Own Goal

In soccer, the most humiliating mistake a player can make is the own goal — kicking the ball into the net you’re supposed to be defending. For Republicans, their own goal was Donald Trump.

Terrified of his MAGA voting bloc, Republican congressmen abandoned their constitutional duty of checks and balances. They kissed the ring, rubber-stamped his Cabinet picks, and confirmed judges without scrutiny. In doing so, they surrendered their power — not to the people, but to one man.

The result was a Cabinet filled with incompetence. Loyalty tests replaced qualifications. Pete Hegseth, among others, became emblematic of this rot — a figure whose reckless decisions may one day be judged in the harsh light of accountability. Meanwhile, scandals were buried, Epstein files delayed, and oversight abandoned, all to avoid the wrath of Dear Leader. This wasn’t governance. It was capitulation. And like any own goal, the damage was self-inflicted.

The consequences of this submission are now plain. By elevating loyalty over competence, Republicans enabled chaos, and did nothing to lower the cost of living for working-class people. Families struggling with rent, groceries, and healthcare found no relief from a party too busy protecting Trump’s ego to protect their constituents. The GOP’s obsession with appeasement left ordinary Americans footing the bill for dysfunction.

And then came the moment that crystallized the absurdity: Nobel-snubbed Donald Trump accepting the inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize.” A made-up gold trophy, a medal, and a certificate — handed to a man whose tenure was marked by division, not diplomacy. It was a parody of statesmanship, a photo op masquerading as honor. The image of Trump smirking beside a bewildered FIFA official will live on as the perfect metaphor for the GOP’s descent — a party so committed to the illusion of victory that it mistook satire for achievement.

Now, the scoreboard is shifting. Miami just elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in 30 years. That victory is more than symbolic; it is a crack in the dam. Gerrymandering won’t save the GOP in 2026 when voters connect the dots: Republicans chose to confirm incompetence, cover up corruption, and ignore the economic pain of working families. The floodgates are opening, and history will remember not just Trump’s failures, but the complicity of those who enabled him.

The irony is rich. In their desperation to protect themselves from Trump’s base, Republicans scored against their own team. They weakened their brand, alienated moderates, and set the stage for a blue wave in 2026 and a blue tsunami in 2028. Miami is the first ripple, but it won’t be the last.

The GOP thought they were defending their net. Instead, they kicked the ball straight in. And history will record the Trump era not as a victory, but as the greatest own goal in American politics.

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Pay to Play

In 2025, President Trump issued a wave of controversial pardons that raised eyebrows across the political spectrum. While presidential clemency is a constitutional power, the pattern of recipients suggests a troubling trend: those with wealth, influence, or political loyalty were far more likely to receive mercy than those without.

The Donors and Allies Who Walked Free

  • Juan Orlando Hernández: The former president of Honduras was convicted of trafficking over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. His pardon followed lobbying efforts by Trump ally Roger Stone. Roger Stone, by the way, was pardoned by President Donald Trump on December 23, 2020. He received a full and unconditional pardon for his conviction related to charges of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and other offenses connected to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Stone had been sentenced to 40 months in prison, but his sentence was commuted and then fully pardoned by Trump.
  • David Gentile: Orchestrated a $1.6 billion Ponzi-style fraud targeting over 10,000 investors. Praised by Trump’s pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson.
  • George Santos: Convicted of wire fraud, identity theft, and campaign finance violations. A vocal supporter of Trump.
  • Changpeng Zhao: Founder of Binance, convicted of money laundering. Binance had promoted Trump family crypto ventures.
  • Trevor Milton: Founder of Nikola, convicted of securities fraud. His business aligned with Trump’s economic messaging.
  • Rod Blagojevich: Former Illinois governor who attempted to sell Obama’s Senate seat. A former contestant on Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice.”
  • Devon Archer: Convicted in a $60 million bond fraud. His ties to Hunter Biden were used by Trump to fuel political attacks.
  • BitMEX Co-founders: Pardoned for violating anti-money laundering laws. Their crypto influence aligned with Trump’s push for digital finance.
  • Henry Cuellar and wife: Facing federal bribery charges. Trump framed their case as DOJ overreach.
  • Michele Fiore: Convicted of charity fraud involving police memorial funds. A vocal MAGA supporter.
  • Scott Jenkins: Involved in a “cash-for-badges” scheme. Tied to Trump-aligned law enforcement circles.
  • Let’s, also, not forget the 1600 MAGA-merch-wearing insurrectionists who were pardoned by Trump for their attack on the Capital and Capital Police. He called them heroic patriots.

