In Michael Cohen’s upcoming book, “Disloyal,” he traces the line between naked ambition and national treachery, both his own and his now-infamous client Donald Trump.   I’ve read the foreword and pre-ordered the book based on that because it’s riveting, even though it didn’t surprise me, since I listened to Cohen’s testimony before Congress.  …

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Let’s presume, for the moment (ludicrous as it is), that Tara Reade is telling the truth about her encounter with Joe Biden a quarter century ago and that the top two contenders for POTUS are both (in Trump’s stark terms) p***y grabbers.   If p-grabbing is a deal breaker for women and other feminists (it…

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FANATICISM 101 “The stupid is strong in this one.”   At first, Trump called the corona virus a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/02/29/trump-calls-coronavirus-hysteria-the-democrats-new-hoax/23937129/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEg2SQCpOY44hyECHzb41N_eq7lOe6ktaRp44_ktqgvpFjqFQXPdDa6jco3tTGuiGleSrFoYOp2DYc2QUassCQ1Xkl9R83xI6bzTcsOexC0nimHIs4UXJh702AGZvdFE8s6dHi-dVa2anfbdu9MMNC2b5FqsrSx0BRS8HDrToB-W   Next, he called it a minor threat, nothing to worry about.  https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/donald-trump-coronavirus-work-reaction-095155632.html   Now, his fanatical base is saying it was “planted” in blue states by Democrats to discredit Trump, and…

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  I’m depressed. I can’t shake the feeling that bullies are running–and ruining–the world.   The danger lies is normalizing bullying–making it the “go to” reaction every time a disagreement comes up.   The term civilization itself demands civility. We aren’t civilized when getting at each other’s throats becomes the default response to disagreement or…

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