We sometimes wonder why so few people are jumping from the Trump/MAGA ship. If you’re a congressional Republican, it’s that you know that abandoning Trump means losing your seat. For the huge majority of everyone else, it’s explained in the …
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Understanding American Voters
Let’s contrast the advice that Pythagoras gave us (at left) with the sensibilities of the MAGA/Trump people. The former suggests that we do our best to keep anger away from our decision-making. The latter wants to see Trump re-elected, specifically …
Trump’s “Virtues”
Below is a video from an ultra-right-wing fellow who favors Trump in 2024, based on the concept that Trump loves America, and all who oppose him hate our country. This is the type of infantile thinking that must prevail in …
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Trump, Trees, and American Stupidity in 2024
It could be said that what America is engaging in now is a giant test for what could be called our “boob appetite.” How much stupidity is too much when it comes to a presidential candidate? Is there, in fact, …
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Understanding the Media’s Coverage of Trump and Biden
At left is essentially what I believe about the media coverage of the presidential election campaign. When you think about it, the money associated with making this look like a tight contest is so large as to be virtually uncountable, …
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The Banana Republic That Is the United States
A reader notes: Trump is responsible for a ‘bloody insurrection’ (per John Boehner). The Republican former Speaker of the House blames Trump and his lies about election fraud for the January 6th riot at the Capitol, writing that the former President …
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American Values
It wouldn’t be hard to look at the photo below and conclude that all Americans are swine. Fortunately, as Trump and his supporters are about to find out in November, these hogs do not represent anywhere near the majority of …
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Words from Late-Night Comedian Steven Colbert
It’s been almost 30 years since O.J. Simpson went on trial for murder in one of the highest profile criminal cases in U.S. history. What’s about to happen here and now with the 91 felony counts against Donald Trump, however, …
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Why Invoking God in Politics Makes Sense
In response to the remarks of Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of our U.S. representatives, a reader writes, “Lol, God is “sending” an eclipse that we can predict hundreds of thousands of years in advance? So sad….” Yes, it’s sad, but …
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“An Attack on the Rule of Law”
From this: Federal judge calls out Trump for threats to judges and their families. Trump unleashed a fresh torrent of attacks against the New York judge overseeing his hush money trial this week — as well as against the judge’s …
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