www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n... Another MAGA hypocrite bites the dust. Stefanik transformed herself from a moderate R. to a fawning Trump/MAGA cheer girl. And like so many others, the thanks she got was to be cast aside and disrespected, which she richly deserved!

From his WH speech: “One year ago, our country was dead…Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world…Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure, inflation has stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our nation is strong…We are respected again, like we have never been respected before.”

The Administration has announced that it wants to disestablish NCAR. It claims, credulously, that it leads to “climate alarmism.” Talk about a short-sighted, stupid, and totally ideological decision; they are basically saying ‘if we don’t study climate change, then it’s not happening.’

Jack Smith walked into the House Judiciary Committee meeting today and laid out Trump’s crimes. Behind closed doors, he methodically reminded them why Trump was charged — and why no amount of revenge can erase the facts.

I should have added in my earlier post that, in savagely attacking the late Rob Reiner, the increasingly demented WH criminal once again made it ALL about himself. Classic malignant narcissism and further evidence of a sociopathic personality disorder.

The WH criminal made a vile & deranged statement about the murder of Rob Reiner. What he said is demonstrable evidence of a truly sick and demented narcissist with no sense of decency or impulse control. With any other Cabinet, it would be grounds to invoke the 25th amendment and remove him.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a powerful editorial statement.The question is: can the WH criminal be convinced to change course when he is so corrupt & cares only about power and wealth? The damage that he is doing to our alliances & to the world order is profound and may be irreparable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o... Friedman’s insight is correct about what motivates MAGA, though the WH criminal is too ignorant & intellectually diminished to understand the implications of his own policy. Ultimately, this “civilizational” approach is futile, and it could lead to another world war.

The WH criminal & his feckless sycophant, Pam Bondi, have failed for the THIRD time to indict NY AG Trish James. This is a deep embarrassment & total defeat for his campaign of retribution. Both the Comey & James cases were totally bogus to begin with.

Anne Applebaum writes in The Atlantic: “Witkoff and Kushner are not taking kickbacks on government contracts, as some Ukrainian officials are now accused of doing. The corruption they represent is more profound…”

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Paul Krugman has it exactly right. The WH criminal and his enablers HATE Europe and its progressive policies. Our alliance has brought us so many benefits. We must not let these extremists destroy it.

The Administration‘s new National Security Strategy is absurd. It can’t just be about business opportunities, but that’s ALL they seem to care about. Russia is hardly mentioned, despite Ukraine.The Russians want to destroy NATO & then go after other former Soviet states.

The new US National Security Strategy, released today, makes clear that all the WH criminal really cares about is the Western Hemisphere, where he is conducting extrajudicial killings. He appears prepared to abandon Europe & Ukraine. No wonder that Putin won’t compromise; he doesn’t need to.

The report on the drunk and incompetent Sec. Hegseth’s endangerment of US soldiers is damning. He refused to meet with the Inspector General or even share his cell phone, claiming that the investigation was “partisan.” Total bullshit and ample grounds to force his resignation.

Yes, but he rarely can keep his story straight, and he lies constantly. Just look how he has constantly changed his position on Ukraine. Everything is driven by his malignant narcissism and thirst for power.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u... Irony hardly captures it. The U.S. Institute of Peace,which the WH criminal tried to destroy by having its president and staff literally thrown on the street, has now been renamed FOR HIM! Someday soon that name will be removed from many buildings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c... Stupid.There is no future in fossil fuels, other than for the oil, gas, & coal industries. Remember, he demanded they contribute $1 billion to his campaign,and they eventually gave hundreds of millions. Like everything else he touches, this is a corrupt quid pro quo.

George Will goes on to state: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”

“This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans.”This from George Will, the conservative WaPo op-ed writer. When you’ve lost Will, you are in deep political trouble.

open.substack.com/pub/marygedd... Mary Geddry is a great writer, and she tells it like it is. We should all pay attention and NEVER accept or capitulate to this criminal kakistocracy.

open.substack.com/pub/clairebe... As I’ve previously said, Witkoff is working hard to sell the Ukrainians down the river. Here is a plausible explanation, backed by evidence, as to why. If his plan goes forward, it will make the Teapot Dome Scandal look like penny ante child’s play.

Northwestern Agrees to a Deal With Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u... This agreement is simply shameful. Outright financial extortion and ideological heavy-handedness. But peoples’ jobs & important research projects were in the balance.

open.substack.com/pub/therickw... His social media post last night demonstrated serious mental deterioration, which is rapidly getting worse. If only the Cabinet would have the backbone to invoke the 25th amendment, but sadly they do not.