These pardons share a common thread: political loyalty, economic influence, or usefulness to Trump’s narrative. While no direct bribes have been proven, the optics suggest a system where clemency is granted not based on justice, but on proximity to power.

Meanwhile, over 80 Venezuelan boatmen—accused of drug smuggling but never tried—were killed in U.S.-led maritime strikes. They had no lobbyists, no campaign donations, no celebrity connections. They didn’t “Pay to Play.” They paid with their lives, and Trump and Hegseth should pay for their “Kill them all” war crimes with Impeachment and prison.

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

The Department of Vengeance

As America prepares for the No Kings Rally — a celebration of democratic resistance and constitutional humility — it’s worth asking: what kind of kingdom are we resisting?

Recent headlines suggest we’re not just dealing with a president. We’re dealing with a monarch-in-waiting, armed not with a crown, but with a blacklist.

He’s already renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War — now he’s eyeing the Department of Justice for a makeover: the Department of Vengeance.

Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to punish his political enemies. He’s called himself “your retribution”. He’s floated criminal referrals for Letitia James, who dared to hold him accountable for civil fraud. He’s targeted James Comey and John Bolton, not for crimes, but for defiance. And he’s done it all while testing the waters of public appetite for vengeance — a campaign strategy that doubles as a loyalty test.

This isn’t justice. It’s grievance cosplay.

The so-called Department of Vengeance isn’t a real agency, but it might as well be. Trump’s allies have proposed purges of federal institutions, loyalty oaths for civil servants, and even a new “Department of Government Efficiency” — a euphemism for gutting agencies that don’t kiss the ring.

Let’s be clear: this is not about restoring order.  It’s about rewriting the rules so that dissent becomes disloyalty, and accountability becomes treason.

And yet, the system resists. Grand juries refuse to indict political targets. Judges push back. Juries — those pesky peers — still ask for evidence, not vendettas. The machinery of democracy may be creaky, but it hasn’t collapsed.  Journalists, too, are standing up.  They walked out of the Pentagon after they refused to sign agreements that they would only write approved stories.

So, as we gather for the No Kings Rally, let’s remember: the crown isn’t just a metaphor. It’s a warning. When a leader builds a Department of Vengeance, he’s not just settling scores. He’s auditioning for tyranny.  Trump is a wannabe Fascist, but like John Bolton once said, “To be a fascist, you have to have a philosophy. Trump’s not capable of that. You know, Adolf Hitler wrote a profoundly troubling book called Mein KampfMy Struggle. Donald Trump couldn’t even read his way all the way through that book, let alone write something like it.”

Nonetheless, Dumb Donnie wants his revenge fantasies. We just want to keep our republic.  Join the rally and help us.

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, is most often associated with the quote: “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.”  Goebbels’ propaganda strategy was repetition, emotional appeal, and the manipulation of public perception.

Jen Psaki recently aired a chilling montage: 36 Sinclair-affiliated newscasters in 36 different cities reciting the same exact script, word for word. It wasn’t a blooper reel—it was a broadcast strategy to “flood the zone” with their message.  “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it.”   Ironically, their message was “We’re concerned about the troubling trend of false news…” Obviously, the irony was lost on them.  What are the odds that 36 different opinion influencers in 36 different cities all had the very same word-for-word opinion about a current problem?  You have better odds of hitting the Powerball Grand Prize. When 36 newscasters in 36 different cities say the same exact thing, it’s not journalism—it’s choreography.

This isn’t just lazy journalism. It’s tactical repetition—a propaganda technique.  Joseph Goebbels believed that if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes truth, not through evidence, but through echo.  The modern Republican messaging follows this blueprint with eerie precision. When a false claim emerges—whether about elections, vaccines, or climate—it’s not debated. It’s deployed. Within hours, the same phrases surface across Fox News, congressional tweets, and local radio. It’s not persuasion. It’s programming.  This isn’t about disagreement. It’s about manufactured consensus. The goal isn’t to win an argument—it’s to flood the zone with noise until truth becomes indistinguishable from fiction.

