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07.03.26-Great Line: My son is taking part in a social experiment. He has to wear a "MAGA" hat for two weeks and see how people react. So far he's been spat on, punched, and had a bottle thrown at him! I'm just curious to see what happens when he goes outside
06.19.26-Dr. John Gartner, a medical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said this week that Trump represents the most severe case of psychological illness he has encountered in four decades of clinical work, and that the trajectory is worsening. Read More
03.25.26-Why Trump is so guilty regarding the classified documents he stole
BIG RED FLAG-Trump calls to nationalize elections(the end of the United States)
Senator Mark Kelly for President
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for Vice President
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for Vice President
01.07.26-REQUIRED WATCHING
05.22.26-If capitalism is supposedly the best system, why do the biggest and most “successful” corporations rely on tax breaks, subsidies, grants, political favors, and taxpayer-funded bailouts? But when everyday Americans need help, it’s called socialism.
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Read about this horrible person here. and here (new).
Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year. He was counting on a nation of haters. He was wrong. Since Trump can't think for himself, he has allowed this weasel to set policy for the horrible mistreatment of migrants. In my opinion, he is the shadow president, with the goal of creating a MAGA terror state. Update-Trump Advisers Quietly Turn on Stephen Miller as Brutal ICE Poll Hits |
Anne Frank Diary Quote-January 13, 1943-"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.........Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
02.04.26-MTG Finally says something sane: “People watching Fox News, every day, 24/7 with their volume turned all the way up in their living room and it’s so loud that you can’t hear anything else? Those are the baby boomers and God bless them, those are my parents’ generation. I love so many of the baby boomers, but they are the most brainwashed generation because they eat that crap, like, they just eat it up all day long. They’re spoon-fed the propaganda on TV.”
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This Disgusting Piece of Human Garbage is a Stain on Our Country.
01.18.26-“How is it that half of America looks at Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent?” David Brooks asks. “He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful.” Many are lazy, naive, low information, apathetic voters who have no clue.
A better, decent man would have said to Machado-you earned it, you keep it.
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Short Takes
07.14.26-The damage to the reflecting pool was likely caused by Trump's motorcade driving over it. 06.15.26-Good article on separation of church and state. 05.24.26-Another Indiana scandal-plagued politician. 05.05.26-F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe 04.19.26-The guy who pardoned 1500 cop beaters, financial frauds, and drug dealers-and has 34 fraud felonies-thinks the Pope is "too soft on crime” 01.11.26-Read about the scandals attached to Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith (how did this guy get elected?) 11.25.25-Liar Trump said Ukraine never thanked the US. Here are 78 times it did. |
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I don't condone the murder of Charlie Kirk and I am sad for his family. Assassination is not the answer. The portrayal of him as this Christian guiding light, is confusing to me, given the hateful statements he has made, which can be found here.
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Goodbye:
Liberty The Constitution Free Speech Freedom of the Press Rule of law Civil Rights Voting Rights Social Safety Nets Right of Protest International Prestige Science Empathy Clean Air Good thing: Trump's dumb diplomacy moves brought Europe closer together. |
Hello:
Oligarchs Storm Troopers Revenge Prosecutions Press Suppression White Supremacy Discrimination Male Domination World Isolation More Poverty More Disease Environmental ignorance Bad thing: Trump's dumb diplomacy moves brought India, China, North Korea and Russia closer together. |
Last year MSNBC brought you the crazy story of Sarah Inama, a history teacher in Idaho who decorated her sixth-grade classroom with inspirational posters. Inama displayed signs with messages such as “In This Room, Everyone Is Welcome, Important, Accepted, Respected, Encouraged, Valued, Equal.” The posters showcased motivational messages simply meant to tell students: Whoever you are, you belong here. It is the type of poster that a lot of us probably saw growing up in classrooms. And it really shouldn’t be controversial, but it was. Earlier this year, Inama shared that her school’s administration ordered her to take down the posters. She said officials told her the signs were in violation of district policy and that, in “today’s political environment, they’re considered a personal opinion.”
