My Journal

Capitol Building behind a fence

Barbarians at the Capitol Fence

When retiring Army General Mark Milley referred to Donald Trump as a “Wannabe dictator” in response to the former president suggesting he might deserve execution ...
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Donald Trump Mugshot

All Becomes Clear

As Agatha Christie’s famous fictional detective, Hercule Poirot, liked to say, “in time, all will become clear.” Well, in case we still had any doubts, ...
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A protester waving a flag that says "He'll be back 2024"

Trump’s GOP Challengers are a Joke!

It’s now clear that Republican voters will not give up on their hero, Donald Trump, under any circumstances, no matter how vile his behavior, no ...
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Trump pointing his finger up in air

Throwing Sh*t at the Wall

The 98-page Georgia indictment against Donald Trump and his eighteen co-conspirators—no less worth the read than the 45-page January 6th indictment brought by federal prosecutor ...
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Trump

A Conspiracy to Defraud America

How fitting that the first of four charges included in the January 6 indictment against Donald Trump be “Conspiracy to Defraud the United States Government.” ...
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Jason Aldean (“Try That in a Small Town”)

As Washington Post columnist Paul Weldon correctly put it last week, “Aldean’s latest single, “Try That in a Small Town” — is an exercise in ...
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Presidential Election Take Back America 2024

A New Crop of Republican Lackies

Yeah, there’s no question we need to take America back!  Among Trump’s many challengers for the Republican presidential nomination are numerous fresh faces, but upon ...
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In God we Trump

I’m Being Indicted for You

Former President Trump tells more lies than there are stars in heaven, but he’s once again outdoing himself when it comes to explaining why he ...
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Trump mid sentence

The Dustbin of History

The details of Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified documents won’t be fully known until the trial, but we do know the former president is ...
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Abraham Lincoln

A House Divided Risks Default

It’s possible the country has avoided the debt ceiling crisis once again, but the disturbing episode has served as another reminder that ours is a ...
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Haves and Have Nots

Jordan Neely, a homeless young Black man apparently suffering from mental illness, was put in a chokehold and killed by Daniel Penny, a white 24-year-old ...
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Trump Balloon

You Are What You Eat!

I acknowledge that Tucker Carlson—recently fired from Fox “News” and about to surface only God knows where—no doubt has many fans who are well-educated and ...
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Governor Abbott

MAGA Republicans vs. the Majority

The MAGA Republicans continue to assault the will of the majority, along with the rule of law, whenever the opportunity presents itself.  Tennessee’s Republican state ...
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MAGAs Can’t Handle the Truth

MAGAs not only don’t care if they’re blatantly lied to (e.g., Trump, Fox “News,” QAnon conspiracy theories), they WANT to be lied to and even ...
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Two Birds

Liars of a Feather

Is this humble spirit the only one who sees the disturbing similarities between Alex Murdaugh and Donald Trump?  Never mind their peculiarly similar hair, they’re ...
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Coming Off the Rails

The environmental disaster in East Palestine, OH presents an obvious metaphor for our society coming off the rails, crashing and burning while we fail to ...
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Fox News

Desperate Pandering

Like many others, I’ve previously vented about the primetime hosts at Fox “News” and their flagrant pandering to the MAGA universe, creating a poisonous cycle ...
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Trump Biden Street Signs

Normal or Crazy?

According to Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders in her official Republican rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress, “The dividing line ...
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You Ain’t Supposed to Be Here

Sadly, there’s no denying that a significant portion of white America, especially those with a “MAGA” mentality, don’t want Black Americans in this country, plain ...
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The Killing of Tyre Nichols

The behavior exhibited by the Memphis “Scorpion Unit” makes this humble spirit’s head spin, along with my stomach, in ways I didn’t know it could.  ...
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