They hire it out, then they don't give credit to the Ghost writers.
Ghost writers need to look out in this new regime, they might be in the column of ONE AND DONE.
If we are counting on those elected Republicans who still show some allegiance to the US Constitution via concern about their individual place in history, we are on a fool's errand.
US History, while always written by the Winners, will now be written by Charlatans, and the story will reflect allegiance to an individual, not the Constitution.
The intro begins the story in Indiana where the Klan was so powerful they picked the Governor.
I just started Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
The Klan and the woman who brought it down
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: What up Coltrane?
Coltrane: Stuff seems awful quiet...
KD: You mean you aren't hearing celebrations and dancing in the streets like in 2020?
C: Nope, seems different, quieter this time.
KD: Is it quieter, or have we just shut ourselves out of the noise?
C: You mean we don't always see the totality?
KD: I mean we don't always see the totality.
Nope, looks like they're paywalling now.
Sending this, unsure if it will produce different results...
Tis true, let me see if I can alter this.
Thanks for reminding me of one of the creepiest Bond movies ever...
Rick Perlstein in The Infernal Triangle on what Trump did which turned out to release US cruelty.
"Cognitive decline" and "disinhibition," all too often, become our ritual alibi for how effectively Trump was inviting his supporters to revel in the pleasure of his unmitigated cruelty, licensing them to practice such cruelty themselves—which they are now all too free to do.
One strategy I might follow is embracing CHAOS THEORY.
When much around us becomes rather chaotic, it will be helpful to have a framework for understanding.
Find the patterns, the threads, which give balance to your world.
Sadly, but conjointly, the demise of the USA will mirror the demise of our planet. Obviously, different timelines, but essentially the same threat - INACTION.
When we got a 38 for the house, Mikster thought she was all big and bad, pretending she was loading a magazine into a chamber.
I told her if we got her a gun like that, she was in a different kind of fight.
Mostly, they have been...
In Utah, peeps don't talk a lot of politics locally, we don't discuss it during Golf, and I, thankfully, haven't heard anyone being gleeful at #45 getting back in office.
In five months' time, we will be hard-pressed to find someone who admits they voted for him.
Judd Legum on Kushner's complicity...
This is just what we know and can see, again, remember an ICEBERG.
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277