(edited excerpt from MSNBC) Below is why Lady Liberty is weeping. These words now ring hollow! “G̶i̶v̶e̶ m̶e̶ y̶o̶u̶r̶ t̶i̶r̶e̶d̶, y̶o̶u̶r̶ p̶o̶o̶r̶, y̶o̶u̶r̶ h̶u̶d̶d̶l̶e̶d̶ m̶a̶s̶s̶e̶s̶ y̶e̶a̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ b̶r̶e̶a̶t̶h̶e̶ f̶r̶e̶e̶. T̶h̶e̶ w̶r̶e̶t̶c̶h̶e̶d̶ r̶e̶f̶u̶s̶e̶ o̶f̶ y̶o̶u̶r̶ t̶e̶e̶m̶i̶n̶g̶ s̶h̶o̶r̶e̶. S̶e̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶, t̶h̶e̶ h̶o̶m̶e̶l̶e̶s̶s̶, t̶e̶m̶p̶e̶s̶t̶-̶t̶o̶s̶t̶ t̶o̶ m̶e̶, I̶ l̶i̶f̶t̶ m̶y̶ l̶a̶m̶p̶ b̶e̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ g̶o̶l̶d̶e̶n̶ d̶o̶o̶r̶!̶” |
On June 14, 1946, just a little over a year after Hitler died, a new dark force came about. It would go on to poison minds, spread lies and cast a cloud of evil over America and the world.
That date is when Trump was born.
Does Trump need institutionalized help?. The classic definition of a sociopathic personality, is characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits.
Definition of Malignant Narcissism
Does Trump have a conscience? Maybe that explains everything.
"My life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again."
Fact-Trump won less than 50% of the vote-That's no mandate!
That date is when Trump was born.
Does Trump need institutionalized help?. The classic definition of a sociopathic personality, is characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits.
Definition of Malignant Narcissism
Does Trump have a conscience? Maybe that explains everything.
"My life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again."
Fact-Trump won less than 50% of the vote-That's no mandate!
Trump will forever be tied to the heartless and brutal separation of 5500 immigrant children from their parents, sent to who-knows-where. Some will never see their families again. The Trump administration did not keep records of the family members.
He has violated all The Seven Deadly Sins: (1) vainglory, or pride, (2) greed, or covetousness, (3) lust, or inordinate or illicit sexual desire, (4) envy, (5) gluttony, (6) wrath, or anger, and (7) sloth. and, laughs at the Golden Rule!
Lock Him Up!
MAGA Believers: Does this sound familiar?
Adolf Hitler, in his book Mein Kampf, coined the term “big lie”. He asserted that “the great masses of the people… will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.” This concept refers to a propaganda technique where a known falsehood is stated and repeated as if it were self-evidently true. The goal is to sway public opinion by treating the lie as unquestionable, rather than critically examining it.
Here are the key points about the big lie:
Here are the key points about the big lie:
- Definition: A big lie involves spreading a falsehood so audacious that it seems unbelievable yet appeals to people’s prejudices. Hitler believed that people would accept such a lie if it aligned with their existing biases.
- Examples: Hitler’s use of antisemitism in Nazi propaganda blamed Jews (Now Immigrants?) for Germany’s problems. Other instances include blaming the ‘bourgeoisie’ for workers’ issues or demonizing political opponents.
- Technique: Repeat the lie consistently until it becomes accepted as truth. Present it in bland, matter-of-fact terms to make it more convincing. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, echoed this idea: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” He emphasized that the state must suppress dissent to maintain the lie’s influence1.
To understand how the seeds for the Nazi movement were planted In the United States prior to WWII, read this book, a #1 NYT best seller: Prequel. You will then see the similarities between then and now.
12.15.25-Hitler didn't start with camps. he started with: 'Make Germany Great Again,' banning books, targeting the press. blaming immigrants, creating enemies from neighbors, defunding the arts, stoking fear of outsiders, demonizing educators.
12.15.25-Hitler didn't start with camps. he started with: 'Make Germany Great Again,' banning books, targeting the press. blaming immigrants, creating enemies from neighbors, defunding the arts, stoking fear of outsiders, demonizing educators.
A Convicted Felon Is Our President-OMG!
Why Did Trump Win?
The answer is the right-wing media. Today, the right-wing media—Fox News (and the entire News Corp.), Newsmax, One America News Network, the Sinclair network of radio and TV stations and newspapers, iHeart Media (formerly Clear Channel), the Bott Radio Network (Christian radio), Elon Musk’s X, the huge podcasts like Joe Rogan’s, and much more—sets the news agenda in this country. And they fed their audiences a diet of slanted and distorted information that made it possible for Trump to win.
The answer is the right-wing media. Today, the right-wing media—Fox News (and the entire News Corp.), Newsmax, One America News Network, the Sinclair network of radio and TV stations and newspapers, iHeart Media (formerly Clear Channel), the Bott Radio Network (Christian radio), Elon Musk’s X, the huge podcasts like Joe Rogan’s, and much more—sets the news agenda in this country. And they fed their audiences a diet of slanted and distorted information that made it possible for Trump to win.
