Below is a compilation of quotes from a few of our country’s top military leaders on the character of Donald Trump. Yet the fact that they are uniformly unflattering, to put it kindly, seems to make little difference to the …
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Trump’s Lies
Former college basketball star and math teacher extraordinaire Joe Turk (shown at left) offers “13 of his ‘major’ lies and we’re not even two months in. The tale of the $50 million – no, make it $100 million – in …
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Many Present-Day Trump Supporters Will Soon See the Light, But Certainly Not All
I’ve written that many, but not all, Trump supporters will eventually see the light and realize that their leader has become a dictator, and that’s not part of the American way. The words at left are what I’m referring to. …
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Japan and Ocean Current Energy
Until about 15 years ago, before the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) associated with solar and wind began to plummet, the world had high hopes for the renewable energy technologies collectively known as hydrokinetics, i.e., extracting the kinetic energy out …
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Betraying Ukraine and NATO
Below we have the words of American singer/songwriter James Taylor, in which he expresses his disgust for his country’s stabbing Ukraine and NATO in the back. A sickening moment, to be sure.
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The Changing Politics of Trump Supporters
At left we see the driving force behind the pullback of Trump supporters. A full one-third of voters in the poorest, reddest states are on Medicaid. Yes, that’s a lot of ignorance, but it’s also a lot of outrage when …
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Optimism in America
Given the developments here in the United States whereby Trump and Musk are destroying the federal government while shifting support from Ukraine/NATO to Russia, it’s understandable that Americans are terrified that their country has become a dictatorship. That said, most …
A Better Idea Than Taxing the Rich?
No, destabilizing our government’s capacity to protect Americans’ health and safety is not a good thing. This is a coup.
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Modest Optimism Re: Trump/Musk
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes: Friends, If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. A groundswell of opposition is growing …
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Travel Expert Rick Steves Beats Cancer, Makes Comment on Trump
Rick Steves writes: Update on my Medical Travels: I’m Cancer Free! PSA 55 to PSA 0.09 to PSA <0.03…Yes! If you know prostate cancer, you know the happy story of those numbers — and the relief of hearing my surgeon …
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