This column by Adam Serwer is excellent.
From the column:
“Even those who believe that Ford fabricated her account, or was mistaken in its details, can see that the president’s mocking of her testimony renders all sexual-assault survivors collateral damage. Anyone afraid of coming forward, afraid that she would not be believed, can now look to the president to see her fears realized. Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to contain.”
The recent CBS interview showed there was a painting of Trump and Republican presidents hanging up in the White House.
The tweets below provide background on the painting and artist. It is similar to a painting of dogs and someone made a great parody including Trump and other accused or guilty sexual predators. All three are in the tweets.
The dogs:
The painting in the White House:
The parody:
more information on the painting and artist:
It was a poor idea for Trump to mention Lee in Ohio.
Trump invites famous people because the media will cover it/
from the article below:
“Rather than invite real policy experts, say on education or criminal justice, Trump brought before the cameras two famous black men who like him.”
This is so corrupt!
More on Adelson:
I recently read Fear by Bob Woodward on the early part of the Trump administration. Woodward is excellent at digging out information and presenting it clearly. His prose is bland but that’s fine – the book is about the subject, the writing. It’s news writing prose, not fiction.
There’s lots of scary stuff – Trump is sure he is right even when presented with facts that contradict his opinion. For example, he was insistent that Iran was in violation of the nuclear deal when they weren’t. It sounds like it’s impossible to get him to change long-held beliefs.
The administration comes across as very disorganized. I worked in the federal government (at much lower levels) for decades and we never had this kind of infighting and chaos.
Sad! 