Old Man Trump
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Chubby Cheater
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Read this book about how he cheats at golf and other things: Commander in Cheat by Rick Reilly-
More here and here
If Trump is playing, he is cheating! If he opens his mouth, he is lying!
More here and here
If Trump is playing, he is cheating! If he opens his mouth, he is lying!
These clowns are not funny!
11.29-25-And here's proof |
TERRIBILE PEOPLE GALLERY
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For Christians: Revelation 13:3 states that one of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded, but the mortal wound was healed, leading the whole world to marvel and follow the beast. This verse is often interpreted symbolically, suggesting that the healing of the beast's wound signifies a powerful figure, possibly the Antichrist, who gains admiration and influence over the people. The imagery reflects themes of deception and the allure of evil, as the world unites in following the beast due to this miraculous healing.
Sound familiar? The left incites violence???-Trump described Democrats such as Biden and Harris as “communists,” “Marxists” and “fascists.” |
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12.19.25-Hegseth's Pastor's beliefs: No same-sex marriage or even Pride parades! Some enslavers were totally good people! Non-Christians should not hold elective office! Women should stay home! Sex is an act of colonization where a man conquers and a woman surrenders!
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Click for my stance on guns The U.K. essentially banned guns. Result: In 2019 Gun deaths 0.04 per 1000---U.S. 3.96 per 1000 The United States has one of the highest rates of gun deaths among developed countries. With more civilian-owned guns than people, the U.S. sees a significantly higher number of gun-related homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings annually. For example, in 2023, nearly 19,000 people died from firearm-related homicides, a statistic that starkly contrasts with much lower numbers in other high-income nations. |
STOP ANIMAL ABUSE
Every day in countries around the world, animals are fighting for their lives. They are enslaved, beaten, and kept in chains to make them perform for humans’ “entertainment”; they are mutilated and confined to tiny cages so that we can kill them and eat them; they are burned, blinded, poisoned, and cut up alive in the name of “science”; they are electrocuted, strangled, and skinned alive so that people can parade around in their coats; and worse. The abuse that animals suffer at human hands is heartb reaking, sickening, and infuriating. It’s even more so when we realize that the everyday choices we make—such as what we eat for lunch and the kind of shampoo we buy—may be directly supporting some of this abuse. But as hard as it is to think about, we can’t stop animals’ suffering if we simply look the other way and pretend it isn’t happening. peta.org |
12.18.25-Since 2021, more than 1,400 gray wolves have been killed in Idaho.These wolves are pursued year-round. Pups are killed in their dens. Young wolves are shot from helicopters. Once-protected animals are left in steel-jawed traps.
Important places: ACLU PETA ASPCA
Important places: ACLU PETA ASPCA
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For an informed look at current events read Heather Cox Richardson's comments. 07.14.26-LAWLESS LAW-Judge Voids Trump's IRS Deal, Wants Attorneys Punished- A federal judge on Monday delivered a two-pronged rebuke to Trump: She voided his controversial settlement with the IRS, and she referred his attorneys to their respective bars for possible disciplinary action, reports CNBC and Reuters. The scathing ruling from US District Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida stems from a lawsuit Trump filed against the tax agency because his returns were leaked. He eventually dropped the suit, and the resulting settlement shielded him and his family from future tax audits. The settlement also created a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for others deemed to have been unfairly prosecuted. The judge, however, called Trump's original lawsuit against the IRS a sham, saying it was filed for "improper purpose" to benefit himself and his administration. "The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the Parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law," the judge wrote, per the AP. (from Newser) 07.13.26-AT ONE TIME HE WAS ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS I LIKED-THEN HE TURNED-Senator Lindsey Graham was one of the most odious figures in American public life who underwent a dramatic political transformation. In 2015 and early 2016, Graham became a no-holds-barred foe of Trump, whom he lambasted as “a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” who “represents the worst in America.” But Graham started to warm to Trump once the insurgent candidate won the Republican primary on May 4, 2016. This process accelerated after Trump was elected president in November, when Graham became, against stiff competition, the president’s most obsequious lackey. Graham’s metamorphosis was all the more startling because his earlier disdain for Trump sprang logically from his political history. Prior to 2016, Graham was best known as the ultra-hawkish ally of fellow war-happy senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman, which made him a natural opponent of candidate Trump’s isolationist foreign policy. Further, Graham had a history of bipartisanship, working with Democrats on immigration reform and campaign finance and casting the sole Republican vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nominations. This gave Graham a profile, on domestic matters at least, more mainstream than Trump’s burn-it-down populism. (from The Nation) 07.12.26-IN TRUMPLAND THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS DEAD-The Department of Justice subpoenaed reporters from the New York Times over a story the newspaper published on Wednesday. Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt reported that the Secret Service had security concerns about the new Air Force One Boeing 747-8 given to the U.S. by Qatar. David McCraw, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for the Times, said: “The appearance of Federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects. Our journalists report the facts and advance the American public’s right to know how their government is operating and their taxpayer dollars are being used. This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” (more at Heather Cox Richardson) 07.11.26-BLACKMAIL-Presumably afraid of investigations into his actions, Trump appears to have abandoned all pretense of governing for the good of the country and is focusing on rigging the 2026 election to keep Republicans in power. This morning, as the National Association of Realtors reported that U.S. home prices have hit an all-time high, he announced that he will not sign the housing bill, which was designed to address the unaffordability of housing and which passed Congress with strong bipartisan majorities, “in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.” As the Lincoln Project summed it up, the Republican Party’s message four months before the midterms appears to be, “You’re not getting affordable housing unless you give up your voting rights.” His demand for the passage of a bill that most observers agree will suppress voting is only one of the ways that Trump is trying to rig the 2026 election. (see more from Heather Cox Richardson) 07.10.26-DRACONIAN DON DENIED-Big developments on the immigration front: First, ICE killed a 52-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas this week. ICE’s account was already suspect. But now a representative for the man’s family says that the three other men driving with him—who are likely witnesses to the killing—are getting pressured to self-deport in a potential effort to silence them. That’s utterly damning. Second, Politico reports that a key piece of Trump’s deportation agenda—detentions without bond—has now lost in court a staggering 15,000 times. And get this: A majority of Trump-appointed judges who have considered the policy have rejected it. These things are related: The mounting lawlessness on many fronts is alienating even Trump judges. We talked to New Republic staff writer Melissa Gira Grant, author of a good piece on the Texas shooting. We discuss why it’s essential to focus on this one killing, why Trump judges turning against him constitutes a vulnerability for his agenda, and why the American people can’t get complacent, now that he’s trying to deport huge numbers a lot more quietly. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here. (from The New Republic) 07.09.26-WORLD LOSER-MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace delivered a scathing assessment of Trump’s performance at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. She said that “in a series of bizarre press conferences, Trump ran the gamut of sounding merely uninformed to downright addled and crazy.” Wallace aired a lowlights reel of Trump’s most eyebrow-raising moments, including him claiming the peace deal with Iran is over, calling Iran’s leadership “scum,” referring to the “Islamic Republic of Japan,” attacking NATO ally Spain, boasting about being big on “Tik Tak,” and mistakenly referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who was sitting beside him — as Russian President Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “is going to have to start standing next to him and translating.” Wallace concluded: “But unsurprisingly, Trump’s incomprehensible, unhinged, embarrassing, uninformed, ‘me, me, me’ display there in his approach to geopolitics has had an effect. It appears to have finally exasperated and exhausted European leaders’ patience.” (lightly edited excerpt from HuffPost) 07.08.26-WILL YOUR VOTE BE SUPPRESSED?-For weeks, Trump’s fury has been growing at Republicans for failing to pass voter suppression legislation, demanding that they end the filibuster to do so. In a late-night tirade, he urged them to attach the SAVE Act to a must-pass defense spending bill, a dramatic move that reveals his deep frustration with them. As everybody knows, Trump sees restricting voting as the only way to stave off a midterm calamity. Meanwhile, in a striking piece, NBC News reports that Trump’s angry pressure has left Senate Republicans at wit’s end. They privately fear Trump is laying the groundwork to pin a midterm fiasco on their failure to pass something. They also blame Trump for letting this obsession take his focus off costs. One GOP Senator even tells NBC: "He’s a bully, and he’s f------ things up as fast as he can." We talked to congressional scholar Norm Ornstein. He walks us through the details of the GOP predicament, decodes the real reason Republicans aren’t nixing the filibuster, and explains why it’s premature to rule out passage of the SAVE Act, offering a road map to what’s next. (from The New Republic) 07.07.26-HOW LOW CAN HE STOOP?