Tag: history
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HONOR vs. SLEAZE
There are no words fit for public use that fully capture the character of “President Bone Spurs.” His latest comment on Robert Mueller’s death echoes his disgraceful insults toward a true hero, Sen. McCain, and others of integrity, like the Reiners. Trump’s pattern is consistent: diminish others, belittle achievement, and attack those whose service and…
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TAPA # 178 WHAT A DEAL…???
The attached Robert Reich article provides the detail behind my TAPA #176, “WHAT A DEAL.” The administration, led by “Hillbilly” JD Vance, is quick to cut or freeze funds that save lives while enabling those who profit from death and destruction. It is just one more example of the Trump administration’s irresponsible, devious, and self-serving behavior; filling their coffers…
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TAPA # 177 ‘NOBLESSE OBLIGE’
“Noblesse oblige”: with privilege comes responsibility, is an 1808 French phrase that mirrors Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much will be required.” It means that those with wealth and privilege, whose lives are largely removed from the daily struggle for life’s basics (food, clothing, and shelter) have a moral responsibility to help those who do struggle.…
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TAPA # 172 YOU TELL ME!
There has been so much coverage of Trump’s State of trump’s Union that there is little need to rebut every detail about the economy, immigration, food assistance, tariffs, foreign relations, and America’s global standing. It was fiction layered over grievance, what one senator aptly called the ranting of a “divisive demagogue.” How many repetitions of…
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TAPA # 170 FROM THE MOUTHS OF REPUBLICANS: IT IS A DUCK!
The following written by a Republican makes the case in TAPA 169! From the mouths of Republicans, listen we can be set free. Those Ducks just keep walking & talking. No denial now. VOTE!!! RESIST!!! & EDUCATE!!! April 2026 Issue The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem How did the GOP become a haven for slogans…
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TAPA 169 “THOSE DUCKS JUST KEEP WALKING & TALKING;
“A shameful disgrace” is how Donald Trump described the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating his tariff approach. The ruling did not say tariffs cannot be used; it said tariffs are taxes, meaning Trump’s tariffs amounted to one of the largest tax increases on Americans in history. Under the Constitution, taxes must be enacted by Congress. If…
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TAPA # 167 ‘DISGRACEFUL’
Richardson’s letter documents the McCarthy era’s long trail of lies, fear and ruined lives all for power and position. One detail she did not mention is that McCarthy’s chief counsel was Roy Cohn who, after McCarthy was exposed and discredited, went on to become Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Trump proved to be an attentive student…
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TAPA # 166 CALLOUS DISREGARD!!!
The historian Heather Cox Richardson’s February 7 letter, describing what is now happening to immigrants in America, is chillingly reminiscent of events in 1938, when Jews and other minorities were scapegoated by the Nazi regime and blamed for Germany’s past woes to justify pogroms and persecution. German Jews, who had long enjoyed the basic civil…
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TAPA # 165 NAH – AIN’T NO RACISM HERE!!!
Gee that ‘fake news’ Trump always complains about that says he is a racist is so insulting. He must really be feeling badly???? Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry The White House press secretary had dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content as “fake outrage.” But later Friday, the clip disappeared from the…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 