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Trump’s hair is the new ‘thing’? What the … ?

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As if there isn’t enough to comment on regarding Donald J. Trump, there now appears to be a new “thing” on which some pundits have become fixated.

It happens to be Donald Trump’s new “do,” the hair on his noggin, the thing that has by itself become the subject of barbs, guffaws and speculation about what it’s covering up.

You want my take on what we’re seeing? I think it looks pretty good. All elements considered …

Let’s face facts, the POTUS isn’t exactly Chippendale/firefighter calendar material. So, he’s got a new “do.” To borrow a quote from President Biden … big fu***** deal!

Some of you might wonder, oh, geez, is the blogger going soft on the Orange Man? Hell no! He is leaving behind a legacy worthy of every bit of scorn imaginable. We have that Iran war, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, those destructive tariffs, the dude’s bizarre behavior on the world stage, the East Wing disaster, the Reflecting Pool, Trump’s obsession with gold trimmings and that idiotic notion of slapping his name on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that already carries the name of the only Black enlisted man so honored.

Trump’s hairdo? This is the final thing I likely ever will say about it.

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Trump is none of these things

Donald John Trump would have you believe a number of things about him that make many of us want to laugh out loud, such as …

  • He is the smartest man in human history.
  • He knows more about how to win wars than any of the decorated soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen under his command.
  • He keeps every promise he makes.
  • He was elected twice to the presidency in landslides.
  • The Iran war is done, that he is able to declare victory over the Islamic Republic in a war that he started for no apparent reason, or strategy to end it.

That’s five items, all of them are demonstrably false. What’s more, while he vowed to surround himself with the “best people,” he has instead hired a collection of clowns, BS artists and sycophants whose only qualification is that they pledge complete loyalty to the liar in chief.

He said the Iran war would be over in weeks. It’s now into its seventh month. Eighteen American service personnel have died, hundreds more have been injured.

Americans need to look inward at what we have done to the democracy we say we cherish. We elected someone who expresses admiration for the tyrants of this world. He contends he has “very strong relations” with Kim Jong Un, the murdererwho presides over North Korea. He has denigrated the intelligence work of our own network of spies, spooks and analysts. He continues to insist the 2020 election — which he lost to President Joe Biden — was stolen, even while lacking a shred of evidence to back up that ridiculous assertion.

Americans were sold a dose of snake oil from a known fraudster, a crook and a charlatan.

And guess what. Americans got fooled twice, in 2016 and in 2024. You know the saying: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

We had better start looking for ways to repair the damage we have inflicted on ourselves.

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Trump angry at GOP rebellion? Awww, too bad

Word out of DC is that the hothead in chief, Donald Trump, is angry over Republican resistance to his choice to be the next attorney general.

Gosh, what could be getting under their skin? It could be that Todd Blanche can’t stop acting like Trump’s personal lawyer, which he was for several years. It might be Blanche’s resistance to submit in writing a pledge to protect the reputations of the victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein, who brutalized these women. Maybe it’s a collection of “all of the above” factors that make Blanche totally unfit to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer.

At least two GOP senators, lame ducks John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, say they might vote “no” on Blanche’s AG nomination. Cornyn lost his GOP runoff race and Tillis chose not to seek re-election. They’re both free of Trump’s threats. We also have Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who’s been a thorn in Trump’s s ample backside for years.

I am pleased to see the GOP Senate caucus grow a set of — oh, you know — and start to resist Trump on matters that count. Selecting an AG is a big deal. Blanche shouldn’t get the nod to lead the Department of Justice. Hope is beginning to stir.

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Will he get this one right?

Sometime before the weekend expires, Americans likely can expect to hear from Donald J. Trump, who will speak ostensibly about the holiday we are celebrating.

Yep. We’re going to blast firecrackers, fire up the grill, salute the flag and cheer the nation’s 250th birthday. It’s a big deal, one that usually requires a red, white and blue statement from the president of the United States.

Oh, but wait! The POTUS this year is a numbskull who’s engulfed in scandal, caught up battles lost long ago, and who is presiding angrily over a nation that is growing increasingly disgusted with the man we elected to lead us.

Furthermore, we have seen what this individual can do to moments such as this. Do you recall how he defamed Christians’ most holy day over Easter with a tirade against his political enemies. He has done the same thing with Christmas, not to mention secular holidays such as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Patriots Day. You name it, Trump has cheapened it with shallow political rhetoric.