-The President of the United States is attacking five-year-olds because they’re Muslim. Trump posted a captionless video of graduating kindergarteners on Truth Social on Monday, goading his supporters into verbally attacking little children simply for being Muslim. It shows about 21 children in caps and gowns on stage singing a song together. Most of the girls are wearing hijabs. The innocent, celebratory clip—orignally posted on X in June by the right-wing “End Wokeness” account—was re-upped by Trump, who also posted the account’s original caption: “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten.” All the children are Black.The post was then seized on by racist, xenophobic MAGA supporters all over again, as Trump’s comment section was full of calls to deport the children and ban hijabs. This post is Islamophobic, weird, and creepy. It should come as no surprise that Trump isn’t above attacking children who just learned how to read, but this post is still particularly discomforting—and will certainly contribute to the already potent level of anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. and in Minnesota. (edited excerpt from The New Republic) 07.06.26-SO RIDICULOUS AND DANGEROUS-White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller marked Independence Day by suggesting that Trump is a chosen one selected by God himself. “It is impossible to review the events of the last decade and conclude that it is anything other than divine providence that Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States on the year of America 250, July 4th, 2026,” he wrote on X on Saturday. Earlier this year, he posted an image of himself as Jesus healing the sick, but deleted it after criticism and claimed the image showed him as a doctor. Miller is widely considered the architect of some of Trump’s most divisive policies, especially the administration’s crackdown on migrants. When the Supreme Court last week affirmed birthright citizenship, Miller responded by suggesting the U.S. could block pregnant travelers. 'You have to now think very carefully about who you let into your country, even on a temporary basis,” he said. Miller is also known for his wildly over-the-top praise for his boss, saying in May, for example, that Trump was building an “extraordinary paradise” and that the president is responsible for a “national miracle” on border security and public safety. Now, he’s gone even further by claiming that Trump’s presidency is the work of divine rovidence. divine providence.” (from HuffPost) 07.05.26-CHIEF HYPOCRITE-Trump Mocked After ‘Thieves, Radicals And Lunatics’ Line Backfires Spectacularly. The president's comments were a little too "on the nose" given his massive windfall since returning to the White House. Trump on Friday railed against communism during a bizarre speech at Mount Rushmore. But as critics were quick to point out, his definition of what “communists” do sounds a lot like what he, his family and his associates have been accused of doing since he returned to the White House last year. “Our American ancestors did not shed their blood at Concord and Trenton, Gettysburg and Shiloh, Midway and Normandy, just so that a band of thieves, radicals and lunatics could come in and loot, pillage our nation,” Trump said days after financial filings showed he earned more than $2 billion last year. The Wall Street Journal editorial board this week accused Trump and his family of “profiting off the presidency in ways that demean the office.” Trump’s windfall includes more than $1 billion from his crypto businesses ― money he pocketed, while The New York Times reported that some 764,000 other crypto wallets suffered massive losses. The president has also struck gold by buying stocks in companies just before his administration announces decisions favorable to those firms. “The Trump clan is cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways,” the Journal said. Meanwhile, Americans have been struggling with a spike in the inflation rate ― something Trump dismissed only last month. (from HuffPost) 07.04.26-TRUE WORDS-New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s speech to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary laid waste to the MAGA movement’s bigoted worldview. It was a speech very reminiscent of Barack Obama and Frederick Douglass, in that Mamdani expressed pride in the nation’s founding principles — as laid out in America’s founding documents, at least — but also frustration over the prejudice that has been, and continues to be, promoted by people in power. "We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections. We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans. We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands — those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone. And we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few." (from MSNow) 07.03.26-HORRIFYING-There are two ways to lie about Trump’s immigration policies, and JD Vance has mastered both of them. The first: muddy the waters, refuse to acknowledge reality and dismiss facts as inaccurate. The second: dehumanize people targeted by the federal government, and describe them as inherently criminal and un-American to justify a policy of mass detention and deportation. Now on his third week of promotion for “Communion,” his memoir about converting to Catholicism, Vance is using his faith to sanitize the worst aspects of Trump’s second term — and possibly previewing how he’ll campaign on immigration during a likely presidential run of his own. Trump’s agenda relies