  • It starts with Centralized Messaging: GOP operatives distribute talking points like marching orders. The purpose is Repetition Over Reason: The same phrases—“weaponized DOJ,” “rigged election,” “woke indoctrination”—are repeated ad nauseam.  Then comes the Emotional Anchoring: Lies are tied to fear, patriotism, or outrage, bypassing logic and triggering tribal loyalty.  The final step is to Flood the Zone. Currently, the Republicans are blaming the government shutdown on Democrats. Not with nuance, not with evidence, but with a synchronized chant: “Democrats are shutting down the government to give billions in healthcare to illegal aliens.” It’s an outrageous lie. A loud, coordinated, cynical lie. But it’s everywhere—on cable news, in press releases, across social media. The goal isn’t persuasion. It’s saturation. “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” 

This isn’t new. But the scale, speed, and shamelessness of its practitioners are unprecedented.

When truth becomes optional, democracy becomes ornamental. Plato warned that unchecked rhetoric leads to tyranny. Goebbels promoted it. And today’s Republican echo chamber is actually proving that it works in real time.  They were able to get a twice impeached, convicted rapist and felon elected to the highest office by spreading lies without caring if they were true or not, “They’re eating the dogs!”

We don’t need censorship. We need media literacy, moral clarity, and the courage to call the repetition of lies what it really is: a weapon.

“Don’t believe me, just watch.”

Bigger than Kimmel: Psaki shows what’s really behind the comedian’s suspension

If you don’t want to hear the entire story, fast forward 5 minutes into the video to get to the reveal.

If you’re disappointed that this post was all about Propaganda instead of Bruno Mars, I included the Bruno Mars video to make you feel better.

Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (Official Video) ft. Bruno Mars

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Baby, Your the GRINCHiest

A Gangster now known as Donny Two Dolls

Back in my day, on a TV program named 77 Sunset Strip, the parking lot attendant, Kookie Burns, used to say, “Baby, you’re the Ginchiest.”  If you’re under 70, you might need to see this clip from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand to get an idea of his character.

Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens “Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb”

Back then, ginchiest was Kookie’s beatnik word for somebody who was the absolute coolest person.  Nowadays, we have somebody who is the exact opposite.  Donald Trump is the GRINCHiest person.

When a reporter informed him that there would likely be a toy shortage this Christmas, if he kept the high tariff on China, Trump said that children would just get two dolls instead of 30, and they might cost a little more, but it wasn’t a big deal.

No toys for our little tots?  No big deal?  If a Democrat said that, the Fox “News” Nutwork would already be screaming about the heartless “War on Christmas” by pinko leftists.  Now, since Trump said it, they don’t even bother to comment on his comment. If they ever have to say something, they will find a way to blame it on Biden. “If Biden didn’t force all the toy manufacturers to move to China….”

Donny Two Dolls doesn’t think anything about taking away somebody else’s toys, but he raced back from Italy immediately after the funeral of Pope Francis, so that he could get in a round of golf at his club in New Jersey before the sun went down.  He sure won’t give up any of his toys, but he expects your kids to “take it like a man.”  Beside, why are you wasting your money on toys when you can get your kids digital action pictures of Donald Trump for only $99.99.

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Internal Combustion

Trump won the election claiming that immigrants were drug smuggling, rapist, pet eating criminals, and he would get rid of all of them.  Instead of putting criminals in jail, on his first day in office, he let 1500 J6 rioters out of jail, including violent criminals who assaulted police officers, leaders of terrorist organizations like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, king-pin drug dealers, and child pornographers.  I guess he’s hoping that these thugs will rally to his defense again when he needs to stage his next coup attempt.

Trump also won the election claiming that he would end the war in Ukraine on Day One.  He didn’t, and now it’s Day 4.

Trump also won the election saying that he knows how to hire the best people, but he nominated some of the absolute worst possible people to his cabinet and to head the Department of Defense and other government offices.  The only qualifications he seemed to care about were sycophantic loyalty to him and a Fox News employee I.D.

Now I hear that Donald J. Musk and Elon Trump are engaged in a jealous power struggle.   How sweet.  I hope nobody breaks up this fight.

