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​ The Forgotten  Candle I came away from Donald Trump’s appearance at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner with one overriding thought. What an asshole. Trump looked like a forgotten orange candle left burning too long on a dresser, softening, sagging, slowly melting into itself. There was no presidential presence, no dignity, no humility, no recognition that he was standing before the very people charged with documenting history in real time. There was only vanity. Endless vanity. A man who has mistaken attention for respect, applause for legitimacy, and grievance for governing. Even he seemed to realize he was bombing. After one of his tired jokes collapsed into silence, he admitted it was a “fricking stupid speech.” On that rare occasion, I found myself in complete agreement with the President of the United States. And then there was Karoline Leavitt, who every single day has walked to the podium with an air of practiced superiority, treating legitimate questions f...

​ Home grown!! 

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​ TrumPutin’s War of choice this week is going nowhere. 

​ I was going to put a standard Happy Birthday post here today but decided it would have been dishonest. The truth is America is definitely not a Happy Place on its 250th birthday for a great majority of its population. Having fought a successful Revolution against Monarchy and a Civil War to expand that Revolution by removing its cruel system of human slavery today we find ourselves in the hands of a reactionary regime headed by a would be Dictator supported by a cult of stupidity and incompetence. Worse yet the rest of us appear powerless to stop them. Where this is all headed is the big question? We are clinging precariously on the edge of the chasm of tyranny and oppression and I can’t honestly say we won’t plummet into it. Can you?

​ I guess he didn’t drain the SWAMP after all.