JD Vance  tried to absolve the killer, insisting that Good’s murder was “a tragedy of her own making.”  No. It was a tragedy of Trump’s making.

Are we no better than Putin? And where does this leave us? These acts of war, of invasion, of unilateral kidnapping? Of arbitrary and greasy-palmed pardons?  Who benefits? How does this make us better off?  Greater? Safer?

Trump is spending an awful lot of time, energy and media posts harping on  “our country.” Using “our” implies inclusiveness, but  Trump’s “our” does not include me.

Republicans have remained silent, including our US representative, Brian Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick  joined his Republican sheep, refusing to  support his fellow Pennsylvania Representatives in their simple call to the military to honor their oath and the Constitution.

Trump’s solutions to the pesky economic challenges are little more than trumped up pigs in a poke to sell us a bill of goods.

We voted for a progressive Democrat, and instead, we have - you.

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.