To all those Americans who are worried and afraid of this administration, I offer hope.

Trump claims that God saved him in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.  But, will that same God save him from attacks from within.  History has shown us that sometimes the greatest attacks come from that direction.  Trump hates real sharks, but he is now surrounding himself with a vicious hoard of deadly land sharks, that would make his buddy Hannibal Lecter nervous.  He has hand-picked a group of advisors who have no moral compass, and many are heavily armed gun nuts.  He hasn’t learned from history, because he is too stupid to even study history.

Philip II of Macedonia: He was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, Pausanias of Orestis, in 336 BC.

Xerxes I: The Persian king was killed by his Royal Guard commander, Artabanus, in 465 BCE.

Caligula: The Roman Emperor was assassinated by members of his own guard in 41 AD.

Laurent Kabila: The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo was shot by one of his bodyguards in 2001.

Salmaan Taseer: The Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, was killed by his bodyguard in 2011.

Indira Gandhi: The Prime Minister of India was assassinated by her own bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, were both Sikhs. This tragic event occurred in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, a military operation ordered by Gandhi to remove Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Trump has surrounded himself with predators who will do anything to feed their own narcissistic fever dreams.  Alex Jones is a right-wing conspiracy theorist and talk show host known for his controversial views and clashes with various public figures, including Elon Musk.  Steve Bannon is also going after Elon Musk.  When they’re finished with him, or he is finished with them, there will eventually be a power struggle with Trump himself.  Trump’s friends don’t always stay his friends.  Just look at his fixer lawyer Michael Cohen.  They hate each other now.

Cannibalism is present in the animal kingdom.

Praying Mantises: Female mantises sometimes eat their mates during or after mating.

Black Widows: The female black widow spider is notorious for eating the male after mating.

Lions: Occasionally, a new dominant male lion will kill and sometimes eat the cubs of the previous male.

Hamsters: In certain stressful conditions or if resources are scarce, mother hamsters might eat their young.

Sharks: Some shark species practice intrauterine cannibalism, where the larger embryos consume their smaller siblings within the womb.

Polar Bears: These bears sometimes resort to cannibalism, especially when food is scarce.

So, keep the faith that Trump’s evil oligarchy will not last.  It’s survival of the nastiest in the Trump world, and they will eventually start eating their own.  In the meanwhile, organize to flip the Congress in 2026, so that we can quickly fix whatever damage Trump causes.  In the immortal words used by Abraham Lincoln, “This too shall pass.”  As Trump surrounds himself with vipers, he should also be aware of the immortal words of the very mortal Caesar, “Et tu, Brute?”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Oh Canada, We Stand On Guard for Thee

Remember when Trump changed the course of a mighty hurricane by using a Sharpie pen?  Well, his Sharpie pen is still changing the world.  The latest change was that the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America.

He’s not ready to stop there, though.  In a recent press conference, President-elect, Donald Trump announced his intentions to acquire Canada, the Panama Canal, and Greenland.  Remember back in 2003 when we were upset with the French for opposing our invasion of Iraq, and we reacted by swapping out the word “French” for the word “Freedom.”  We had Freedom Fries, Freedom Bread, Freedom Dressing, Freedom Toast, Freedom Vanilla, Freedom Manicure, Freedom Doors, Freedom Onion Soup, Freedom Braids, Freedom Kissing, and Freedom Ticklers.

Now that Trump is preparing an invasion to acquire Canada as the 51st State, how long will it be before the far right starts texting things like Freedom Club Whisky, Freedom Dry ginger ale, Freedom Bacon, and Freedom Geese?  Maybe, they’ll finally stop shooting Bud Lite cans with assault weapons and switch to blasting cases of Molson Canadian Ale, excuse me, Molson Freedom Ale.

To prepare myself for the world domination plans of the Orange Menace and his ultra rich creepy sidekick, Elon, I watched the movie Canadian Bacon, starring Alan Alda, John Candy, and Rhea Pearlman.  In the movie, Alan Alda plays a President with a low approval rating who tries to start a Cold War with Canada to appease defense contractors and boost his ratings.  John Candy plays the sheriff of Niagara Falls, who is swept up in the madness and invades Canada.  Rhea Pearlman plays a wonderfully psycho Deputy Sheriff who blasts the hell out of the Toronto Tower.  I sure hope they never show that movie to Donald Trump while he’s in the White House.

