This is my last weekly commentary on the Trump presidency. (I will do one more piece for the book down the road: an epilogue tying up some Trumpian loose ends.) I can hear the cheers coming back at me… Continue Reading →

  It’s finally happening. In the wake of the Pro-Trump riots in Washington, D.C., last week, Republican lawmakers and luminaries are determining that maintaining support for Donald Trump is more costly to their careers, financial well-being, and country club standing… Continue Reading →

  The Insurrection of January 6 On January 6, 2021, an event occurred in the nation’s capital that — forgive the well-worn cliché — will go down in infamy. I won’t write a treatise about it here because multiple books… Continue Reading →

  I was moved this week to reprise a bit from Dana Carvey’s 1995 stand-up comedy special, Critics’ Choice, in which he roasted the popular false conspiracy theory of the day: that the iconic National Football League veteran O.J. Simpson… Continue Reading →

  When Did My Christian Friend Start Hanging out Online With Sociopaths? When did my sweet, compassionate evangelical Christian friend become a conspiracy-theory-believing, white-supremacy-sympathizing, pandemic-denying mask opponent, callously willing to allow thousands of post-born Americans to die needlessly because she… Continue Reading →

  (I Know) I’m Losing You The bitter truth: “Today was a before-and-after moment in the life of the nation. One hundred [twenty-]six members of Congress broke faith with American democracy today. They did something the fascists, the Nazis, the… Continue Reading →

  There’s no way around it: If you still support Donald Trump in 2020, you support the following: — Massive needless pandemic death — Psychological torture of thousands of innocent migrant children — Systematic subversion of American democracy, inducing violence… Continue Reading →

  New 12-Step Group [NEW MEMBER:] “Hi. My name’s Donald, and I’m a loser.” [GROUP:] “Hi, Donald.” Also, “Keep comin’ back”; “One day at a time”; “Let go and let God”; and “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” “[Donald… Continue Reading →

  I have two things to discuss today. 1) Article Title First, let me address this week’s article title, “We Give Thanks: Mass Homicide Voted out – Integrity, Competence, Compassion In.” The latter phrase needs no explanation. Regarding the “Mass… Continue Reading →

  Outside of my spouse, the number of family members with whom it’s safe to talk politics has just dropped to zero. I’m sad about this. Like Sons to Me I have 20-something nephews who are like sons to me…. Continue Reading →

  2020 Election Truisms #2) Joe Biden is the duly elected, legitimate president-elect. He will be inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021. #3) Donald Trump has successfully created another lie that won’t die: “The stolen election.” Trump and GOP enablers are endangering… Continue Reading →

  Election Day has dragged into Election Week. A half-dozen or so battleground states still are counting their mail-in ballots because those Republican state legislatures refused to consider requests to allow the counting to begin a day or three before… Continue Reading →

  — 228,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths, half due to corruption and incompetence * — 5,400 migrant children caged away from their parents for months in a strange land ** Trump supporters still holding on are either grossly, willfully disinformed or… Continue Reading →

  “Most Important Election of …” Yada, Yada Many people have been decrying the overuse of the declarative noun-phrase “most important election of our lifetime.” They think it’s like word inflation: it doesn’t mean (or buy) what it used to…. Continue Reading →

  You know, I’m really undecided about this election. They say it’s the most important election of our lifetimes. But I’m just not sure. So I did some reading and some talking to a smart friend. Here’s what I found… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ The U.S. — with the greatest health expertise in the world — accounts for 4.2% of Earth’s population, 21% of world COVID-19 deaths. You do the math. The president literally is allowing Americans to die needlessly. His malfeasance has… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ There was a presidential debate this week, a once-in-a-lifetime rhetorical event. I won’t go into detail because historians and pundits are flooding the airwaves already. Let me just say, the word “logorrhea” underwent a 56,000% increase in lookups on… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ I used to say MAGA was “like” a cult. Now I say it clearly “is” a cult. Trump is the leader, with the brainwashing skills of Manson, Jones, and the rest of the best. I used to say Donald… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ It’s bad enough I have to fight with Trump Republicans: brainwashed MAGA cult members for whom absolutely nothing matters. I’ve also encountered a group of “true progressive” babies who want to boycott Joe Biden and blow it all up… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ We already know Donald is corrupt to the core. We already know he’s a liar, a traitorous cheat. We already know he holds deep contempt for the military and he’s a serial sexual pig. Now with Bob Woodward’s new… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ [FACT]: Virtually all racists support Donald Trump over Joe Biden. I’m not saying President Trump is a racist. Draw your own conclusion. Now consider Donald’s “pro-life” people who want to repeal Roe v. Wade at the expense of everything… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ In unguarded conversations released this week, President Trump’s older sister, former federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, exposed him to the world for what he is: a cruel, ignorant grifter. This revelation would end any other politician’s career. Donald’s response?… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ The Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday released the long-awaited last installment of its report on Russian involvement in corrupting the 2016 presidential election. The committee is majority-controlled by Trump Republicans. The report blows Trump World’s mendacious mantra of “No collusion”… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ A Trump supporter opined that latte liberals like me might think she’s great, but Donald will “tear apart Kamala Harris.” I did go through a brief latte phase, but my coffee drink has been a working-class red eye for… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ The biggest story of the Trump presidency continues to be his responsibility for a conservatively estimated half — equaling 79,134 to date — of all U.S. coronavirus deaths. Note that the U.S. accounts for 4.3% of Earth’s population but… Continue Reading →

~SUMMARY~ Donald has allowed a conservatively estimated 75,358 unnecessary pandemic deaths to date. He’s separated thousands of migrant young children from their parents, locking them up in squalor, causing lifelong-lasting trauma. There is no estimating how many Puerto Rican lives… Continue Reading →