The Washington Post reports that the U.S. military attacked a small vessel off the Venezuelan coast last Sept. 2, shattering the boat and killing nine of the 11 men aboard. A camera-equipped drone spotted the two survivors hanging onto what was left of the boat, so the military launched a…
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Danger: Trump is Panicking
Trump is losing now. Losing, losing, losing, one round after another. And that could be dangerous. More about dangerous later, but first consider what has happened to him just since this month began. On Nov. 4, Democrats clobbered Republicans in elections across America, up and down the ballot, red and…
Charlotte Proves What a Loser Trump Is
Charlotte, North Carolina, is a peaceful, rapidly growing city of more than 960,000 souls. Her population is diverse: approximately 60 percent are white, 22 percent Black, 11 percent Hispanic, 4 percent Asian, and 3 percent scattered among a wide array of others. It is a peaceful city, a great place to raise a family. But much of Charlotte’s growth has been spurred by…
Has Trump Peaked?
It’s beginning to appear that Donald Trump’s reign as king of America has peaked, and an unstoppable downslide has begun. Even before Jeffrey Epstein returned to the nation’s headlines, Trump was in trouble with the public. Elections across the country earlier this month proved that as Democrats clobbered Republicans at…
We Capitulated. What Now?
I wrote in this newsletter last Monday that “Senate Democrats have made it clear they will not vote for the continuing resolution unless the Republicans agreed to extend permanently the premium tax credits that support the Affordable Care Act markets.” But then they capitulated. Well, seven of them did, six…
Trump, McCarthy and the Reigns of Fear
I have said here before that I believe Donald Trump’s reign will end like Humpty Dumpty’s: suddenly, fiercely and irrevocably. I still believe that, but today I’d like to offer a better example, one from American history: U.S. Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy, Republican of Wisconsin. If you were alive in…
It’s Celebration Time!
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s here now. Tuesday’s election was a smashing. A stomping. A beautiful clobbering. The results amounted to a loud rebuke of Donald Trump’s first year back in office. As Robert Hubbell put in his Today’s Edition Newsletter, “On Tuesday, we passed the test…
Why Would Anyone Vote for Trump?
Why would anyone want Donald Trump to be our president, much less our dictator/king? Just consider the very recent stuff he has done. He has openly murdered at least 37 South Americans in nine strikes on boats that he suspects – he suspects! — were carrying drugs and gang members,…
Who’s Ready for Some More Good News?
With the constant onslaught of horrifying news pouring down on us every time we look around, it’s hard sometimes to remember that, despite it all, there are good people who are doing good things in our world. But there are. They do exist. And once in a while I like…
Join the Paperclip Resistance!
If you are wondering what you can do to express your solidarity with the resistance, here’s a simple thing everyone can do: Wear a paperclip on your lapel.Or on your shirt collar, T-shirt neckline, breast pocket, anywhere. Just wear one, please. This is not a new idea. I learned of it while reading Joyce Vance’s “Civil Discourse” newsletter on Substack…