National Republicans
You Have to Stand Up…or Lose
The war’s started. Ron DeSantis flew to Iowa – taking off the gloves Trump tweeted: “Very small crowds for Rod DeSanctimonious. He’s against farmers, Social Security and Medicare, so why would people show up – other than fake stories from the Fake News!” Say what you will about Trump he’s a fighter. And, so far,…
Read MoreRetribution
On stage, standing at a podium, staring at a battalion of supporters, Trump purred, ‘I am your retribution.’ He then mocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, taking retribution, promised more retribution, ‘I will totally obliterate the deep state.’ No one asked why he didn’t do that when he was sitting in the Oval Office. Ron DeSantis…
Read MoreJekyll and Hyde
“I hate him” – Trump – “passionately.” Put yourself in Donald Trump’s shoes: Did he feel betrayed when he read Tucker Carlson’s saying ‘I hate him’? He’d helped Carlson. Carlson had cheered him. Then Dominion sued Fox News and Carlson’s text message telling coworkers he hated Trump landed in a courtroom. On election night three…
Read MoreA Political Dance…
A young girl walking to a grocery store at night was raped at knife point; pregnant, back in the 1960s, she went to get an illegal abortion, stared at a blood-stained table, left – gave birth to her daughter, put her up for adoption. Nineteen years later the daughter – Rebecca Kiessling – met her…
Read MoreA Trial
Suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, to prove Fox knew Trump’s claims ‘the election was stolen’ weren’t true, Dominion Voting Systems released Fox TV stars’ emails and text messages. Tucker Carlson texted Laura Ingraham: “Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It’s insane.” Ingraham responded: “Sidney is a complete nut. No one…
Read MoreLost Souls
When George Washington was twelve years old his father died; he caught smallpox at nineteen, recovered; leading the Continental Army endured Valley Forge, suffered defeats, won Yorktown, after the Revolution refused to be made King. Abraham Lincoln lost his mother when he was nine; poor, as a boy he worked, handed money he earned to…
Read MoreA New Constitution?
One of the truly worst ideas in the history of American politics is a convention of the states to rewrite the Constitution. One of the truly worst people in the history of American politics, Rick Santorum, was in Raleigh this week pushing the idea. When Santorum represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from 1995 to 2007,…
Read MoreThree Internet Banshees – Knives Out
Trump read a story about Ron DeSantis, tore into the New York Post on the internet for what he called ‘a puff piece,’ took a breath, added, ‘DeSantis is a RINO…getting clobbered in the polls by me,’ took another breath, shrugged, ‘I don’t read the Post anymore. It’s fake news, just like Fox & WSJ!’…
Read MoreThe Proud Boys and Trump
The lawyer for five Proud Boys on trial for storming the Capitol on January 6 said in the courtroom: “Donald Trump called on patriots to stop the steal. We’re calling on Donald Trump to take the stand.” Watching Trump sitting on the witness stand glaring at prosecutors, answering questions, would be entertaining – and if…
Read MoreFox News, Fake News
They knew it was a lie. They knew Biden won and Trump lost. But they told the lie anyway, nightly and relentlessly. The Fox News crowd – Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham – knew that Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and their crazy conspiracy claims were a crock. They emailed each other…
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