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Lawyer, parent, avid reader. Madisonian believer. Born a Democrat, always a Democrat. "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
- Remember when Israel weaponized Hamas' beepers at the factory level in Europe. Trump is letting Qatar buy him a jet. Even if it's a Boeing, can it be secure from infiltration?
- Field and urban war have become so vicious and effective at killing men that those wars are soundly condemned. So that leaves just men's war with women.
- Israel, our ally, is at war with Gaza. Gazans still hold hostages and still fire munitions at Israel. Israel will not stop without return of the hostages and a full, unconditional surrender, just as the U.S. demanded of Germany and Japan. Urban war. Not genocide.
- Mixed feelings that the final decade or so of my life the nightly news will be covering the trials of MAGAs for treason, extortion, bribery, harassment, malfeasance, as well as civil damages for violations of civil rights, business interference, slander...etc etc
- Walmart's online pricing has gone weird. Floor fans, available anywhere for about $70. Walmart shows the price as about $300, but on sale at $50. You save $250!! Lots of items priced like this. What's going on?
- Weak minds always think what they think is right. Weak people always think they're doing the right thing. Strong minds are curious and ask questions and leave the door open to new facts.
- The Nation: "...consumer debt has reached an all-time high, with the average family owing over $100,000". Divorce lawyers know in many divorces the family has a shocking amount of credit card debt.
- From Erin Gloria Ryan:"...the Trump administration’s recent move to withdraw limits on PFAS allowed in industrial wastewater — and the other myriad rollbacks to clean air and water standards — (is)counterproductive to the natalist cause." Republicans, take with one hand, slap you with the other.
- I've used ActBlue and the Trump/Bondi attacks now feel personal. Yes, you can remind me of the Pastor Martin Niemöller poem.
- FAFO. Look what China did. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjrLXhXp/ I mean, we're talking about a country that produced Sun Tzu
- The Republican playbook is all about becoming more powerful by weakening everyone else.
- George Santos sentenced to 87 months is serious time. But remember, there is a district that thought he should be their representative to Congress. That's the scary part.
- The assets of these people being disappeared, their trucks and bank accounts and tools, who is taking them? Are there confiscators lining up civil forfeitures and working on commission? Homan and Miller and Trump could certainly think of that.
- The Trump Tribe doesn't want increased fertility among Alphas and Betas. They want Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, to do the hard, dirty, backbreaking labor that won't be filled by exploited immigrants under their regime. So, dismantle education, toxify water and soil, unhouse the poor,
- This scientist was thrown into a box by ICE. A person whose work could contribute to saving life because it ...“requires a unique set of skills because you have to both be able to work as an embryologist and do applied math, modeling, data analysis and bioinformatics — all in one package.”
- Some men see religion as a shield from harm. Some men feel religion is a mandate to do harm. Some men hold faith in their heart and extend a hand in acceptance and welcome.
- Long before Jon Stewart admitted that the s*** is getting real, I stopped listening to him. He was always a bombastic blowhard. The arrogant side of comedic political punditry needs an audience to be riled up constantly . Dose my comedy sarcasm content with a couple drops of humility at the least.
- Mike Johnson attributes Medicaid's soaring costs to young men who can but don't work. Having worked a health care fraud investigation I can say those in the best position to defraud Medicaid are the facilities owners, you know, like Sen. Rick Scott's company.
- So is Pam Bondi saying that Congressional Democrats are a shadow government and their opposition to Trump policies is treason? Bondi, "You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?"
- Two headlines help tell the tale of Republican corruption, one being Marjorie Taylor Green's well-timed stock purchases, and the other being the CIA director's missing Signal chat messages.
- AP headline: "What to know about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the alleged arson at his official residence". Alleged? The arrested man is the "alleged" arsonist (though now he's the admitted arsonist). But there's nothing "alleged" about the arson. C'mon AP, what's with the bullsh*t?
- You need a few genius scientists, engineers and mathematicians to design a smart phone. And a few thousand undereducated, underpaid grunts to assemble them. No one in the USA wants to be the grunt.
- Happy Passover, friends.
- It used to be that people came to Trump to make a deal, then a city, then a state, then a country, and now the world. His ego cannot be satisfied. This is what he lives for. It's all about the power trip, consequences be damned.
- Headline today: "REI apologizes and says endorsing Doug Burgum was a mistake". I haven't an ounce of respect for Trump supporters with buyers remorse. They're all quislings.
