From this article on Trump and his insurrection: As former President Donald Trump weighs announcing a potential 2024 presidential run this fall — which would be his third run for president in as many election cycles — a constitutional law …
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CNN: The Truth About 2020 May Not Stop a Trump Resurgence
“May” is a word (used in this article) that doesn’t hold much certainty. Of course, almost nothing is certain in our world today. But do you know what makes a Trump resurgence extremely unlikely? A long prison term, for seditious …
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Trump Explains That He Needs To Regain the White House to Avoid Criminal Prosecution
From Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes Obviously Trump understands this; he’s not an idiot. But is this a valid reason to vote for a U.S. president? Our boy …
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Congressional Republicans Growing Cross with Trump and His Monumental Selfishness
Here’s an article entitled: ‘He’s making everything all about him’: Republicans furious Trump is disrupting their plans. It begins: According to a report from the Guardian’s Ed Pilkington, Republican leaders are begging Donald Trump to put aside his complaints that the …
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Following Cult Leaders Brings Pain
Young people may not get the meme here. In any case, it’s about belief in a conman to one’s great detriment. Cult leader Jim Jones died with his followers in 1978. By contrast, Trump supporters won’t die because of their …
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The Dallas Morning News: Beto O’Rourke Calls for a United Texas To Oust Governor Greg Abbott
Here’s a good reason why neither you nor I could make it in politics: Neither of us would have the chutzpa to call for a “united Texas” in the year 2022. There is nothing about Texas that is remotely unitable. …
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Devolution of the Republican Party
Clever. In all fairness, the GOP in Lincoln’s and T. Roosevelt’s time was the mirror image of what it came to be in the 1930s. Setting that aside, the devolution that we’ve seen since Eisenhower has been as remarkable as …
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Recipes Du Jour Have Political Meaning
A friend sent me the recipes shown here, which reminded me of a conversation I used to have with my arch-conservative mom. She’s a very well-educated and well-read woman, a Bryn Mawr grad and gracious, refined country clubber, hailing from …
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Ralph Nadar Is a Fine and Extremely Intelligent Person, But He Gets This Wrong
Needless to say, Ralph Nadar is far closer to the action in Washington than I’ll ever be, but I have to say that I disagree, for the reason expressed in the chart below. Democrats tend not to do things like …
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Patriotism
A reader sent me this and notes, “My kind of patriotism.” Thanks, but I’m more impressed with those who stand up against attempts to overthrow the U.S. government and obliterating rule of law.
