Vance’s Defense of Iran Deal Rests on Vague and Misleading Claims www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u... This deal reminds me of the "Rope-a-Dope" strategy that Ali used in the 70's to defeat Foreman for the Heavyweight Championship. Absorb your foe's attacks then respond with a KO!!

Trump’s Freedom 250 Party Will Cost a Lot and Won’t Be Fun www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "...and a July 4 rally that the president is pitching as “the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all.” How ominous."

Trump’s Freedom 250 Party Will Cost a Lot and Won’t Be Fun www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "Mr. Trump has hijacked America’s milestone moment, turning what was meant to be a grand, unifying tribute to the entire nation into another chest-thumping, militarized, politicized spectacle all about him"

Iran Roared. Trump Blinked. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "Trump and Netanyahu inspired Iran to develop a weapon of mass disruption, a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which it can use anytime it feels too much pressure from the United States or Israel." THEY MADE NUKES UNNECESSARY!!

Iran Roared. Trump Blinked. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "After billions of dollars of bombs dropped on Iran, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner won from Tehran 60 days of toll-free passage through Hormuz." This whole affair realizes "Never-Trumpers" worse fear, a blunder into war!

Iran Roared. Trump Blinked. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "...Iran had Trump over a barrel, and... thoroughly...cleaned his clock,... Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, told Iranian state TV after the details were announced: “The agreement is a record of U.S. failure. People will see it and judge.”

Iran Roared. Trump Blinked. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... "...this preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran must have felt familiar to America’s real-estate mogul president. After all, it reads like a real-estate bankruptcy filing — an act of financial capitulation."

He Spent $558 Million. What a Waste. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/o... I find it ironic that if he had followed Ms. Cottle advice, he likely would have had performed better in the election. Such misplaced priorities!

Everybody Is a Loser in This Middle East War www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o... I can summarize my conclusions in two words that apply to them all: “You lost.” That includes us all!

A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o... This article shows the need for an end to gerrymandering and mid-decade redistricting. We need to demand non-partisan redistricting based on county and municipal boundaries

The Fluffernutter Theory of Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/o... As we confront the many dimensions of A.I., we need to"...seek, and value, the real, the original, the unique, the authentic." And remember that,"...A.I. is made in the image of man, but man is made in the image of God."

Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o... "With each passing month of his presidency, Donald Trump behaves more like America’s commander in thief than its commander in chief." How can any rational person support the GOP.

America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o... We must address "... the decimation of the federal bureaucracy, the destruction of much of the nation’s medical, scientific and public health infrastructure and the broad attack on...equality" to rebuild!

Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o... Trump's "...perversion of the American presidency is undermining the very alliance structure that won two world wars and the Cold War and generated one of history’s longest ages of peace and prosperity."

The Fire of Stupidity Cannot Be Contained www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/o... "...no coincidence that authoritarianism is... appealing to people at a time when... Liberal democracies are struggling to meet the needs of citizens, and entire generations have... no living memory of... totalitarian horrors"

Don’t Be Fooled. Trump’s Sweating the Midterms. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o... "Beneath all that bluster and makeup, he’s sweating." A splendid assessment of the "Orange Dude" as he is hurling, knowingly, toward a third much deserved impeachment!

Don’t Be Fooled. Trump’s Sweating the Midterms. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o... "Trump’s Great American State Fair... This isn’t a concert lineup. It’s a clearance rack. A musical yard sale... “The lounge act at the end of the Empire.” Such is metaphor for the irony that is MAGA!

He’s Entitled and Nepotistic. This Is Not What Democrats Need. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/o... He has “little traditional work experience...and now seems to be approaching this campaign as something of a cool side hustle." This..."doesn’t feel like what Americans are crying out for..."! SPOT ON!!

@deadlinewh.bsky.social Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton comes as no surprise given his affinity for criminal unethical and untruthful individuals

@deadlinewh.bsky.social I wonder what kind of cupcakes 🧁 Claire has on her shelf today?Which ever I'm sure they're delicious!

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o... "When Democrats eventually take control of Congress and the White House, top of their list should be banning partisan gerrymandering and mid-decade redistricting..."

This Redistricting Chaos Must End www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o... White Americans need to understand...When the Supreme Court...ended the Voting Rights Act’s ban on racial vote dilution", It described a practice of acceptable partisan gerrymandering which dilutes the power of every American.

Facts like this make me wonder how any rational person would continue to believe and support Trump. It boggles the mind and saddens the soul!

