Wow! Didn’t take long to indict Santos. I’m waiting for him to take a page out of Trump’s book and claim it’s a political witch hunt and that the justice system is a disgrace.

Okay, I was wrong about Trump being convicted in the defamation case.But the verdict hasn’t swayed Republican Trumpists, let alone Trump himself, who still claims he doesn’t know who the woman is and brays on that he wasn’t allowed to defend himself at the trial. Really? The judge bent over backwards to give him more time to come to NYC and testify after Trump declared he would do so. Sen. Rubio has called the jury a joke. No matter what happens, the Rs can:t get off the Trump train.

Biden will have to run a marathon and finish at least middle-of-the-pack every month until Nov. 2024 to get the too-old label off him. And that’s not gonna happen. So independents and a few Republicans the Dems could pick off if Trump wins the nomination will balk voting for Biden, afraid he’ll die or become incapacitated, leaving Harris president. And this country, sadly, is not ready for not only a female, but a female of color, to be president.

Gov. Abbott again blames another mass shooting in his state on mental illness. If he really believed that, you’d think he’d push for more spending on mental health in his state. But Texas ranks near the bottom in that kind of support. And he must then think that the U.S., especially his state, has much more mental illness than in other countries. But maybe he thinks anti-abortion, anti-immigrant, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacy advocates, prevalent in Texas, all have mental illness!

Wake me up when Trump actually, finally gets convicted of something. The defamation case? He’ll skate. Porn star payments? He didn’t want Melanie to find out, that’s all. Georgia? No. Fake electors? “Hey, they were just trying to help me right a wrong.” Inciting insurrection? That’s a bridge too far regarding proof. But the classified documents obstruction of justice case - that could be real jeopardy for him. We’ll see. Meanwhile, I’ll be taking a long nap.

@Novels56 Did you ever notice the prevalence of the hard c, k, and/or hard g in a male movie star’s name. Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas. I could go on and on. Coincidence?

@TheresaVermont Just wanted to say Hi to a fellow Vermonter! I live in North Carolina now but consider Vermont, where I went to high school, college, and med school my home state. Go Catamounts!

Anyone know of book reviewers who like thrillers? I need reviews for my latest novel!

My modest proposal to fix SCOTUS: Add 4 justices to at least dilute the partisanship and corruption and establish a term limit of 20 years for active service, after which the Justice would enter “senior” status, still get paid, and able to sub in when there’s a temporary vacancy, but not be an active member of the Court. Both these changes would theoretically not require a Constitutional amendment. But of course, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate would still be needed to pass them.

As predicted, the Biden administration is being criticized for no evacuation effort for U.S. citizens in Sudan. Another Afghanistan is the charge. Despite the government warning Americans to get out of Sudan months ago.

Thanks for the welcome and tips, guys! I’ll work on it

I’m new here and don’t know how to navigate the site. I’m told to pin the Community Firehose column, but I don’t see any columns, other than when I first signed up and decided to wait before sel3cting any.