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Ugly
Democrats naturally are enjoying watching Trump, MAGA and congressional Republicans tear each other apart over the Epstein files. It’s ugly. But what’s truly ugly is the Big Ugly Bill that Trump rammed through Congress and nearly every Republican rubber-stamped. It is the most disastrous, most dangerous and most immoral legislation passed by Congress in more…
Read MoreAn Uphill Climb
I read Gary’s column about Roy Cooper – I’ve only met Roy a couple of times but, even though we disagreed on issues, he was always polite, courteous. And that’s rare in politics these days. Trump unending Senator Thom Tillis came as a shock – most folks figured Tillis would work out a deal with…
Read MoreThe Pilgrim – Part 1
Seven years old, in 1933, waking up in a strange bed, staring into the semidarkness, he thought he was in Grand Central Railroad Station in New York. He wasn’t. He was in a hospital in his hometown near the border of Wales. He’d never set foot in New York City. Turning his head he saw…
Read MoreMAGA World
Let’s talk about the MAGA world. Trump tells a Republican Congressman ‘Vote for this’ and even though the Congressman thinks it’s a bad bill he votes the way Trump wants. How did Trump get that kind of power? Let’s take a look at North Carolina: We have 10 Republican Congressmen, all elected in ruby-red Republican…
Read MoreTrump Disasters
While deadly floods hit Texas and North Carolina, Trump is gutting the National Weather Service, gutting FEMA and aggravating climate change, which causes more calamitous storms. He golfs while Americans drown. A headline in the Guardian said, “Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn.” Talking about the Texas disaster…
Read MoreNever Boring…
You see a lot of strutting, and the truth can fly out the window in the blink of an eye, but the one thing you have to say about politics is…it’s never boring. Ole Thom Tillis sat in the Senate happy until the day Trump posted on Truth Social ‘he’s got to go’ – so…
Read MorePaying a Price
I’ve sat through a lot of poll briefings over the years and gotten a lot of surprises. But two polls last week – one on CNN, another on Fox – surprised me more than most: Both said most people opposed bombing Iran’s nuclear sites. Now who on earth would want to let Iran have a…
Read MoreWho Can You Believe?
It’s hard to get your arms around what’s going on these days – one thing pops up, a contradiction pops up, and it leaves you befuddled. Trump said we ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear sites. That sounded good. Better than good. The ayatollah wouldn’t get his hands on a nuclear bomb. But in the blink of an…
Read MoreStrange Times…
MAGA Queen Marjorie Taylor Greene whacked Trump for bombing Iran – what she posted next was odder: She said John F. Kennedy was assassinated because he’d opposed Israel’s ‘nuclear program.’ J. D. Vance, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio all said we’re not after ‘regime change’ in Iran – Trump said, Why not regime change? Trump announced…
Read MoreTrump’s F-Bomb
On the White House lawn Tuesday, Trump told reporters that Iran and Israel “don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.” Rather than repeat the word, The New York Times decorously referred to his “expletive-laced remarks.” BBC did it this way: “Trump said neither side ‘knows what … they’re doing’ – unusually using an expletive while…
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