Part of what’s bringing down the Trump presidency is his people’s remarkable inability to tell lies that are even remotely credible to the American people. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed beef prices are rising because of immigrants bringing diseased cattle …
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Worst Press Secretary?
Karoline Leavitt is a terrible person, but let’s be fair: she’s not incompetent; in fact, she’s very good at what she does. She was hired by a sociopathic criminal / professional liar to tell lies to the press. And these …
California Driver’s License
A reader asks: So does that mean US truckers need to know French for (Eastern) Canada and Spanish for Mexico? What about Europe? Do truck drivers going from Portugal to Poland need to know five languages? Who’s better qualified to …
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Turning America into a War Zone
As part of our modern lives, most Americans have been able to visit our nation’s major cities. We’ve been to places like Chicago, Los Angeles, and even much smaller Portland, Oregon–urban areas that the Trump administration has targeted with federal …
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Is Trump on His Way Out?
Re: the cartoon here, a reader notes: The tide is slowly starting to turn against Trump. But I’m not holding my breath. It can spring back any minute. Trying to imagine a mechanism by which this “springing back” can happen, …
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Teaching Patriotism? Really?
I’m happy to report that during my K-12 years (1960 – 1973), I never heard a teacher mention anything that could be construed as “patriotic.” For example, we learned U.S. history, but it was not twisted to imply that the …
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Until Recently, Dividing the Nation Worked Very Well for Trump
The irony here is that all Trump wanted was absolute power. Dividing the nation between educated/kind people and hateful morons was just a means to that end. And, until recently, it appeared to be working. Then came the shutting of …
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Trump Wants to “Reduce Prices by 1500%”
We all learned percentages in 6th grade (+/-), so we know that if you reduce a certain number by 100%, you have zero. It makes no sense to say that you’re going to reduce the price of a certain drug …
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Has the Fever Broken?
Many Americans are starting to feel like the lady whose observations we see at left. Exactly how this moves forward from here is anyone’s guess. Maybe the Democrats gain a huge majority in Congress in 2026 and then impeach and …
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Does Trump Have Dementia? Let’s Consider this for a Moment
Psychologists have been saying that Trump has some sort of mental disorders for many years. But let’s rely on our own powers of observation for a moment. Does he really seem any more mentally/emotionally disturbed today than when he came …
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