The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Marina Corina Machado  for her work promoting democratic rights,  leading the resistance against an authoritarian ruler. The parallel to Trump is telling, the message is clear.

The Nobel Prizes are awarded on the principle “for the greatest benefit to humankind” and some of your examples seem to run counter to that. 

the escalator incident is a hilarious, serendipitous presidential comeuppance. 

Why can’t we find common ground: at our kids’ soccer games, at the grocery checkout line, walking the dog, sitting on neighboring stoops, at the gym? Why can’t we talk to each other IRL, instead of feeding off  a screen or an echo chamber?

Is this what we have become?  Shoot first, post on line, deflect questions later?

who speak truth to power with humor and satire, going where others fear to tread

Firing the messenger doesn’t change the message.

That is the question.

Fitz’s “no” vote was calculated political window dressing to appear bipartisan in a way that did not jeopardize the passing of the bill.

Call them Democrats, progressives, socialists, a rose by any other name is still sweet when it speaks to worried Americans about kitchen table quality-of-life issues.

Trump’s “peace through strength”  doesn’t really want peace in the sense of justice or freedom from fear or mutual respect, understanding and cooperation or conflict resolution through peaceful dialogue.  It wants total control. It wants absolute power.

The cost of Trump’s parade? $45 million. The No Kings protests? Priceless.

We know what Trump is and wants, and it’s up to us to outfox and outplay him.

You’ve been pardoned!

Hamlet speaks of a government of corruption and moral decay. Sound familiar?

We can be like Bishop Budde and The Boss. They speak our mind. We can speak truth to power in our protests, our letters, at the polls.

This Qatari gesture is a masterful stroke, killing two birds with one plane.