The News Lately
Let’s take a look at what’s been in the news.
On X, a Trump post included a photo of a billboard with his picture on it beside five words: Trump was right about EVERYTHING.
DHHS Secretary Bobby Kennedy issued a report telling us how to improve our healthcare – but there was a problem: The report was based on studies that didn’t exist. One doctor, a professor, author of one of the studies, said she didn’t write it.
President Trump swatted Taylor Swift again – which seemed natural, she’d supported Kamala Harris; but then he called the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo a ‘sleazebag’ – which seemed odd. Leo had helped Trump pick Supreme Court judges.
A neighbor told me honeybees were all but extinct – then a truck loaded with beehives rolling down a highway in Oregon crashed into a ditch – and I read 250 million honeybees escaped. 250 million sounds a long way from extinct.
Trump remodeled the Oval Office – standing beside him, staring up at the ceiling, Elon Musk said he loved the new gold filigree. Smiling, Trump handed Musk a gold key. Six days later on social media Trump and Musk spent the day punching each other like a pair of juveniles.
Trump’s ‘always right,’ deceptions, insults, gold filigree, juveniles. The news was bleak. But there was a ray of light: A 700-pound boulder rolling down a hill in Alaska pinned a hiker to the ground, lying in the bed of a shallow creek. Hours later, a helicopter rescued him. He stood up and walked away unharmed – a kind of miracle.
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Telling stories, in his memoir Carter Wrenn follows The Trail of the Serpent twisting and turning through politics from Reagan to Trump. Order his book from Amazon.
The News Lately
Let’s take a look at what’s been in the news.
On X, a Trump post included a photo of a billboard with his picture on it beside five words: Trump was right about EVERYTHING.
DHHS Secretary Bobby Kennedy issued a report telling us how to improve our healthcare – but there was a problem: The report was based on studies that didn’t exist. One doctor, a professor, author of one of the studies, said she didn’t write it.
President Trump swatted Taylor Swift again – which seemed natural, she’d supported Kamala Harris; but then he called the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo a ‘sleazebag’ – which seemed odd. Leo had helped Trump pick Supreme Court judges.
A neighbor told me honeybees were all but extinct – then a truck loaded with beehives rolling down a highway in Oregon crashed into a ditch – and I read 250 million honeybees escaped. 250 million sounds a long way from extinct.
Trump remodeled the Oval Office – standing beside him, staring up at the ceiling, Elon Musk said he loved the new gold filigree. Smiling, Trump handed Musk a gold key. Six days later on social media Trump and Musk spent the day punching each other like a pair of juveniles.
Trump’s ‘always right,’ deceptions, insults, gold filigree, juveniles. The news was bleak. But there was a ray of light: A 700-pound boulder rolling down a hill in Alaska pinned a hiker to the ground, lying in the bed of a shallow creek. Hours later, a helicopter rescued him. He stood up and walked away unharmed – a kind of miracle.
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Telling stories, in his memoir Carter Wrenn follows The Trail of the Serpent twisting and turning through politics from Reagan to Trump. Order his book from Amazon.