Strange Times
I was sitting in my sixth-grade classroom, surrounded by boys and girls I grew up with, when the principal walked through the door and, voice somber, told us President Kennedy had just been shot. One boy – whose parents disliked Kennedy – clapped, cheering. It was goofy. Everyone in the room stared at him shocked.
The other day I went to a news website, read down the page, here’s what I saw:
Hunter Biden saying, “F— George Clooney.”
Trump suing the Wall Street Journal for $20 billion – that’s billion with a ‘b.’
Afraid of losing control of Congress, Republicans are redrawing congressional districts in Texas – so they will elect 5 more Republicans.
Not sure of our steadfastness as allies anymore, our old friends in Britain, France, and Germany are heading down a new road – so they can protect themselves, without us. For example, Germany’s rebuilding its army. Lord knows where that leads.
Congress passed a law making it illegal for American tech companies to support TikTok. But the Attorney General, Pam Bondi’s, telling American businesses they can ignore the law. Because Trump doesn’t like it.
Secretary Scott Bessent’s telling us tariffs aren’t taxes. Secretary Howard Lutnik’s telling us tariffs aren’t paid out of people’s pockets. That’s sketchy. At best.
Popular podcaster Candace Owens, a huge social media star with millions of followers, said on her podcast that French President Macron’s wife, Brigitte, is a man. Macron asked her to stop. Owens claimed his wife’s a man again. And again. Now we’ve got the president of France suing an American podcaster.
And a fake video showing Barack Obama getting arrested, handcuffed by three FBI agents is all over the internet.
The Attorney General telling people to ignore a law. A fake video flying across the internet. And a woman calling another woman a man. It’s goofy. But we live in strange times.
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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.
Strange Times
I was sitting in my sixth-grade classroom, surrounded by boys and girls I grew up with, when the principal walked through the door and, voice somber, told us President Kennedy had just been shot. One boy – whose parents disliked Kennedy – clapped, cheering. It was goofy. Everyone in the room stared at him shocked.
The other day I went to a news website, read down the page, here’s what I saw:
Hunter Biden saying, “F— George Clooney.”
Trump suing the Wall Street Journal for $20 billion – that’s billion with a ‘b.’
Afraid of losing control of Congress, Republicans are redrawing congressional districts in Texas – so they will elect 5 more Republicans.
Not sure of our steadfastness as allies anymore, our old friends in Britain, France, and Germany are heading down a new road – so they can protect themselves, without us. For example, Germany’s rebuilding its army. Lord knows where that leads.
Congress passed a law making it illegal for American tech companies to support TikTok. But the Attorney General, Pam Bondi’s, telling American businesses they can ignore the law. Because Trump doesn’t like it.
Secretary Scott Bessent’s telling us tariffs aren’t taxes. Secretary Howard Lutnik’s telling us tariffs aren’t paid out of people’s pockets. That’s sketchy. At best.
Popular podcaster Candace Owens, a huge social media star with millions of followers, said on her podcast that French President Macron’s wife, Brigitte, is a man. Macron asked her to stop. Owens claimed his wife’s a man again. And again. Now we’ve got the president of France suing an American podcaster.
And a fake video showing Barack Obama getting arrested, handcuffed by three FBI agents is all over the internet.
The Attorney General telling people to ignore a law. A fake video flying across the internet. And a woman calling another woman a man. It’s goofy. But we live in strange times.
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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.