdown. Google didn’t provide the DonkeyHotey caricature. I added this.My focus here isn’t that Maggie…
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Fox News has taken politainment to a new level – we could call it infamotainment.
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I was struck by one sentence in the excellent conversation Chauncey DeVega had with M. Steven Fish, professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. His new book is “Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nationand Restoring Democracy’s Edge.” Here’s the entire Salon column: The path forward for progressives is a return to PR basics: Put…
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It is best to read this at https://www.halbrown.org The two illustrations above on top best describe the primary reasons which assured that Trump would win the election. Add to this a third reason, the coining of the term “Trump derangement syndrome”which has a Wikipedia page here.Trump and his supporters would say George Conway had a…
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