The Rantings of a Mad Man--and a Grammy Favorite
Trump lunacy but a break for music.
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Didn’t intend to do a posting/mailing today but, geesh, the Trump-Musk is just too idiotic—from tariffs to the U.S. Treasury takeover—and scary to ignore. So a few screen grabs and quotes and cartoons to consider.
But first, I will probably ignore tonight’s Grammys, given the performers and the music I am increasingly not aware of, nor interested in, but I will give one shout out here to Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, who are up for best Americana song (“Empty Trainload of Sky”) and best folk album (“Woodland”). Here is that song, live, and a couple of other cuts from the album.
”What We Had” live:
”Hashtag” (for Guy Clark) live at Newport
”Mad Men,” the More Dangerous Sequel
"We’re not going to be the 'Stupid Country' any longer": Trump fumes at WSJ op-ed bashing tariffs
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
Trump, again on Truth Social today:
JD Vance Tells Fox News Trump Will Make the Call On Taking Greenland No Matter 'What the Europeans Scream At Us'
Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I.
The Education Department told employees of the suspensions in letters on Friday. Some of those put on leave said they had only a minimal connection to diversity or equity efforts.
Rep. Jared Huffman
@JaredHuffman
Here's how stupid Trump thinks we are: he just dumped a bunch of valuable water from 2 federal flood control dams, wasting it into the Tulare Lake bed where it evaporates. None goes to LA, but he claims he's saving LA. Pissing on us and telling us it's raining.
Ways to resist.. *Place homemade "Stop Trump" stickers every where.
*Invert postage stamps
*Write on Canadian, Mexican social media pages messages of supporting them regarding trump's tariffs,
*Call FCC and complain about maga media,
*Remove maga media from supermarket newsstands,
*Get involved in fox maga media surveys, distorts the numbers,
*Order free items from mags, i.e., The Heritage Society - then return to sender. Cross out you return address.
*Read about the White Rose
*Shopping is voting, shop morally.
* Call maga advertisers
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ACT
He’s managed to combine and refine three favors of screwing things…up.
Shooting oneself in the foot with his foot in his mouth, and his head up his ass.