I hope against hope that he could rise to the occasion this time. After all, it’s the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. That is a huge deal, man.

I am going to hope he doesn’t mess it up. That’s all I can do is hope. I don’t expect anything different from a president who hardly gives these matters a moment’s thought.,

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Pay attention to what matters … Donald

This has been clear ever since Donald Trump took the presidential oath on his first tour of the White House … the dude has too much serious work to consider, which is why he wastes so much time lampooning TV comics, critics of assorted importance and all the little things he ought to let slide.

Barack Obama said it well recently when asked about Trump’s fixation with him, a predecessor in the White House. If Trump were seriously committed to working for us, President Obama said, he would have zero time to fire off social media messages at 2 in the morning. TV comic Stephen Colbert noted as well that “We’re just clowns.” Trump should spend a minute of his time wondering about the fate of comedians or what they’re saing about him.

Trump has exhibited zero interest or inclination to concern him with policy details or the effects of decisions he makes from the Oval Office. His unfitness for public service is on display ever waking hour of every single day.

He tears down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom; he decks out the Oval Office in gold ornaments; he drains the DC Mall reflecting pool in what is turning into the boondoggle of the year; he slaps his name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a disgraceful display of disrespect for a slain president.

The man is an idiot. Pure and simple.

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Judicial system stands tall

Before you declare the death of our system of representative democracy, allow me — please — to offer these words in the form of a pre-rebuttal.

The federal judiciary.

The court system has stepped up and performed its constitutionally mandated duty in reigning in the overreach of the executive branch of government … precisely as the nation’s founders said it should.

Federal judges have ruled this week that (1) Donald Trump has no constitutional authority to create a $1.8 billion slush fund to spend at his discretion, and (2) there is no way the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts can have Donald Trump’s name installed without a constitutional approval.

On top of all that, the D.C. rumor mill has kicked into hyper-high gear with reports that Trump might have to vacate his office with worsening health conditions and the stress of an agenda that is getting the better of him.

I don’t know about you but my head is spinning. I cannot begin to keep pace with what I see and hear coming from the nation’s capital.

Trump also is reportedly going to offer pardons to several convicts who were tried and found guilty of crimes involving the Jan. 6 assault on the government, the attack that injured several DC police officers. Such a pardon, according to the courts, would be an arrogant flouting of constitutional law.

I am not a constitutional scholar. I have no law degree. I know, though, what the document declares about government finances. It puts that authority solely in the hands of Congress. Trump doesn’t seem to get that fact. Article I, Section 7, says this: “All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives … “ Throughout Article I, there isn’t a single word that reveals any wiggle room on the issue of congressional authority on budget matters. Congress owns it exclusively … full stop!

Keep standing tall, federal judges. Keep doing your job. Our founders gave you the power that never ends.

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Wanting to see more kids’ photo ops

Five years into the current presidential administration — split, of course by the four years of Joe Biden’s presidency — and I am left to wonder what about the many things we’ve been missing as we watch Donald J. Trump stumble and bumble his way to oblivion.

We do not see any visual images of the POTUS enjoying his family. Where are all the grandkids we have heard about? Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany all have little ones, right? Yet the only images we see of Grandpa Donald are those of him dressed in a blue suit, that overly long red tie, with his pile of hair coiffed atop his vacuous skull.

Oh, and of course we see the POTUS in his golf garb, cheating at golf.

The overwhelming image of Trump is him chewing out reporters for doing their job, denigrating them for asking difficuilt questions.

I’m well aware that people in the public eye have private lives. But so many presidents have been more than willing to have their children be photographed doing whatever it is kids do. JFK, had his two small kids in the White House; LBJ’s daughters were frequent fixtures in front of cameras; so were Richard Nixon’s daughters; Gerald Ford had five kids and he was seen spending plenty of time with them; Jimmy Carter had daughter Amy living in the White House; George H.W. I Bush famously referred to his kids and grandkids; Bill Clinton was photographed often with little Chelsea; George W. Bush’s twin daughters often were in front of cameras; Barack Obama’s daughters grew up before our eyes in the White House; Joe Biden let the world watch him play with his grandkids.

I didn’t mention Ronald Reagan for a reason. He had a difficult relationship with his two youngest kids. His two elder kids both were politically active and led separate, equally visible lives.

