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Trump’s Unreal Estate
Trump is batting 0.000 in post-presidential lawsuits, including his three most-recent civil lawsuits; two with sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carrol who won a collective judgement of $88.3 million and one brought by NY Attorney General Letitia James who sued him and his two sons for years of fraud in their business dealings with lenders.…
Another Question from the Quora Mailbag
Why is Donald Trump making his 2024 election strategy about himself rather than the Democratic party? That’s not his strategy. That’s what he is. He’s a malignant narcissist and sees everything as only about himself. If a hapless farmer falls off a corn silo in Indiana he’ll find a way to work himself into…
Why is Trump Fixated on Judge Engoron’s Law Clerk?
Trump knows he’s lost this case and that this judge isn’t going to let him off easy. His only recourse is to attempt to illegitimize his prosecution with his MAGA base and provoke a bar fight with Engoron which might potentially lead to a mistrial or even an appellate court reversal. In classic Carl Sandburg…
- politics ·
“Powell was never my attorney!” “I was never indicted!”
There’s been a week of jaw-droppingly deranged statements by Trump, which to summarize include: that he beat Obama in 2016 and said so twice during the same speech, that Biden would lead us into World War 2, confusing Jeb Bush for George W. Bush, that you need a license to buy bread, that Sidney Powell…
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Has Trump Changed the GOP?
I admit that I detest Trump and have for over 40 years. I can say pretty much the same for the post-Reagan GOP, even though I did vote for George Pataki and for all three of Michael Bloomberg’s mayoral terms I’ll try to minimize the snark because what follows aren’t just matters of opinion but…
- health ·
A PSA PSA — Men Over 50 Should Read!
What do these guys have in common? Telly Savalas Frank Zappa Francois Mitterrand Johnny Ramone Timothy Leary Merv Griffin … and about 30,000 lesser-known people over the past year. They’re all men and they all died of prostate cancer. Life and Lemons I have a personal policy of not over-sharing on social media. I wouldn’t…