When Trump is finished with Canada, I guess he’ll start on Panama, and be texting about Freedom Hats, Freedom Jack, and Freedom Red.  Then, Panamanians will be subject to the same slurs he now uses on other immigrants from the south, drug smuggling rapists who eat your pets.  Freedom Red, Freedom Red.  He’ll steal your woman, then he’ll rob your head, Freedom Red, Freedom Red.

I can’t think of anything with Greenland in the name except, well, Greenland, itself.  Since those on the far right believe that Global Climate Change is a hoax and the Green New Deal is absolute poison to them, I guess they’ll just change the name of the country from Greenland to Oil-land, or more likely, Trumpland.  Oil and minerals rights might be the reason that Trump wants it.  Unless, of course, since it is halfway between the U.S. and Russia, he could be planning weekend getaways with his favorite dictator, Vladimir Putin.  Suck it, Kim Jong Un.

Trump’s trying to sell his Greenland acquisition idea as a 21st century Louisiana Purchase.  To me, it just seems like another con to divert America’s attention from the fact that he can’t lower the price of eggs and bacon and that his 25% tariff will probably even raise the cost of many items.

Many Canadians are worried about Trump’s plan to make it the 51st State, especially since Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister soon after Trump’s announcement.  I would like to remind them that in 2024, there were about 240 million eligible voters in the U.S.  Approximately 75 million voted for Trump.  Approximately 72.5 million voted for Harris.  Around 95 million eligible voters did not vote at all.  Thus, around 68.8% of eligible voters did not vote for Trump.  Trump may have an iron grip on his MAGA supporters but, I want to reassure our Canadian neighbors that the rest of us still live in the real world, and we will oppose him.  “Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

Happy Thanksgiving to All, even “Uncle Bob”

Three weeks ago, the country was divided into those who would be voting for Donald Trump and those who would be voting for Kamala Harris.  With the election now over, those divisions no longer exist. Now, we are all Americans who will be living through another Donald Trump Presidency.  We’re all in the same boat now, except that half of us are optimistic about the next four years, and half of us are dreading them.

I am a never Trumper, but I am not too worried about what Donald Trump is going to do simply because I am old, real old.  I am 76. My aging body might not even last until the end of his Presidency.  For that matter, Trump is older than me, so his aging body might not last that long, either.  He already looks like he’s melting.  So, like my Mom always said, “Never trouble trouble, ‘til trouble troubles you, for trouble, like a bubble, that you’re troubling about, may only be a cipher with the rim rubbed out.”

Many of my friends are in the other camp.  They drank the Kool-Aid DJT was dispensing and are expecting him to “Make America Great Again.”  It would be nice if four years from now, I could say, “Wow, I’m shocked, but you were right.  The United States is great again.”  However, I feel that, instead, I will be saying, “I warned you assholes that this was going to happen.”  Only time will tell what I’ll be saying in four years.  So, let’s focus on the present. 

Tomorrow, families and friends will be gathered around the Thanksgiving table, gorging on food before sitting down to watch football while their waistbands are pressing cruelly against their stomachs.  Perhaps, there will be some political discussion, but I hope that everyone will remain calm, try to keep things civil, and remember that we all have much for which to be thankful. If you have trouble calming down, just remember the words of a wise old soothsayer, “This too shall pass.”

Happy Thanksgiving to all, even “Uncle Bob.”

Peace & Love, and all of the above.

Earl

Daddy Donald Wants You

Donald Trump wants to be sure that this time around, his closest advisors will be people who will always agree with him, kiss his ring, and “kiss the other ring, too.”  So, he is handpicking his cabinet and high-level advisors very carefully.  If you are thinking about applying for a job in this administration, be advised to wear your MAGA hat to the job interview.

He already has his Vice-President, J.D. Vance.

Trump is very much aware that a third assassination attempt might be planned.  The Secret Service and bullet-proof glass will protect him from snipers.  However, he is worried about being poisoned.  So, J.D. Vance’s only duty will be to act as Donald’s official food taster.  In between meals, J.D. will have full access to every room in the White House, except that he will not be allowed on the couches.

His Chief of Staff will be Susie Wilese.