The criminal in the WH posted a truly demented statement on social media overnight regarding immigrants and poor countries. His ignorance and bigotry were on full display. He is a sick, sick man, who should be removed from office.

As Applebaum writes about Witkoff selling Ukraine down the river: “He is prolonging the conflict..His call to Ushakov was not a normal negotiating tactic. Every time he intervenes, advocating for Putin’s positions, he encourages the Russians to think they can get Trump on their side & win the war.”

Naturally, the WH criminal and his inept Pentagon lackey, Hegseth, are using the shooting in Washington, which was apparently the work of a lone individual, as an excuse to deploy 500 additional troops in DC. Pointless and total political theater.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o... Everyone should read this Friedman column. It spells out why the WH criminal’s “peace” plan for Ukraine is a complete sellout & a total disgrace. Trump and his enablers will go down in history as the modern day Neville Chamberlin. Ukraine MUST reject the proposal!!

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... This article by Anne Applebaum offers a compelling analysis of why the new peace plan is a disaster for Ukraine and the West and must be rejected. It is the perfect prelude to a future war that could involve NATO.

Trump’s hard-sell Ukraine deal is realpolitik on steroids Ignatius identifies many reasons why Ukraine should not accept the Trump peace plan. There is another reason: the likelihood that there are secret US-Russian business deals, undoubtedly benefiting Trump. It’s a BAD deal; it MUST be rejected.

MTG has announced that she is resigning from Congress. Didn’t see that coming. Cracks are definitely showing in MAGA world, which is long overdue and definitely a good thing.

The U.S. plan for ending Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine is ill-conceived and a near-total capitulation to the war criminal, Vladimir Putin. Ukraine cannot and must not agree to it. Not only is it highly disadvantageous to them, but it is unlikely that Putin will honor it.

William Kristol, a former conservative Republican, wrote today: “We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats and sycophants happy to egg him on. And so we enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon.”

White House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘Piggy’ Karoline Leavitt, who is always prepared to lie and prevaricate on behalf of her fascist boss, tries to defend the indefensible. His comment was not “frank”; it was disgusting, sexist, and misogynistic. Full stop.

In response to the WH criminal’s threat to arrest & execute members of Congress who correctly stated that the military can & should refuse to carry out illegal orders: “Every American must unite & condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.”

C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h... It is a travesty that the nation’s health policy on important matters such as this are now driven by the extreme views of a crackpot former heroin addict who eats roadkill & has zero scientific background.

www.facebook.com/100003786380... This is an interesting and plausible analysis that is well worth reading. I still worry that they will find—or may already have found—ways to destroy or bury incriminating evidence.

Now that the WH criminal has signed the file release bill, the real danger is that there will (or may already) be an active effort to delete or destroy all evidence, including photos, that incriminates him.This would be the equivalent of the infamous “18 1/2 minute gap” in Nixon’s Oval Office tape.

There is now a growing suspicion that the WH criminal’s reversal on the Epstein files may just be a smokescreen. By ordering his lackey, AG Bondi, to investigate Democrats, they can seal the files and prevent their release, thereby thwarting the will of Congress. Stay tuned…

The criminal in the WH has suddenly reversed course on releasing the Epstein files. Why? Is he just caving to political realities (TACO), or is it possible that he ordered his lackey, Pam Bondi, to purge the file of all references to Epstein’s former “best friend”?

There now appears to be serious doubt whether the recent “Truth Social” post in which Trump appeared to justify pedophilia was real. It was re-posted widely, but it may have been doctored or fabricated. Much as I loathe the current president, I do not wish to be associated with misinformation.

Today, the immoral criminal in the WH actually posted these exact words: “All that stuff with Epstein was a long time ago!…Besides 14 is old enough to make your own decisions!!” FOURTEEN??? This appears to be a self-admission that pedophilia is okay. Resign or impeach & convict.

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Krugman tells the truth about the Heritage Foundation, which also was responsible for producing the Project 2025 that the criminal president claimed he knew nothing about but is now well on the way to implementing.

One question is how did Epstein go from a failed & fired prep school math teacher to a multimillionaire with his own private island & jet? Who bankrolled him? It may have been the Russians, who obtained copies of the incriminating videos that Epstein kept on all the VIPs who abused young girls.

Paul Krugman: “…the turn against Trump is a backlash against his attempts to gaslight the public about the true state of the economy…They’re just flat-out lies. Democrats should hammer those lies as proof that Trump is utterly dishonest…and completely out of touch with the reality of American life.”