Tag: news
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TAPA # 232 A ONE EYED CARPENTER???
Anthony Scaramucci, known as “the Mooch,” recently expressed surprise at how many holes our Constitution seems to contain, holes that Trump has chosen to drive through. I disagree. Our problem is not the form of the Constitution. It is the character of the people entrusted with managing the government it created. In a democracy, leadership…
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TAPA # 228 ATTENTION OR ACHTUNG???
ATTENTION OR ACHTUNG??? “We can only lose the midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms, if we are foolish, stupid, and unwise.”Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore, discussing the midterm elections and suggesting that any Republican loss would be the fault of his supporters, not his own. “The German people demonstrated that they were…
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TAPA # 227 WRITTEN IN PENCIL???
WRITTEN IN PENCIL “Written in pencil.” That is how Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described agreements made with Trump. It is a fitting description of dealing with this White House: nothing is dependable, nothing is permanent, and apparently nothing is worth the paper it is written on. Once again, Trump has triggered a “war”, this time…
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TAPA # 226 LIPPMANN’S LESSON!!!
“The blazing otherness of reality will always defy the simplifications we impose upon it. But the representations we hold in our heads can be better or worse.” This quote from Walter Lippmann, found in Ezra Klein’s attached opinion piece, really grabbed me. Every day, as I listen to the harmful and nonsensical statements Trump and…
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TAPA # 224 NOT A CHANCE???
NOT A CHANCE? Yesterday, old Bone Spurs blew more hot air, threatening ‘Economic D-Day’, for Iran. Who is he kidding, other than himself? Trump has already alienated many of our allies and, at times, damaged them economically with his tariff buffoonery. Does he really think anyone will respond to these latest threats or, for that…
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TAPA # 223
A Descent Into the Inferno Sitting here, reading and worrying about the midterm elections, I become more concerned the more I learn about what Trump is doing to enrich himself, his family, and his friends while simultaneously working to suppress the vote. It is almost inconceivable that a man who received only 18% of the…
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TAPA # 223 INFAMY, NOT FAME!!!
Senator Cassidy: I watched your interview where you spoke about the extraordinary privilege of serving as a United States senator and of participating in decisions that history may judge as having changed the world. You became emotional as you described both the responsibility and the privilege entrusted to you as you voted for Blanche. You…
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TAPA # 222 THE REPUBLICAN FULL MONTY
Because people who care about:Children and women abused by Epstein and his buddiesThe right of police officers to feel protected and supported by their governmentFree speechThe rule of law—where people are prosecuted not for who they are or what they believe, but for what they actually didFairness in taxation and the obligation of everyone to…
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TAPA # 221 A REFLECTION
The Trump administration’s latest tariff policy appears to be little more than a pretext, a spurious rationale extracted from an obscure provision of trade law. The administration now claims that tariffs are justified because dozens of foreign economies have failed to prohibit imports produced with forced labor. Under this extraordinary theory, countries as different as…
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THE MORENO MORASS
Dear Senator Moreno: I am writing to express my profound disgust at the abusive, derisive, and profane language you directed toward Dr. Anthony Fauci during a United States Senate hearing. Dr. Fauci is an 84-year-old physician and public servant whose work helped save countless lives during the AIDS epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, and numerous other…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 