Tag: news
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TAPA # 199 REPUBLICAN COMPLICITY
Over the weekend I listened to a podcast, read about the Louisiana primary where Senator Cassidy was defeated by a Trump supported rival, and reflected on the Indiana primary where Republicans who dared oppose Trump suffered a similar fate. Then I read the Sunday article, “Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump.” Alexander,…
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TAPA # 197 ONLY THE FACTS MAM
As Trump diverts from Epstein, the economy and national security, he heads to China for a meeting with President Xi. Trump is weakened and clearly inept. The fear is Trump will make some deal to rehabilitate his image and add to his family fortune with a deal that puts the American people in the woodchipper.…
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TAPA # 193 WHO’D A THOUGHT???
TAPA (The American Poseidon Adventure) #192 was titled “Stupidity on Display.” But after listening to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch report on the Comey indictment, even that feels like an understatement. This latest episode doesn’t just match #192—it surpasses it. The predicate for the indictment is, frankly, preposterous. A photograph of seashells arranged on a…
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TAPA # 191 LET’S KEEP IT REAL
The attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner was sad, but not surprising. The tenor of violence in America has been ramped up over the past few years. The data illustrates the uptick of political violence since 2016, and I don’t need to detail why. It is very apparent. What is also sad and a…
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TAPA # 190 TRUMP’S, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Just returned from two weeks away and read the attached article, which highlights the face of Trump’s America. A face that, abroad, vacillates between farce and tragedy. The question many now ask as they watch the labile character of America under Trump is simple: What happened to America? Every day the storyline changes, but the reality of…
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TAPA # 185 FOOL OF FOOL’S
I hardly know where to begin. Today is April 1st, April Fool’s Day, and the President is set to “address the nation” about the Bone Spurs “Excursion.” But with him, who knows even the topic is subject to change. The only certainty is this: there will be lies, layered, repeated, and wrapped around occasional fragments…
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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 # 176 WHAT A DEAL???
Sometimes liars, in their effort to obfuscate and redirect, reveal what they are actually thinking and doing. Trump’s tweet yesterday did just that. Until the Trump Republican war, “old bone spurs” was touting low gas prices. And it was true: low gas prices were good for the average American who lives paycheck to paycheck. They…
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