King Trump - Part 2
That about summarizes the past week. Keep reading if you’d like more specifics. On Tuesday Donald Trump posted an AI-generated music video about his solution...
King Trump - Part 1
(There’s simply been too much breaking news to keep up with but I want to start getting stories out so I’m breaking this into chunks until I’m caught up.) On...
Mitt Romney on the Moral Cowardice of the Republican Party
Heard any news lately? I’m a bit behind on my latest update as I’m trying to pare down the SIXTY breaking stories I have bookmarked to include in the next...
The First Week
On this day in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The technical cause was...
A Dictator for a Day
Convicted felon Donald Trump once addressed concerns that he wanted to be a dictator by saying he would only be a dictator for the first day of his second...
A Convicted Felon Walks Into the White House...
He’s the president. After an extreme number of successful delays, Donald Trump has been sentenced in the NY criminal case regarding the fraudulent accounting...
January 6th
Today in a joint Congressional session mandated by the Constitution, American leaders met to tally the electoral college votes. An archaic throwback to a...
Liz Dye on Trump's nominees
I owe you all an update and I have one in progress with my thoughts on the election, but I just came across this video and wanted to share it.Liz Dye is a...
This is Going to Get Worse Part 3
Minutes after I sent my last newsletter, Pam Bondi was announced as Attorney General nominee after Matt Gaetz withdrew due to attention on his sex...
This is Going to Get Worse Part 2
LAST MINUTE EDIT: Life has been hectic and there has been a lot of breaking news while I’ve been updating this. Most notably, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from...
This is Going to Get Worse
We are one week post-election and have already seen a flood of news. With several cabinet positions announced with various degrees of evil and incompetence,...
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
The very first weekend of Donald Trump's presidency he followed through on one of his most racist pledges - banning Muslims from entering the United States....
Just Stop Talking About That
Shortly after voting Trump was asked how he voted on Florida’s abortion ban. He told the reporter, “just stop talking about that.” I cannot think of a...
German American Bund Rally Night Two at Madison Square Garden
I was all ready to publish and had a knockout (at least to me) title: “Pas de Guerre en la France!” And then Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally happened....
Dance Dance Insurrection
I’ve been involved in politics for over 30 years now. There have been numerous firsts with Donald Trump but this weekend brought us the strangest political...
Our Criminal President
There’s an absurdity in US politics at the moment. We are largely viewing this election through the lens of normalcy. There is plenty of blame to go around,...
So What?
Per a new filing by special counsel Jack Smith, “So what?” was Trump’s response to being told Mike Pence had been moved to a secure location because his life...
Yesterday Was a Hell of a Week
We had a flood of political news this week. In the five days since my last newsletter, I’ve made two dozen notes of stories to talk about. This is not...
The Short Leap Between Racist Lies and Terrorism
There has been a potential second assassination attempt against Donald Trump. The only shots were fired by the Secret Service and the gunman was apprehended...
Concepts of a Newsletter
I’m usually meticulous about linking to sources, but I’m only going to cover the debate today and everything here is taken from my own notes. In a...
Et tu, Cheney!
In my rare conversations with Trump supporters, they are incapable of realizing that he poses an existential threat to democracy in the United States. There...
And We're Back...
Welcome to my first newsletter! For those not in the know, I’ve been writing extensively about Donald Trump and politics for 9 years now, largely in a blog...