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"Justice, justice shall you seek." Writer, strategist, organizational leader. International management, nonprofits. Haiti. Tikkun olam. Author, "The Realist's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership." https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrybnewman/
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Tax cuts for the wealthiest? Check!

Gaudy ballroom paid for by corporations? Check!

Demolition of historic property? Check!

Healthcare for poor children? Nope!
Exhibit #2723 in the David Brooks "Values, Values something something Civics something but the Democrats Values something" playbook.

Brooks, Stephens and Douthat are becoming the Huey, Dewey and Louie of the @nytimes.com.

The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds
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What a petulant child! It's enough to make you want to pay your taxes to Revenue Canada.
He said, β€œSir, to whom shall I make out the check?β€œ
That part I've internalized (sorta.) But for some reason I hadn't connected the "investment" in the Mar-a-Lago DC East Wing 19th hole to his long-term residency plans. Ugh.
I don't know why this took me by surprise ... I guess I've been in shock at the here and now. But, wow.
It's not expected to be completed until Jan 2029. The confidence that he has that he'll be able to enjoy it thereafter tells you everything you need to know about what they're doing today.
All the gold and glitter, all the money and adulation that he buys cannot change the fact that he goes to bed and awakens in the morning alone and reviled, even by his own family.

He is at best a meal ticket and worth more to them after he dies than in this life.

No one will mourn him. No one.
While Trmpf is metaphorically dropping shite on the American people, Putin is literally raining death and destruction on kindergartens in Ukraine.

Someday there must be a reckoning for both.
This is what followed the strike
It's all part of the strategic, unrelenting and rapid-fire series of outrages, with each new one putting the preceding one just far enough in the rear view mirror so that we dismiss, ignore or forget it.

We hypernormalize the crimes already committed, because the next one's worse. And on it goes.
It's (at least) a double whammy. We'll pay for the lawyers who'll sue us, and then we'll pay for the "damages" he's suffered.
RELATED: Trump University announces five new PhD programs!

Medium, Medium Rare, Rare, Dry and Semi-Dry.
I dunno. This whole thing feels like grasping. He was sh*tfaced, got a tattoo, and it never "mattered" until now, because no one recognized the symbol, including him. I can't believe anyone really thinks he's a nazi sympathizer.

And I say this as someone who's unlikely to vote for him.
BREAKING: Putin gifts free Soviet-era Zil limousine to Trump, to be delivered at Budapest summit.

"True, gas mileage is limited, but body is in excellent condition. Very few upgrades needed," noted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, adding that "power windows are fully operational."
Not to worry! Sen. Murkowski will use her great influence with the administration to secure aid.
He must really want to get an invitation to dinner at the White House, where Trump will seat him next to Tim Scott and Byron Donalds.
Is it just me, or is David Brooks the Chuck Schumer of opinion columnists?
Cleveland rocks!
πŸ”—: https://l.cleveland.com/jt4ogt

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport won’t show Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem's controversial new video blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown due to its partisan nature.

πŸ“Έs: cleveland.com & AP