We have survived into the second week of President Trump’s America and to say this has been a newsworthy few days is an understatement. In just over one week there have been over a dozen Presidential Executive Orders including some that impose unconstitutional overreach on specific segments of the population. Through it all, the President…
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The spreading miasma of Trump voter remorse
We are a week into Donald Trump’s America and we are seeing a lot of the things we expected. The newly sworn in 45th President wasted no time in commencing the execution of his agenda. Much of it he did the first day and the rest followed in the first week. Among the things he…
Continue ReadingBeginning benchmarks for the Trump Administration
Just to confirm reality, the sun did in fact rise in the east the day after President Trump was sworn into office. Even though the day was cool and overcast, many turned out in support of the Million Woman March in Washington, DC and around not only the nation but across the entire World. Amid…
Continue ReadingIn honor of the 44th President
As the Presidency of Barack Obama enters its final hours, I wax nostalgic and remember fondly the breath of hope his victory in 2008 gave many of us in the face of frightening national and world events. His impressive fifty state grassroots campaign for President of the United States bore the embodiment and inspiration of…
Continue ReadingTransitioning into resistance mode
One of my more caustic memories of the 2016 campaign involved an incident experienced by my local Democratic state house candidate. One of his campaign signs placed along side of a busy thoroughfare was vandalized. An obvious Trump supporter stapled a placard over both sides of the sign with the following message: THE SILENT MAJORITY…
Continue ReadingNew year, new era, newspeak
Regular readers may have noted that I have on occasion made the statement “let it never be said we do not live in interesting times.” I will now add to that particular train thought to never let it be said that America is not unique among nations. The USA is indeed the occupant of a…
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