Imagine what a Trump Funeral would look like. After all, Trump turned America into a funeral home with 400,000+ deaths. Except for a birthday call early in his tenure, President Donald Trump's only interaction with the past presidents was at the funeral for one of them, George H.W. Bush. By the end...
Yesterday I was so depressed. Could not figure out why. Vet came and sat out on the patio and said, “You know, I am depressed really bad”. I shook my head and said, “Not a good sign you know if we both are”. I felt like a cloud was hanging...
I took a day to think about the death of radio personality Rush Limbaugh. My immediate thoughts were snark-provoking. Although Limbaugh spent over 30 years mining the cavernous depths of cruelty, I wanted to suppress the urge to welcome the death of his brand of political divisiveness—but who am I...
In strikingly optimistic prose, Anand Giridharadas gets the insurrection on the Capitol correct. It is the funeral for white supremacy. Funeral for white supremacy x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Lawrence O'Donnell examined an article that Anand Giridharadas wrote in “The.Ink,” his newsletter, titled “We are falling on our face...
This is why we’ll have a new POTUS in three weeks, x So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus,...
Yesterday I put up a quick post addressing Judge Barrett and “originalists” that got a lot of traffic. Unlike my normal pattern, I have neither read nor responded to the multitude of comments (I promise as time allows I will at least read them all). Because that is so much...
x Crowd in North Carolina chants: “FILL THAT SEAT!” pic.twitter.com/RuOI6vpK9u— Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 19, 2020 Are you angry yet? I hope so. We must block the republicans from stealing the election with a packed court. I think we need to get even more voters out...
Like the Trump administration, four years of missed appointments and scheduling problems. Also there’s a film Trump has blocked for four years. Trump needs to rearm or he won’t win. You shouldn’t worry about the alligator that eats your limbs, worry about the one that eats the boat. x The...
Tributes from everywhere are pouring in on the death of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights giant and the last of the speakers at the 1963 March on Washington. John Lewis: Former presidents join tributes to civil rights icon Even the White House acknowledged him: Rep. John Lewis was an...
Darn that BLM Plaza. Trump wanted a Space Force, when unlike an army in outer space, on this planet, it’s not about force in the urban space of protest and speech rights. In the 12 days of protest since the killing of George Floyd. the decline of paramilitary force in confronting protests has actually...
I just received this e-mail from former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. It’s the full transcript of his speech today in Philadelphia, PA: x YouTube Video “I can’t breathe.” “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd’s last words. But they didn’t die with him. They’re still being heard. They’re echoing across...
I have written a little sporadically over the past few weeks, which is not my norm. I love to read but writing gives me pleasure. It has been my dream to build a following of readers and thinkers who would look forward to my printed thoughts and perspectives, not only...
went up this evening at The Washington Post. It is on the website titled George Conway: Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here’s why he reacts with such rage. It begins like this: Americans died from covid-19 at the rate of about one every 42 seconds during the past...
More Trump lies in ABC interview, but he wants the ratings, because it’s Mourning in America. “There'll be more death, that the virus will pass, with or without a vaccine. And I think we're doing very well on the vaccines but, with or without a vaccine, it's going to pass,...
Trump is tweeting after midnight, irritated that those “never-Trumpers” at the Lincoln Project made another video attacking him. This video has had 2.4 million views in less than one day and pissed off Trump. Retweet it far and wide. pic.twitter.com/i7qu4eth8E — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1257532110971318274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Brian Klaas @brianklaas...
Refinery29 has a great piece out today emphasizing why it’s important for Democrats to win the U.S. Senate along with winning the White House. Author Sophie Hayssen makes the case that there are eight seats that not only could be flipped but also increase the number of women in Congress:...
Twenty four hours before the hearse was to arrive to bring the body of Civil Rights icon and leader Rep. Cummings to the Capitol, there was a riot by ridiculous republicans storming a hearing. The family of Elijah Cummings is in mourning. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attending her brother’s funeral. Democrats...
Happy Monday! Here’s a bracing dose of schadenfreude to perk you up as you start your workweek. Right-wing troll asshole fuckface shit-for-brains intestinal fluke gutter weasel provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is whinging like a champ over his sinking fortunes. And it’s beautiful to behold. Vice News: The former Breitbart tech writer shared...
I am a Black man, over sixty years old, who grew up in Washington, D.C without my biological parents. When I was 11 years old, I was in the 5th grade and attended an elementary school located in the southeastern quadrant of the city. I was lucky; I had some...
The Fake President Fake Condolence Tour is scheduled to make a stop in El Paso tomorrow, but the city’s residents aren’t having it. They’ve been signing onto an online letter to Trump telling him, in no uncertain terms, to stay the fuck out. Written by the Border Network For Human Rights, the...
He was born as Alexandros Vapheides near Piraeus in Greece in October 1934, meaning he was about 11 ½ years older than me. Until I read obituaries today I did not know that name. To me he was always Geronda, Greek for Elder. His monastic name was Archimandrite Aimilianos. I...
photo: Students protesting gun violence at the White House, February 19, 2018Photo credit: Lorie Shaull from Washington, United States • CC BY-SA 2.0 In memory of the victims and in solidarity with survivors of gun violence, Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Mike H, Janis, Dan, Dr Bill, Kimberly, Bryan,...
Julia Reinstein from Buzz Feed posted this for all of us that couldn’t be there. Thanks, Julia. x Giulianna Lamanna is protesting to “honor the eleven people who were lost to hatred, and to send a message to Trump, who has fanned the flames of hate and is partially responsible...
“Gunmen dressed as women stormed Iran's parliament building on Wednesday while a suicide bomber targeted a shrine to the Islamic republic's founder in deadly twin attacks that were claimed by ISIS. At least 12 people were killed and 42 wounded, state media reported, citing the head of Iran's emergency department...
