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“TORTIOUS INTEFERENCE” INDEED
Trump’s crew of treasonous half wits is still more erudite than he is. Trump’s latest broadside against The New York Times–does he not appreciate all that they have done for him?–makes a preposterous accusation of “tortious interference,” a legal term … Continue reading
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IS SHARI REDSTONE BREAKING THE LAW?
by capitulating to Trump’s shakedown scheme concerning utterly baseless accusations against “60 Minutes”? Yup, it sure looks like it. Somehow Trump has no objection to Fox Propaganda’s aggressive manipulation and cherry-picked editing of his disastrous ravings to the press. But … Continue reading
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NO IFS, ANDS & BUTS
Trump is following Hitler’s play book. I’m watching the 1989 miniseries “The Nightmare Years,” based on William Shirer’s book “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It recount the progress of Nazism as witnessed by journalist Shirer, a foreign correspondant … Continue reading
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TRUMP KEEPS BEZOS ON A VERY SHORT LEASH
and Bezos, happy to degrade himself further, turns tricks whenever his Master commands.
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BESSANT SOUNDS LIKE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RECITING A MEMORIZED EXTRACT
in elementary school in 1910. It’s not only his lying, his faithful stumping for anything perversely disincentive to survival that Trump proposes–it’s the weirdness of Bessant and everyone around Trump, hand picked by him to make himself seem normal.
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WHY AREN’T THE DEMS HIGHLIGHTING TRUMP ASLEEP AT THE VATICAN?
Again, Dems, as Lisa Whitker says, keep going for those capillaries. And Sen. Schumer, how quickly do you think Trump will toss into the shredder the “strong letter” you wrote him about his fascist plan to imprison judges?
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OLIGARCHS SEEM TO LOSE THEIR MINDS: LOOK AT BILL ACKMAN
They are so blinded by greed and megalomania that they become judgment-impaired even when it concerns their own financial interests. It apparently never occurred to Ackman that Trump would go through with his tariff threats. But Ackman has been going … Continue reading
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ATLANTA BALLET CELEBRATES ROBERT BARNETT’S FIRST CENTURY
On May 6, Barnett turns 100. On May 10, there’s a champagne toast to him following an AB matinee. On. May 11, there’s a a party from 11:00 a.m. to 1:oo p.m.
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TRUMP NEEDS TO BE IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
that contains assisted living and memory units. Trump was determined to clear out of the Vatican immediately, so determined was he to return to Florida to play more golf. His suit, his demeanor, his panoply of gauchisms were an embarrassment … Continue reading
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ARE THE DEMOCRATS EVER GOING TO ACT?
Yes, another “red line has been crossed,” with Trump’s fascist White House beginning to arrest judges who won’t condone its illegality. When are the Democrats going to wage a commensurate, proportionate response? There are no excuses anymore. There haven’t been for … Continue reading
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