I want the next president to reveal his family to us, and to demonstrate his commitment to them. I believe can derive his commitment to all American families if we get to see how they treat their own.

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Who gets the next insult?

Do you remember a time when you cast your eyes on the president of the United States? You felt good about whom you were seeing … is that right?

I want that feeling to return to me. Honest. I do!

I also remember expecting the president to be better than the people he leads. These days? We’re getting much worse. It comes in the form of an insult to the person asking the question. He or she is not a messenger for the “worst people” of the media world.

These are just a few of the qualities I want in the next POTUS.

I used to believe we produced the best among us at election time. I have been profoundly disappointed and saddened by the results of two of the past three election cycles. In 2016, we elected a guy through a fluke in our system that enables a candidate to win with fewer votes than his opponent. We fired that candidate in 2020 … only to bring him back four years later after swallowing a gut full of lies and promises he made.

And it has gotten worse the second time.

Don’t label me a “snowflake.” I have seen my share of scoundrels over many years covering these events.

The current POTUS, I have to concede, is the worst among them.

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Cornyn’s time as senator is up?

If I were a betting man — and I damn sure am not — I might be inclined to think that Sen. John Cornyn is facing a serious challenge to his once-storied congressional career.

He’s going to face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 26 in a runoff election for the Senate seat Cornyn has occupied seemingly since The Flood. Why the gloomy outlook?

Cornyn finished first in a three-way Republican Party primary, winning 42% of the vote. Paxton finished second with 41%. Third place went to U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, who collected 13%.

Paxton and Hunt both paint Cornyn as a RINO, a ridiculous assertion on its face. If there is a more dedicated Republican in the Senate than Cornyn, I do not know who that would be. Indeed, Paxton and Donald Trump, his bestie in the White House, are the real Republicans in name only.

So, with the field narrowed to the top two GOP finishers, it falls on Paxton to seek Hunt voters to close the narrow gap between him and Cornyn. If the Hunt crowd is as MAGA gullible as I suspect they are, Paxton should have little trouble rounding up the support he needs to send Cornyn packing.

And what about Paxton? The guy is ethically challenged, to state the obvious. He was indicted early during his time as AG by a Collin County grand jury of securities trading allegations. He was supposed to go to trial long ago, but skated free of that episode. Several key legal aides quit the AG’s office and accused Paxton of corruption. The Republican-dominated House of Reps impeached Paxton, who then avoided conviction in the Texas Senate when Republican senators declined to follow their House colleagues’ lead.

If Paxton should manage to win the runoff, he will face a seriously rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, state Rep. James Talarico, who I will guess is dying to run against the ethically challenged AG.

We have just witnessed the opening act of a yearlong political drama. It’s going to get a whole lot rougher as we move on through the year. And if I were running the Democrat’s campaign, I just might be drooling at the chance to take on Ken Paxton.

First things first. Paxton has to win the GOP runoff. Here’s hoping for a donnybrookl

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Stage set for midterm wipeout

Donald J. Trump could have followed the path forged by every one of the men who preceded him in the office he occupies.

He could have reached out to Democrats and said, “I pledge to work with you to cure what ails us.” Well … he didn’t do that when he stood in front of a partially filled House of Reps chamber to deliver the State of the Union speech that has been widely panned.

Instead, he called Democrats names for their refusal to attend the speech. He accused them of inflating the cost of food, of following an “open border” policy pushed by former President Biden, of putting Americans in danger.

The SOTU didn’t go well for Trump. Polling data suggests that Americans saw straight through what he was doing, which was he talked to his MAGA base, seeking to rally the shrinking core of fervent Trumpkins to get out and vote.

I watched about half of Trump’s speech. I didn’t see the staredown he had with U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona or when he introduced all the celebrities who attended the speech. I understand Democrats joined their GOP colleagues in applauding the U.S. men’s hockey team fresh from winning Olympic gold in Milan, Italy; the bipartisan ovation was a nice touch to be sure.

Trump, though, has set the table for a GOP rout when the midterm election comes around in November. I have no clue how many congressional seats the Democrats will gain. I am going to hope for all my worth that the Constitution will stand strong against Trump’s all but admitted attempt to rig the election.

I believe we are now witnessing the beginning of the end of Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the democracy the rest of us cherish.