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A Tune for the Times 0

Warninng: Short promo from minute one to minute two.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Trump and Zelensky siting together in the White House.  Reporter ask Zelensky,

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Snake of the Union 0

Jimmy Kimmel recaps Donald Trump’s recent speech to Congress.

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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Name Gamers 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth notes that Republicans’ fascination with renaming things has reached the Florida legislature, so he offers several suggestions. Here’s just one of them; follow the link for the others.

We could rename the thoroughfare outside Trump’s cheesy resort the Convicted Felon Freeway.

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A Toon for the Times 0

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Fingers in Their Ears 0

Farron observes that some elected Republican officials are making excuses so as not to have to listen to their constituents if those constituents have the temerity to take exception to the actions of Dear Leader.

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DOGE Bull 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice provides (yet) more evidence that Elon Musk’s DOGE really doesn’t have a clue about how government works or what it (DOGE) is doing.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Mild language.)

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It’s All Quite Clear When You Don’t Think about It 0

Woman says,

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A Sign of the Times 0

Man and woman read a sign in front of a restaurant that says,

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Russian Impulses, One More Time 0

Trump and Putin dance together as Trump kicks the EU to the side and Putin kicks Zelensky to the side.

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Russian Impulses, Reprise 0

The Rude One is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit from his article; follow the link for the rest (warning: rudeness):

The Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . . . . It was victim-blaming on a scale that would have given pause to even the most craven propagandist, with the fat, slurring, demented president of the United States, egged on by his sociopath VP, berating the genuinely heroic leader of a country that had been holding up under attack from a far larger and better-equipped military. Zelensky was patient beyond any reasonable standard as he attempted to bring some facts to pierce the thick, empty skull of a harrumphing Trump. If Zelensky had said, “Get this little bitch JD Vance out of my face,” no one would have blamed him. Well, no one with a brain and a soul.

The effect of this meeting was to take the United States out of its place as a leader in the world. We are now on our way to becoming like Russia . . . .

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy sings an ode to Trump and Vance’s Russian impulses (warning: mild language).

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Constitutional Sawyers 0

Sam discusses Pete Hegseth’s purge of top military lawyers and leaders.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

At the Portland Press Herald, Roger Smith thinks he may have caught a tell.

Whether or not he’s right about that (I just can’t bring myself to check it out for reasons that should be obvious), methinks he still makes a valid point

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All the News that Fits 0

Jeff Bezos as a newspaper boy holding up a copy of the

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The Fifth Columnist, Reprise 0

Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump and holder of a doctorate in clinical psychology, minces no words in discussing how Donald Trump and his Trumpettes treated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.

My government has done many things that I have not agreed with during my lifetime–and many things that I have agreed with–but never before have I felt so ashamed of my country and the direction it has taken, thanks to Donald Trump and to those who thought him competent to lead.

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The Fifth Columnist 0

In World War II, my father was in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944-45. He almost never spoke of his experiences there, but I am confident that he would agree with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Adriana E. Ramírez, who writes

I never thought I would ever have to imagine a world in which the United States advocated for Russian interests.

Go read the rest.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Agent of Chaos 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey asks a question, then he answers it:

Have you ever heard of the phrase “domestic tranquility” in the writings of our nation’s founders? Today, Trump is aiming for domestic chaos . . . .

Follow the reasons for his answer.

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