on cruelty. The administration set a new record for people in immigration detention earlier this year, though the vast majority of detained people have no criminal convictions at all. Only a tiny percentage of immigration detainees have convictions for violent crimes. Many people in detention don’t even have a final deportation order, but rather are in the middle of applying for asylum. The administration has asserted the authority to jail millions of people indefinitely, and recently asked the Supreme Court to bless that unprecedented “mandatory detention” policy. Trump officials have admitted to using the misery of detention to pressure people to give up their legal cases and “self-deport.” Vance can’t run from that record. (from HuffPost) 07.01.26-CRAZY BASTARD-After the Supreme Court upheld the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump and MAGA lost it. Trump threatened to get Congress to end the guarantee, which it can’t do, and he lamely claimed it was a “WIN” for China: The sheer haplessness of his response hinted at how disoriented the ruling left him. But MAGA exploded: One personality called on the masses to “use whatever force is necessary” to repel “invaders,” a clear threat of violence. Another one, flagged by Media Matters, accused the liberal justices of wanting to “burn the country to the ground” and suggested “men of action” must stop them, also a dark, veiled threat. And Stephen Miller absurdly described the ruling as “national self-obliteration,” which would seem to justify anything in response. We talked to Raul Pinto, deputy legal director of the American Immigration Council. We discuss why the ruling was too close for comfort, how that’s inviting MAGA to wage a longer war to overturn birthright citizenship, how that might unfold, and why there’s cause for cautious optimism about what’s next. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here. (from The New Republic) 06.30.26-FAILED FAIR FOLLY-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) led a chorus of Democratic lawmakers roasting Trump on Monday over the reportedly sparse crowds that have so far attended the Great American State Fair, which was supposed to be one of the centerpieces of the president’s celebrations marking America’s 250th anniversary. MeidasTouch Network reporter Pablo Manríquez asked lawmakers on Capitol Hill why they thought “nobody is showing up” to the festivities on the National Mall, which have been widely mocked. Ocasio-Cortez didn’t hesitate. “I mean, he ― we all know he clears a room, right? So, it’s not news that we’re breaking there,” she zinged. rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) said she was “not surprised at all.” “Nobody wants to be associated with the most corrupt president in American history, who has absolutely destroyed this country as he’s enriched himself and his family,” she added. “So, it was hilarious and pretty sad to see Fox with the empty background behind them trying to tout this as some sort of success.” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) called it “pretty embarrassing out there.” He said, “Donald Trump tried to turn America’s 250th anniversary into his own personal birthday party, and American people rejected that. We’re celebrating America, celebrating 250 years of this incredible democracy; we’re not celebrating Trump.” (from HuffPost) 06.29.26-CHILDREN PLAYING DANGEROUS GROWN-UP GAMES-This weekend’s escalating tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran, which threaten the already fragile agreement to halt hostilities, prompted a scathing rebuke of Trump from The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board on Sunday. The publication’s board, which has been a persistent thorn in Trump’s side throughout his second term, questioned the value of the U.S. memorandum of understanding with Iran, writing: “The best selling point for President Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran was that at least it opened the Strait of Hormuz. Well, now the regime is trying to nullify those terms by using force against commercial vessels, Gulf states and U.S. bases. All of this violates the deal and calls into question why Mr. Trump signed it.” The editorial then flipped one of Trump’s own recent criticisms back on him. After Trump complained on Saturday following Iranian attacks that it was “very possible” Iran’s leaders “will never learn,” the Journal asked: “Or is it U.S. decision makers who never learn?” It slammed Vice President JD Vance for appearing to portray Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leadership as “transformed” and ready to “turn over a new leaf,” calling those currently in power in Tehran “the same terrorist regime, and this is the Battle of Hormuz that Mr. Trump thought he had ducked. (from HuffPost) 06.28.26-PERNICIOUS PERSONAL PLEASURES-Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony, bragged about his success, ignored the problems, claimed his enemies had sabotaged him, and finally stationed troops around the landmark he had turned into a swamp, represents the Trump administration perfectly. Trump has redirected taxpayer money from national parks around the country to his own projects, leaving the parks unable to make needed repairs or hire staff. Expected funding for more than 900 Park Service projects never arrived—including $424,000 to replace a guardrail on the edge of a cliff in Colorado’s Gunnison National Park that National Park Service employees identified as “a significant safety hazard for visitors.” For some parks, nearly 70% of approved funds have been