Trump Has Done More Than Misjudge Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o... "The Trump administration, however, has shown nothing but contempt for the patient work of building durable power based on consensus, preferring the blitzkrieg of violence." Noted here, the irony of MAGA, US DECLINE!!!

Why Neutral Maps Could Empower Black Voters as Much as the Voting Rights Act www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u... A race-neutral, nonpartisan redistricting process could create just as many House districts where the candidate preferred by nonwhite voters — usually a Democrat — would be favored to win.

Stop Looking for an Offramp in Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o... "The fixation on the exit strategy can signal a lack of resolve to the enemy; if America’s leadership is focused on getting out, our opponents can dig in their heels, AS IRAN IS DOING, and just wait us out."

The Damage of ‘Trump Math’ Is Adding Up www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o... "Authoritarians go after data. The president has already started." #1 Refute the truth#2 Fire truth tellers #3 Make stuff up. This anti-intellectualism must stop!

This Is Getting Dangerous www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/o... "...political reform will take the shape of a partisan project — a specific, party-driven gambit...(enacting)... a stronger, revitalized Voting Rights Act along with a national ban on partisan gerrymandering and mid-decade redistricting..."

China Is Much Weaker Than It Seems. That’s the Problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o... wise American policy... In a sentence, would be dovish on the terms of trade and hawkish on the defense of our allies. ... roughly the opposite of what the administration’s rhetoric and policies have been..."

NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o... "I understand why our NATO allies want to watch Trump and Netanyahu reap what they sowed. But these two awful leaders have sowed the wind — and we will all reap the whirlwind if Iran comes out of this stronger."

Your Decision Making Is All Wrong www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o... The key to decision making is to "...set a good-enough standard. Stop when it’s met. Save your cognitive resources for things that matter."

youtu.be/mxnwz-_vVkQ?... I have for the longest time wondered why anyone would support Donald Trump! Finally, a plausible explanation!!

youtu.be/3ylZVnlKPuk?... A "we told you so" moment explained! Makes one wonder why Trump's approval ratings are so HIGH!!!

A Democrat Who Makes Me Listen www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o... "Iran is operationally degraded, no doubt, but strategically stronger. And this president is thereby the first president in American history to single-handedly start and lose a war by himself."... A description of Trump's legacy!

Must be good 'cause there's only one piece left!😋

Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o... How has Iran’s regime lasted this long — two months — against the military might of Israel and America? The answer: Trump does not understand how much asymmetric warfare has reshaped geopolitics.

Don’t Underestimate the Fury of Democratic Voters www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o... “Republican policies are not improving people’s lives..We need to have the apparatus built to bring people in, help them, connect them with their neighbors and give them an answer about who is truly at fault.”

Meet the New Leader of the Free World www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/o... "...for the first time in my adult life, the moral and strategic heart of the defense of liberal democracy doesn’t beat in Washington. It doesn’t beat in London or Paris or Berlin or Ottawa, either. It’s in Kyiv,..."

This Is Not a Man in Control of Himself www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o... Trump is uniquely unsuited for tremendous power and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the American political system. Government isn't managed by a single figure, Our system rests on consensus and collaboration.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... "... messages: a palpable sense of desperation. In the rapid and angry response to the meme, one sensed a coalition beginning to crack, and in the message itself — unfiltered, offensive and unhinged — one sensed the instability of the man who disseminated it."

The ‘Terrible Intimacy’ of Black and White Americans Amid Slavery’s Horror www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/b... "They know full well that the people they abuse are human beings, and they do it anyway." Oftentimes they enslaved their own children!

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This article very accurately describes the un-enlightment that pervades the Trump administration and the MAGA mindset. Furthermore, the folly of decisions made "from the gut" or "as a businessman"! To describe MAGA (Trump) as unwise is charitable!!

The hypocrisy is unceasing!

"The Supreme Misleader" a phrase that so captures the president's pronouncements! How can we give credence to any of his utterances. Historians will wonder why anyone would!!

Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o... does not grow out of the barrel of a gun, cruelty is not the same as strength, and a politics built on such ideas promises ruin, delusion about the limits of our power and a betrayal of the promise of our founding

Trump Is Hiding the Truth About the War in Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o... early on we were warned that one of the dangers of a Trump presidency was him blundering into war. This is the culmination of that warning!

Why Minnesota Matters More Than Iran for America’s Future www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/o... the ICE invasion “happened to all of us. And then we redefined ‘us.’” How Minnesotans showed us the meaning of the great commandment "Love thy neighbor as thyself"!