It will not matter if Trump engaged in sexual relations with minors at Epstein’s place. Trump is worshipped by his hardcore. They will either disbelieve it, or excuse it. They will not care that he abused girls or women. They ignored his confessions on the Access Hollywood tape.

Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

While listening to a legal podcast today, I realized that during the Biden administration, I rarely if ever found myself swearing at a podcast. But in a Trump administration, the destruction of the Department of justice, the Rule of Law & the loss of the Constitution lead me to swear mightily.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social - Finished your book - Sirens Call - last month. Realized one way my wife & I had been working to extend our uninterrupted attention span was to watch movies - at a movie theater. You cannot pause it to look up an actor on IMDB. And you best not use your phone at all.

Fox is the one who reported today that Trump just brought in Andrew Bailey to take his job so Kash can get kicked to Ambassador to Some Place We Never Heard Of, so it seems like Senate Dems are the least of his problems.

When a President blatantly violates the Constitution, and Congress does not act to stop it, and the Supreme Court overrules the lower courts and allows the illegal acts to continue, our government is no longer a constitutional federal republic. We are now under an authoritarian dictatorship.

Just finished reading "Careless People - A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. It is about Facebook, where she was a director of global public policy. A good read; seems consistent with what we have heard & suspected about the inner workings of FB.

Evil & Stupid - the defining characteristics of this administration. One example: An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

I never served, so my opinion is just as an outsider. But this seems unnecessarily cruel. Which is typical of this administration. Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

People used to wonder how Trump had managed to drive his Casinos into bankruptcy. Seeing his management style and lack of skill at hiring good people, it is no longer a mystery. Trump Is Removing I.R.S. Chief 2 Months After He Was Confirmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

We are witnessing the rise of an authoritarian. Fully supported by the spineless members of his party and administration. This is not good. When Trump Changes His Mind, Republicans Find a Way to Fall in Line www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

Ted Cruz is a hypocritical arse-kissing Trumpublican. Not even Texas deserves someone as awful as him. Cruz Criticizes Hochul for Wearing Head Scarf at Slain Officer’s Funeral www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n...

Hate to be so negative , but

Trumpublican Politicians again demonstrate that they are spineless. Fascism moves on. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

Since DEI is now almost criminal, how about bias training? The goal being to make a person more aware of their unconscious biases, so that – being a good person at heart – they make decisions on housing, employment, etc. without letting their biases both conscious & unconscious control.

I am an American, born and raised. I am humiliated to have this individual as our POTUS - and I am angered by the stupidity of those who voted for him without caring enough to educate themselves about Project 2025 and the nitty gritty details of his plans. #WeThePeople #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

Great, we now have a man in the Oval Office who is both evil by nature AND senile. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

Anyone else notice that when it comes to job creation, Donald Trump does a really good job – in creating work for lawyers.

This is a winner in multiple categories: • how stupid can he get? • you’ve got to be kidding me! • what else can he FUBAR? • he can shaft his voters, too • Biden wins he can try to erase • ways to shaft the nation www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...

Need an example of corruption? e-noticies.cat/en/people/su...

How long will I have to wait before including this stop in a road trip?

Why do we have a Senate when the majority has given all its power to this POTUS? Couldn’t we save money by firing all the GOP Senators, save 1, who holds the proxies for the others. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

Have any Trump voters begun to realize that his whole campaign was based on lies? Just curious.

I think I’ve figured out why DonOld dislikes USAID so much. The aid that USAID gives is labeled “From the American People.” When the State Department gives aid from now on, I’m betting the bags of grain will be labeled: “From President Donald J. Trump.”

A new acronym for the old demented one in the Oval Office, now being controlled by Elon Muck. Instead of POTUS, try PINO = President In Name Only. (Credit to Dan N.)

Attacking the press is standard procedure for authoritarian dictators. And for Musk & DonOld. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

DonOld's prime immigrant hater is Stephen Miller, who grew up in southern California. What motivates Miller? I'm guessing that when he was 8 or 10 years old he got in a fight with other 8 or 10 year olds who beat him up, humiliated him, and who happened to be hispanic.

So entertaining seeing a country led by a grifting, thin-skinned, vengeful, petty tyrant who is incapable of ever admitting he makes mistakes. Except when it’s the country you’ve lived in all your life, as have your ancestors for the past 200+ years.

I'm so sick of these thugs claiming DonOld has a Mandate to change things. He got (77,284,118 votes) 49.8% of the popular vote. Harris got 48.3%. In 2020 Biden got 81,284,666 votes. Voter Turnout was 63.9%. However you look at it, it was not a mandate - an authoritative command or instruction.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do a Google or Bing or DuckDuckGo search for a product and have a filter to exclude Amazon from the results. (Bezos is already too rich & powerful.)

Trump insures plenty of work for lawyers. Suing the federal government for firings of IGs & staff attorneys that violate civil service laws. Suing for unlawfully ending various environmental programs, etc. Too bad he doesn’t do anything to help the people.

Since Bezos kissed up to DonOld, I’ve dropped our Washington Post subscription, stopped following it here & elsewhere & have muted it here.

DonOld’s older brother Fred had a serious drinking problem. That is one reason DonOld is a non-drinker. If his Fox-Noise SecDef shows up drunk in public he may be given the boot.

When a satirical bill is seen as serious, and news organizations don’t catch on. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Consistent with teachings of Christ, she asked for mercy for the powerless. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

So, if each of DonOld’s nominees must affirm his lies about his loss to Biden, that kind of guarantees that they will never stand up to him when he asks them to commit questionably illegal acts, doesn’t it?

So DonOld is sworn in, and the U.S. suffers a serious cold spell, as in “Hell Freezes Over”

To all Democratic voters who did not vote for Kamala Harris - You are responsible for the mobster in chief. The man who has pardoned the January 6th mob. Who is set on destroying the climate. Who will set the military on patrol within the nation. Shame on you. You knew better.

Anyone who criticizes Biden for the pardons he gave his family members is living in a make-believe world where DonOld is a sane man expected to operate within norms. DonOld is not sane and has never operated within the norms and rarely within the law.

I’m boycotting Meta sites for a week or two, so I’ll be here more often.

Watching 1954’s highest grossing movie tonight - White Christmas. Isn’t Christmas time without it.

I do not support political violence, but not surprised when it occurs. When people are hurt by corrupt lenders & financial “wizards” selling crap, when insurers randomly deny valid claims, & when people have no recourse, they may end up turning to violence. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened more.

Would a brilliant businessman spend over $40,000,000,000 to buy an online company with a well-known name, & then change the name to his favorite letter? Would he let it turn into a sewer full of conspiracies & lies, & wonder why it was losing audience & advertisers? Being obscenely rich ≠ smart

With immunity from criminal prosecution, plus the unrestricted pardon power, all DonOld has to do is keep 35 Trumpublican Senators happy or afraid, and he can do anything he wants. Anything. No matter how bad. And given his temperament & record that can be very, very, very bad.

To survive to January 2029, I hope to read more fiction, more history, more nonfiction, and less politics, less news, and no more books about the wannabe dictator. And do more physical things, maybe refinish some furniture, take longer bike rides.

I really wish media, pundits, & politicians would stop treating the incoming administration is if it were a normal administration. Biden would not need to have pardoned Hunter or anyone else if it were. It’s not. DonOld is an unrestrained lying, evil, narcissistic, wannabe dictator.