#politics DeSantis is Defunct. If Trump knew that word, I think he would have used it already to label his opponent. 😉

The long sentences being handed down to Trump’s insurrectionist planners is making it less likely he’ll get no prison time if convicted. As Trump has often complained about his own treatment by the justice system, it wouldn’t be fair if the CIC of the coup escaped the penalties of his generals.

With Trump’s trial(s) schedule, he won’t be able to campaign effectively, but he’ll still get his party’s nomination unless he dies.

I like Joe Biden, but his physical
deterioration the last few years has been painful to watch. He still might squeak out a win over Trump, but then what? Democrats have a conundrum, one they can’t resolve unless Biden steps aside prior to the convention and a new candidate takes his place the way we did it before primaries reigned supreme.

The heat wave continues. Even my old stomping grounds, Burlington, Vermont, will see temperature in the 90s!

I might have to ditch Spectrum in favor of a streaming service or satellite service.

With Spectrum now not carrying ESPN, it looks like CBS, who has landed the Big 10 football contract and already had the SEC contract, is a big winner. ACC fans - like me - will also lose the ACC Network as a result of Spectrum’s dispute with Disney. Yikes!

Trump thinks his scowl, like that depicted in his mug shot, is reminiscent of Winston Churchill. Gee, and here I thought he was trying to avoid any implication of his obesity.

The U.S. pumped out a record amount of oil in the last year and is the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. Yet Republicans keep insisting that we could produce much more - “Drill, baby drill!” - if not for the Biden administration and that we should be energy self-sufficient. Well, we could be self-sufficient if the government forced oil and gas companies to produce only for the U.S. market. But that’s not how capitalism works. Are Republicans actually proposing socialism here?

Can you imagine what would be the Republican response if what has happened to Mitch McConnell - twice! - happened to Biden?

Drove from Raleigh to our home in Oak Island this morning and got here just as the rains from the outer bands of the hurricane started pouring down rain. The storm center is supposed to clip the southern N.C. coast tonight before moving out to sea.

“This is not who we are.” Biden and many others proclaim this every time there’s a hate crime/mass shooting. Wrong. It obviously IS who we are. As NFL coach Bill Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.”

Apparently, the height and weight numbers for Trump’s arrest were self-reported, because Trump’s weight was listed at 215! And Meadows’ weight was given at 240! Sure, Trump weighs 25 lbs less than his chief of staff. What a joke.

Trump’s biggest concern regarding his arrest in Atlanta will likely be his weigh-in! Over/under: 275 lbs?

Surprise, surprise. Applicants who come from wealthy families have a much highest acceptance rate to elite colleges than the rank and file. But, and here’s the good news: Silver spoon applicants get in prestige schools easier, are more likely to land plum graduate school acceptances, and are more likely to get hired by top-notch law and financial firms. But their income down the road is not much better than their brethren who went to state schools. Meritocracy still works.

So Rep. Comer wants to subpoena the Biden family. Like who would that be? Biden, his wife, the grandchildren? Hunter, of course. What a travesty, considering that the Kushners were guilty of the most blatant influence-peddling by a president’s family in - to use Trump’s often repeated phrase - the history of our country.

Has anyone claimed yet that the Ohio special election was rigged?

I spent a wonderful vacation on Maui back in the day. Terrible to see the devastation that lovely island is undergoing.

Heard a so-called legal pundit on the radio today saying Trump will get convicted in D.C. and New York because the jury pools and the judges there are prejudiced against Trump. The host pushed back: So you don’t have faith in the justice system? Answer: “No.” But what about the case in Florida, where the jury pool is pro-Trump and the judge there has already shown favoritism toward Trump? Answer: “That’s different. Biden didn’t lose Florida by that much, so the jury would be fairer.” C’mon.