pulled back. (excerpts from Heather Cox Richardson) 06.27.26-FORCED FICTION-The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved a new required reading list for more than 5 million K-12 public schools that includes stories from the Bible. The list will affect every grade level. Elementary students will be required to read picture-book versions of “David and Goliath” and “Daniel and the Lion’s Den.” Middle school students must read passages from the Sermon on the Mount from the Bible’s New Testament, while high schoolers must read about Adam and Eve and the parable of the prodigal son. The changes will impact 5.5 million public school students in the religiously diverse state, according to enrollment data for the 2024-25 school year. The reading list, which received preliminary approval in April, drew criticism from parents and educators who decried the infusion of religion in public school curriculum. Critics of the list, including religious freedom groups and other faith groups, argued it centers Christianity in public school instruction, raising concerns about the separation of church and state enshrined in the Constitution. (from MSNOW) 06.26.26-THE RICH ALWAYS GET RICHER-In case you missed it, Elon Musk was recently declared the world’s first trillionaire. Musk now holds more wealth than the bottom 46% of the world population, at a time when ordinary people are struggling to get by. When one person can amass $1 trillion, something is deeply wrong. It’s a clear sign of a rigged political and economic system that is designed to benefit the ultra-wealthy few, while everyone else pays the price. Billionaires—and now the first ever trillionaire—didn’t earn this wealth in isolation. It was built through public infrastructure, public research, and workers’ labor. Too often, those same workers are underpaid while corporations benefit from tax systems shaped to protect extreme wealth. We don’t need trillionaires or billionaires. We need thriving communities where people can afford necessities like food, health care, and housing. And it all begins with fixing our broken tax system. (from Daily Kos) 06.25.26-AT ANY COST-Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile It Even Shocks GOPers. As Trump’s demands for voter suppression get so absurd that even Republicans balk, the author of a piece on his narcissism explains how he’s royally screwing them in the midterms—and himself, to boot. Trump was all set to sign a bill passed by Congress that’s designed to reduce housing costs for the American people. But an angry Trump abruptly canceled the signing and blurted out a demand that Republicans pass voter suppression legislation instead. This surprised Trump’s own advisers and shocked Republicans in Congress. Why? They apparently couldn’t fathom that he’d so openly prioritize disenfranchising voters over helping Americans overcome their economic travails. We talked about all of it with Salon’s Amanda Marcotte, author of a new piece identifying Trump’s narcissism as the through line for many of his recent follies. We discuss how Trump’s pathological self-regard led right to this moment, why this voter suppression effort would likely backfire on Trump if it were to pass, and what’s likely to come next as Republicans seek to flatter their way out of this latest impasse. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here. (from The New Republic) 06.24.26-TO TRUMP, THIS IS A SPORT_To exist as a sentient American in the age of Trump is to live in a perpetual cringe — morally, aesthetically, intellectually, politically. If the administration were a play or film script, it would be neither farce nor tragedy but instead a kind of absurdist travesty, “Waiting for Godot” meets “Pulp Fiction” meets “Dumb and Dumber.” However much we may disdain him, the president has the rest of us on the hook, as the face and voice of a country that ought to know better. Trump’s angry visage draped between the exterior columns of the Department of Justice? That’s us. His gilded, meretricious redecoration of the White House? That’s us. His repeatedly avowed admiration for Vladimir Putin? That’s us. His laughable claim about having achieved regime change in Tehran? That’s us. His Mafia-like threats against NATO allies? That’s us. His indescribably vain (and pathetically fruitless) effort to affix his name to the Kennedy Center? That’s us. His venal family profiting off his presidency in ways both transparent and tacky? That’s us. (from The New York Times) 06.23.26-SO JEALOUS OF OBAMA-Trump somehow managed to work his favorite scapegoat into an unhinged rant about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday after a reporter pressed him on the cost. When asked why Trump claimed in April that the renovations would cost only $1 million and be completed in a week, the president gave an answer that befuddled critics on social media. “In April, you showed us pictures of what you were going to do when you said you had a guy who was going to do it in a week for about a million dollars,” CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe asked Trump. “Okay. Ready. Barack Hussein Obama, have you ever heard of him?” Trump asked. “Yeah,” O’Keefe responded. “He spent two years and over $100 million on trying to fix it. You know what happened to it? Never even opened,” Trump said. “He took the water for the river, you know about that, right? It turned out to be putrid and it destroyed the whole thing. Spent over 100 million, him and Biden together spent $147 million. You know what happened? Never opened. You don’t mention that, right?” Trump