If Trump actually has to run for a third term, just in case he’s not already Dictator-for-Life by then, Trump wants his 2024 Campaign Manager, Susie “The Ice Maiden” Wilese to be ready to hit the ground running.

The Deputy Chief of Staff will be the chrome-domed Stephen Miller.

He would implement the administration’s immigration agenda, by deporting African Americans and anyone with long hair.

The White House Counsel will be Bill McGinley.  Normally this would have been the toughest job in the Trump White House, as he would be in charge of all of Trump’s current and previous lawyers.  Now, though, thanks to Presidential Immunity, his only job will be to caddy for the President when he goes golfing.

The Central Intelligence Agency Director will be John Ratcliffe.

Trump can’t be bothered to read Intelligence Reports, so Ratcliffe’s job will be to get the most recently gathered Intelligence aired on Fox News, where the President will be sure to see it.

The Secretary of State will be Marco Rubio.

Little Marco has joked in the past that President Trump has small hands, and might also have “small crowd sizes.”  So, he will be sent on missions all over the world, never to return to the United States.

The National Security Adviser will be Mike Waltz.

His job will be to get the Chinese to dismantle their Great Wall and send it to our southern border, where we will get Mexicans to reconstruct it brick by brick on their way out of the country.  (If Arizona can have the London Bridge, then surely the U.S. can have the Great Wall of China on our Southern Border.

The “Border czar” will be Tom Homan.

He will be in charge of deporting Latinos and agricultural farm workers, because as President Trump says, “Real Americans don’t eat salad.  We eat hamburgers.”

The U.S. ambassador to Israel will be Mike Huckabee’

Oy vay!  What can I say?

The EPA Administrator will be Former Rep. Lee Zeldin.

To head the soon-to-be-eliminated Environmental Protection Agency, Trump picked a former New York Congressman whose only job will be to deregulate everything and then turn out the lights when the party is over.

The Head of Homeland Security will be Kristi Noem.  We all remember her from the time she shot her dog and goat.  “She will make sure that immigrants don’t eat our pets by shooting them first.”  (It is still unclear whether this means that she will be shooting the immigrants, or the pets, or both.  We are awaiting clarification.)

Will there be any jobs for Liberals and people who voted for Harris? You ask.  Of course, there will be.  The Deportation holding areas will need tens of thousands of “sanitation engineers.”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl

His Lies are Marching on…

Since 1912, Pravda has been the official newspaper of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union/Russia.  Pravda is a Russian word that means “truth.”  If you’re going to spread lies and propaganda, of course, the first step is to choose a name that will make the public, at least subconsciously, think you are telling the truth.

This is a lesson that Putin taught his prize student very well.  So, when Donald Trump, a renowned serial liar started his social media platform, he, of course, called it Truth Social.

Donald Trump has learned from Vladimir Putin, because he admires the man who has controlled Russia with an iron fist for the past 25 years.  Donald Trump wants to be the Putin President.

Before Donald Trump ran for President he was interested in building a Trump Tower in Moscow.  Part of his plan to get that tower approved, included offering to give the top floor to Putin.  It was just another in a series of business deals that Trump made with Russia, as American banks shied away from dealing with the man who bankrupted two Atlantic City casinos and four other businesses.  His partners in the 2006 Trump Soho project in New York included a former official of the Soviet Union, who had previously confessed to felony fraud involving organized crime, Felix Henry Sater born Felix Mikhailovich Sheferovsky.

In 2008, Donald Trump Jr. admitted that money was pouring in from Russia for Trump properties, as Russian Oligarchs invested in and bought Trump properties.  In 2013 Eric Trump said that Russians provided financing that American Banks would not.

Then, in 2013, in another attempt to curry favor with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump took his Miss Universe pageant to Moscow.

Donald Trump, a wannabe dictator himself, lies when he says that he cares about the American people.  He cares more about pleasing Vladimir Putin.

Four days ago, Donald Trump had a photo opportunity driving around in a garbage truck.  Tomorrow is election day, and we the people can finally put an end to Donald Trump’s lies and his political career.  It’s time for America to take out the trash, and dump Trump into the dustbin of history.  The truth will set you free.

Vote for Harris/Walz.

Edith Ann – “And thats the truth”

Peace & Love, and all of the above,

Earl