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- The “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” is the, stupidest, most imbecilic, most telling political statement Trump has ever made.
- It’s not easy making the Harris campaign appear seamless, but one of the graces is a pair of candidates who easily roll with the situation. They know what they want to say; not what the audience wants to hear. And they do it happily and with conviction (not convictions).
- In the 1970s, it was Vietnamese refugees. In the ‘80s, it was the people who fled the Castro regime. The ‘90s: Ethiopians. In the ‘00s, the people fleeing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan we started. Xenophobic rumors about refugees are not new.
- Dems need to loudly respond to Trump’s idiotic tariff as a consumer tax plan to raise prices, constantly noting that the last time he fought a trade war, he spent tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for impacted US industries and STILL the trade deficit went up nearly 20% before the pandemic. It was bad policy then; it’s bad policy now.
- We know Trump’s words cause violence, but it’s shocking how effective he is. Trump repeatedly called the Covid virus xenophobic names like “Kung Flu” and the “China virus” during his last year in office, leading to a 150% increase in racially-motivated attacks against people of Asian heritage in the US in 2020 alone. That is not what American leaders do.
- Trump assassination-ish attempt won’t have an impact on the polls for two reasons: First, Trump’s polling ceiling is already set; he’s not going to get a sympathy boost. Second, Americans are now inured to gun violence; almost gun violence means nothing.
- If anyone–anyone–says “both Parties are the same,” remind them that when Russia hacked DNC emails, Donald Trump read them at rallies. When Iran gave the DNC the Trump campaign emails, they called the FBI. They. Are. Not. The. Same.
- Mark Robinson sure doesn’t seem like a trans Haitian Bud Light drinker, does he? But he sure does act like what Republicans think one does: blaspheming God and telling everyone else how to live their lives, so everyone should be scared of them. The projection is becoming trite.
- Don’t confuse promises with policy. Trump makes promises–cutting energy bills in half, eliminating the deficit, slashing grocery prices, introducing a health care plan that would treat more people for more things for less money–but his actual, stated policies come down only two things: increasing US energy production (which is already at historical highs) and tariffs (which will increase prices). Harris has policies to help voters–house buying credits, support for entrepreneurs, social services for those suffering–including detailed plans.
- Eric eats the glue Junior sniffs.
- Funny how Congressional Republicans are whining about another potential attempt on Trump’s life, but they’re not asking about how mentally unstable people get their hands on high-powered rifles–specifically, white male Republican mentally unstable people. Y’know: the Base.
- The term anti-patriot is my latest term to identify MAGA: their fervor isn’t for the country; it’s for the candidate. Their views of America, and Americans, are one of hatred and loathing. Contrary to celebrating the American “melting pot” of diversity–a lasagna is probably a more apt food metaphor–they demand everyone be Kraft American slices in plastic. Their homogeneous vision of America is simply contrary to reality.
- Sure, it’s savage, but props to whoever [wink, wink] executed the exploding pager/walkie-talkie operation in the Middle East.
- It’s amazing how Melania Trump releases her only memoir months after AI becomes commercially functional. Why hire a ghostwriter when ChatGPT can do it for you? “Prompt: make an intellectual argument for nude modeling.”
- If I’m buying donuts for myself, the coffee-and-two-donut deal doesn’t work for me. I must buy three: a glazed/iced, a jelly- or cream-filled, and a cake. There must be balance. And I will never understand people who order two of the same donut.
- I seriously thought Trump was going to blurt out, “… but I let my daughter, my favorite, my best, Ivanka marry one of you” during his addresses to Jewish groups yesterday. It would not have been out of character, and it would not have made the news.
- Baking is therapy for me. The cookies help, too.