ranted for nearly two minutes, throwing out figures with no evidence to back them. His claims that Obama and Biden spent $147 million on Reflecting Pool renovations had no basis in reality, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Obama’s two-year renovation of the monument ended in 2012 and cost about $34 million, per AP. The Biden administration did not conduct any major work on the Reflecting Pool. (from HuffPost) 06.22.26-DON THE DESTROYER-Trump’s war with Iran is making it clear this presidency could have much worse long-term consequences than we expected. Yet Trump is spending his nights indulging his crazed obsessions. In one early morning tirade, he raged about “fools” who criticize his Iran fiasco, calling them “bad people” and “stupid.” In another, he fulminated at length about his ballroom. He’s posting updates on the gilding of statues and images of himself on international magazine covers. The gap between the gravity of the moment on one side and his trivial megalomania on the other is jarring. We talked to economist Paul Krugman, who has been writing really well on his Substack about both sides of this divide. He goes big picture, detailing the signs that we’re a country in decline, why other countries are looking toward a post-American world, and why it’s shocking that we put up with his worsening megalomania and nonstop desecration of our republic. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.(from The New Republic) 06.21.26-PRETTY CLEAR THAT TRUMP'S PLAN SUCKS Obama's 2015 Deal (JCPOA) Obama's 2015 Deal (JCPOA)
06.19.26-THE REFLECTING POOL IS A REFLECTION OF TRUMP'S IDIOCY- -Trump’s reflecting pool woes are growing. Days after the water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green from algae, the recently applied blue paint is now peeling off the bottom of the pool. Meanwhile, the current algae bloom in the pool is the biggest amount recorded in the month of June in at least five years, according to The Washington Post. The president personally requested “American flag blue” paint in his $14 million renovation of the pool, which didn’t go through a required bidding process and was instead awarded to a company with no federal contracting experience who is overcharging the government. Any outdoor pool of untreated water is prone to growing algae, and crews were seen Tuesday dumping hydrogen peroxide into the water in a hasty attempt to kill the aquatic plant. There’s one problem with that: Hydrogen peroxide also serves as a paint remover. So in trying to (ineffectively) kill the algae, Trump also ruined his new paint job and created a potential hazard to local birds such as ducks. (from The New Republic) 06.18.26-PLEASE, PLEASE BE RIGHT-Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville doubled down on his prediction that Donald Trump will walk away from the presidency by Easter 2027 and dismissed claims that he was just being provocative with his comments by explaining exactly why he believes it will be the case. “People said, ‘Oh, that’s very clever, you got a lot of pick up. You know, you like to say kinda crazy ass things,’” Carville said on Wednesday’s edition of his “Politics War Room” podcast, referring to critics’ response to his comments on how Trump will respond to the GOP losing control of both the House and the Senate in the 2026 midterms. “I want to be very clear on something,” he continued. “I’m not doing this as a crazy ass prediction, I’m doing that because I genuinely think that he will resign next spring.” Carville talked about what he argued was Trump’s “rate of decline,” both physically and mentally. Also, the former strategist for President Bill Clinton said, “I have experience that not a lot of people have. I know what it’s like to lose a massive, off-year election. We did in 1994. It’s so monumental, it’s so massive, it hurts so deep, you just can’t imagine it. The entire world around him is going to change after November of this year.” (from HuffPost) 06.17.26-NO SURPRISES HERE:
06.16.26-IF ONLY!-A new campaign ad from Democratic New York congressional candidate George Conway sparked a visceral response from the White House on Monday. In the ad, Conway promises that if elected, he will work to impeachTrump and put him “away for good.” “The only thing your name is gonna be left on when I’m done with you is the orange jumpsuit you’re gonna have to wear in prison,” Conway said in the ad. “And you see that building back there? That’s where we’re gonna hold your third and final impeachment trial, the one that’s gonna put you away for good.” (from HuffPost) Click for older news of MAGA MAYHEM Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more June 27, 2026Heather Cox Richardson Jun 28 READ IN APP Observers are noting that the reflecting pool fiasco, in which Trump created the idea there was an emergency, ignored experts, bypassed normal procedures to give a wildly inflated contract to a crony, bragged about his success, ignored the problems, claimed his enemies had sabotaged him, and finally stationed troops around the landmark he had turned into a swamp, represents the Trump administration perfectly. |
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This man is Evil, Disgusting, Lying, Hypocritical, Inhumane, Narcissistic, Childlike, Vulgar, Egotistic, Greedy, a Lunatic, Vain, Deranged, Naïve, Mean-Spirited, Petulant, a Bully, Churlish, Clueless, Buffoonish, Arrogant, Foolish, Repugnant, Misogynistic, Xenophobic, Self-aggrandizing, Vile, a Con-artist, and, his favorite word "nasty."
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