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“Ignorance or stupidity”? Or both?
As Harper’s Weekly Review indicates, the U.S. president has subsided, as always, into projection when making remarks about that peace with Iran thing. What is he projecting now? The U.S. president called for all parties to cease their warring and … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Harper's, Iran war, Israel, Netanyahu, Trump
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“I didn’t do it, someone else did it, but…”
…I take full responsibility for it.” I just read the above in an article about a Congressional hearing featuring our current Energy Secretary, but really, it could’ve been any current Cabinet member. He was asked whether something he’d written on … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged congressional hearings, Trump's cabinet, US Energy Secretary
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Frank sentences to be etched in granite…and then gilded
The “Frank” is Frank Bruni, long-time NYT columnist. Yesterday, the title of his column, “The Vanity and Inanity of the Trump White House,” drew me right in, because of the language. I’m a sucker for good phrases and stuff like … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Journalism, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Food and Drug Administration, Frank Bruni, Kevin Warsh, Kristi Noem, Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, melanoma, Operation Epic Fury, Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr, tanning beds, Trump, Trump vanity, war with Iran, White House
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