(EDITORS NOTE: This is the second stab at writing this post. The first copy disappeared into the ether as the attempt was made to cut and paste it to the blog. Yes, I’d been saving the file as I wrote, but . . . As these things go, probably the first draft was better!)
Lovers and haters of President Trump likely would concede that he keeps things interesting, dominating the news cycle as predecessors could only have dreamed of doing.
Daily, sometimes hourly, Trump provides red meat to supporters and critics alike. Keeping up with it all can be a full-time job, and I’m retired. But, here are some thoughts.
The Jeffrey Epstein matter has caught the attention of both pro-Trump and anti-Trump factions, even provoking a post written for this blog a few days back. The latest update is that Trump is talking of filing suit against the Wall Street Journal and others for publishing what he says is a fake love letter of sorts to Epstein. It occurs to me that perhaps Trump has played 4D chess, provoking his opponents to demand something be put into the public record that Trump wanted to have done, but just desired to maintain plausible deniability for promoting.
CBS shill Scott MacFarlane revealed on a leftist podcast that he had to take a leave with PTSD after being present when Trump was shot at Butler. You likely recall Trump, after having his ear creased by a bullet from a rifle, rose to his feet, pumped his fist, and yelled fight, fight, fight to the crowd. Meanwhile, MacFarlane presumably was hugging the floor, fearing the crowd might turn on the media that helped villify Trump and perhaps encouraged the would-be assassin. Just one question for MacFarlane: Did he get the PTSD disagnosis from his obstetrician or gynecologist?
Zohran “The Commie” Mamdani, the far-left candidate for mayor of New York City, is promising free stuff if he gets the job. This means he is being deified by the radical Democrats, even as saner types are trying to point out this sort of thing never works. Mamdani, is a typical leftist, living off mommy and daddy and eager to spend other people’s money on pet causes. I go back and forth on whether or not I want him to win. It seems to me he’s like the proverbial dog chasing the car. His problem arises if he catches said car, or in Mamdani’s case, wins the election. Then he would be expected to deliver on all the wild promises, which he cannot. Meanwhile, Republicans can make hay painting him, correctly, as the new face of the Democrat Party. I’ve talked myself into it. Vote for Mamdani.
Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, a Mamdani mini-me by the name of Omar Fateh is running for mayor. Son of Somali immigrants, Fateh is – stop me if you’ve heard this somewhere else – promising free stuff if people just vote for him. It’s not clear if he professes hate for Jews, like Mamdani. Borrowing a page from the Joy-less Reid playbook, critics of Fateh are dismissed as racists. I can’t find it in Fateh’s campaign literature, but I would suspect if he wins he would demand the NFL Vikings become the Muslims, the Twins become the Scimitars or Cresecent Moons, and the U of Minnesota Gophers be rechristened the Camels. The NHL Wild franchise could keep its nickname due to lack of interest.
From the department of so-called conspiracy theory being proven to be reality, the CEO of Crowds on Demand has been making the media rounds noting he turned down a potential $20 million contract to drum up and pay “protesters” for anti-Trump events. It’s not that the guy disagreed with the cause, understand. It’s just he feared being associated with failed operations. If Mamdani wins in New York City, expect the government to cut out the middle man and fund the “protesters” directly.
And finally, from the karma is a female dog department, it’s amusing that Trump hater, pencil-necked tough guy Adam Schiff of California (presumably) is under fire for potential mortgage fraud. It is alleged that Schiff claimed primary residences both in California and Maryland, thereby getting more favorable loan terms, not to mention perhaps saving a lot in taxes. As I recall from my days working the 2010 census, a person can have but one primary residence. How fitting that Schiff joins New York Attorney General Letitia James in mortgage purgatory. Recall that James is being investigated for allegedly claiming residency in Virginia and New York for better loan rates, mis-stating the number of units in a New York property, and even claiming her father as a spouse. Now that’s sick. It is James who persecuted Trump for alleged mortgage mis-statements. Schiff, of course, pushed the Russia conspiracy hoax, among other affronts to the truth.
Bonus thought: The rising rate of assaults on ICE agents could be stopped as quickly as illegal border crossings have been, simply by allowing ICE agents to shoot first when protesters raise their arms to throw rocks or other objects at them, or to try to shoot the ICE types.
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