Do not take a drink every time Trump lies during tonight’s “stolen election” speech. Alcohol poisoning is real, your liver is innocent, and you may not survive the introduction. Open bar, closed facts.

Trump promised to build the wall. He finally did—around the White House. The proposed permanent fencing around Lafayette Park turns “the People’s House” into a fortress, leaving Americans on one side of the bars and their president on the other.

Disaster relief is not Trump’s personal favor to reward flattering governors and punish political enemies. The AP found an 80% approval rate for Republican governors versus roughly 60% for Democrats, with decisions now averaging six weeks. Americans are suffering while he tends to his grievances.

Trump’s explanation of CHIPS Act: companies supposedly had to search for transgender people to run chip factories. Reality: it funded American semiconductor manufacturing, research and supply-chain security. When facts get complicated, he inserts “transgender” and hopes the audience stops thinking.

WEAPONIZED INDIFFERENCE - Some forms of prejudice don’t arrive wearing white robes or shouting slogans. They arrive dressed as weaponized indifference—the quiet decision that protecting the symbols of freedom is more important than protecting the freedoms those symbols represent.

America turns 250, so naturally Trump gets his face stamped on a dollar coin. Nothing celebrates liberty like replacing LIBERTY with presidential branding. It isn’t patriotism—it’s a personality cult with a gift shop.

The predicted “Mamdani crime apocalypse” never arrived. Through mid-July, major crime is down about 6.5%, with murders, robberies, burglaries, auto thefts, and retail theft all declining. The NYPD still faces real institutional problems, but facts should count for more than political fear-mongering.

Hegseth is reducing military readiness to locker-room biology. Combat command, deployments, medals and expertise apparently matter less than a hormone test. Perhaps the Pentagon should first screen its secretary of defense for judgment, competence and basic maturity.

Renaming a public airport after Trump was supposed to be a tribute. Instead, angry travelers threatened to boycott it and fly through Miami, Fort Lauderdale—or anywhere else. You can put his name in gold letters, but you cannot force people through the doors.

There is no 300 yard gash in the Reflecting Pool, despite Trump’s claims

One of the greatest casualties of the “Fake News” era wasn’t the media—it was our shared confidence in truth itself. When every warning is dismissed as fake, truth, election integrity, the rule of law, corruption, and democracy all become easier to ignore. #PoliticalCartoon

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When yesterday’s warnings become today’s applause, it’s worth asking whether the change came from conviction—or convenience. Sometimes a person’s most prophetic words are the ones they later abandon.

Stuck Pig - The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. The judgments stand. No amount of shouting changes the docket. Eventually, the bill comes due.

Political courage is rarely tested when it is popular or convenient. It is tested when there is a personal cost to standing by your principles. It is a cautionary tale about ambition, loyalty, and what can happen when the pursuit of influence eclipses the ideals that once defined a public life.

Words and symbols help hold a nation together. They represent shared values, history, and ideals that belong to all Americans—not just one political movement. When those symbols become so politicized that millions of people instinctively see division instead of unity, we’ve lost something important.