This is a very important distinction!

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

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Donald Trump is using a war, with thousands dead and billions in damages, to manipulate the markets and enrich his plutocratic enablers. He is a traitor to his country.

“This is not conservativism, this new “one man above all” ideology that drives today’s GOP. It’s raw, naked evil. And it’s about damn time that Democrats and Americans of good will begin to call it out for what it is.” Thom Hartmann

“And now we have a low-IQ nepo-baby psychopath sitting in the White House because he promised a roomful of petrobillionaires and Elon Musk that he’d cut their taxes, kill off green programs, and let Musk dismantle any agency that was investigating him or his businesses.” Thom Hartmann

“Today’s modern conservative movement, though, isn’t conservative at all, and hasn’t been since the Reagan Revolution: it’s reactionary and, through the two Trump presidencies and the Project 2025 embrace of Orbánism and Putinism, has now become fully fascistic.” Thom Hartmann

“We will pay the price for decades for an ignorant, mentally unwell U.S. president’s sabotage of America’s distinctive assets, stupidly abetted by cowardly Republicans.” Jennifer Rubin

“moves to bludgeon trading partners with tariffs and leave them to bear the brunt of a reckless, counterproductive war with Iran (then threatening NATO when Europeans refused to back him) opened the door for China to present itself as a model of stability in a world of Trumpian chaos.”Jennifer Rubin

“The difference between 2018 and 2026 is that not only has Trump become an even more repellent personality, his actions have made everything worse. In fact, it’s hard to imagine what more Trump could do to enrage the electorate and ensure his party’s defeat in November.” Paul Waldman

"The last seven days show that, while Trump and Republicans continue to destroy everything they touch, there is a parallel universe in which very good people are working very hard to make positive change and succeeding! You, in fact, are among them!" Jess Craven

"It's Groundhog Day from Hell with..Trump..If (he) had..done nothing but play golf for the past 7 weeks, the Strait would be open,Iran would be weaker, gas prices would be lower,people would be alive,and China would not be emerging as a stronger and more reliable partner for U.S. allies."Wajahat Ali

There has never been an untroubled hour in America’s history and there won’t be one. Ever. There is no heaven on Earth, but there is America — and for that we must be grateful. We must all feel obligated and responsible for its preservation.”

“The United States is the greatest experiment in human freedom in human civilization. It is a glorious and triumphant achievement that is worthy of celebration, preservation, strengthening and renewal. There is no society on Earth that is more vital, vibrant and complicated. “ Steve Schmidt

“But, my God, like I said, we are led by people who not only can’t plan a war right, they can’t even successfully execute a surrender. And that’s a really bad omen, not just for the Iran conflict, but for everything else.” Paul Krugman

“Donald Trump, a thoroughly evil man, has assembled a regime of drunks, extremists, broken children, untreated psychiatric patients, religious crackpots, sexual predators, grifters and criminals, and though they think he is a God, he is most certainly not. He’s a scumbag.” Steve Schmidt

“America can survive MAGA and this horrid era, but not if MAGA survives. It is the reformed Confederacy, and it is a disease.” Steve Schmidt

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.

The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.

The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.

It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

Loved his music, an intelligent man.

It’s so impressive how quickly Jesse can produce new fully thought out outstanding lyrics.

A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls. A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force...

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.”

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Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

Donald Trump, a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist & accused child molester has been involved in over 4,000 legal cases since the 1970s, including contract disputes, defamation suits, sexual harassment cases and over 100 tax disputes.

…and that does not count legal cases by his administration.

Got my first pair of high quality hearing aids yesterday. I’m 65. Been playing sax since the 4th grade (1968ish) and professionally since 1983. Very interesting the things I’ve been missing. Just flossing my teeth is a new sonic experience!

It sounds great!

Jill and I are headed up to Banff in May. Anyone have suggestions for amazing hiking in the area based on personal experience? Maybe even places to avoid…

Frightfully, the real-world disasters he will leave in his wake will inevitably hold much more consequential outcomes than bankrupt casinos.” Jennifer Rubin

“…Trump was a failed businessman, who merely played a canny real estate mogul on TV. Alas, in the real world there are no editors to wipe away his errors and make sense of his babbling.