Perspective

And we are infuriated that Trump made this happen — Republicans love to act like anger is the emotion that they own. If you haven’t noticed, they are always seething angry about something. It’s always the end of the world and hyperbole goes so far that it actually comes around to mean little of anything. After the raid on the…

I made the mistake of checking out the Twitter reaction from Republicans today — Republicans are tripping over themselves to hate the F.B.I. and to support Trump’s criminality. It’s just so truly amazing. Each time they think that they have gotten all the use out of him they can get, something like this happens. It’s truly wonderful for us, though. I mean I know…

What a long, strange trip it’s been — On Monday, the FBI raided (translation: executed a lawful search warrant) Trump’s residence at Mar-A-Lago. This was not the FBI’s first visit to the sprawling beachfront property Trump has called home since leaving the White House. In January of 2022, the National Archives & Records Admin (NARA) retrieved 15 boxes…

From the pen of Marcus Aurelius — almost as if it were written specifically for our overly-ambitious and naked Emperors-in-waiting — Call him anything you like, but Donald Trump and his acolytes have a common view — that he is above the law. In other words, an emperor or a dictator. Judging from their own words and actions, this evidently means that they think they are above the law as well…

If walls could talk — Remember that waterbed? And the nights you “rode the waves” together? I am glad you were forced to be rid of it when it erupted like a volcano, spewing water and soaking my cushy carpet. Also, after a few years, or should I say a few pounds, riding the waves…