I completely agree – the media is spreading lies by letting these people on TV:
Great tweets from non aesthetic things
Great tweets from Florida Man
I have linked to his tweets before. He really finds some bizarre stuff.
All Trump, all the time
I watch a lot of CNN and this article is right on the money. The media only wants Democrats to talk about Trump, not their policies.
Sad!
What is Trump up to?
Trump’s latest unhinged tweet demands that the Department of Justice look into whether or not they infiltrated the Trump campaign for political purposes. Notice his tweetstorm today did not deal with the substance of the New York Times story that his campaign met with other foreign countries in addition to Russia.
Trump’s request is wrong and unreasonable. I hope that the DOJ doesn’t cave in. I think he is doing this as an excuse to fire Sessions, Rosenstein, and/or Wray if they don’t do what he wants. If he gets rid of Rosenstein, he can put someone in who will fire Mueller.
What happens if he does any or all of this? The Democrats will get upset but they have no power. The cowardly Republicans will do nothing; they have not stopped Trump before. The Mueller investigation will continue even if Mueller is gone – this happened in Watergate after Cox was fired.
Trump is doing damage to the country that will take decades to repair. We are all less safe because of his efforts to unmask the informant – why would anyone give confidential information to US intelligence agencies if they know they can be exposed? The bottom line is there would be no informant if the Trump campaign did not have many contacts with Russians, enemies of the US.
Reactions to Trump’s tweets:
The latest on stock buybacks
Buybacks could top $1 trillion.
This is much more than the bonuses and raises workers are getting because of the tax cuts.
Sad!
Climate and environment article roundup
This article states:
“Majorities of Americans say the federal government is doing too little to protect key aspects of the environment including water (69%) and air quality (64%). And two-thirds of Americans (67%) say the government is doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change. These findings come after a year of change in climate and energy regulatory policies under the Trump administration.”
This article states:
“The Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change last year because of concerns that it did not have enough industry representatives, according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The bottom line is that the Trump administration cares more about business than the environment. They are ignoring the wishes of the people and causing irreparable damage to the environment.
Sad!
Trump. Jr. and others in the campaign met with representatives from other countries in addition to Russia
This article is about:
“Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation. Another was an emissary for two wealthy Arab princes. The third was a Republican donor with a controversial past in the Middle East as a private security contractor.”
Trump went on a tweetstorm today but “…did not challenge the accuracy of The Times’s account, which was the first indication that countries other than Russia may have offered assistance to his campaign in the months before the presidential election. But he suggested that the breadth of the inquiry was proof that Mr. Mueller’s investigation, which he has repeatedly called a baseless “witch hunt,” was a partisan exercise geared toward harming Republican congressional candidates.”
William Eggleston’s “Red Ceiling”
This excellent article from the Oxford American discusses the William Eggleston photograph known as “Red Ceiling”. The photo was used on a Big Star album cover.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a copy.
The album cover is now available as a t-shirt.
I recommend the film about him which is on DVD:
Trump has no business meddling in Amazon postal costs
Trump asked the Post Office to raise shipping prices for Amazon.
This is none of his business. He’s just mad at Amazon because Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Politfact on Trump’s claim that the Post Office is losing a fortune on Amazon.
Sad!
