Jack Smith: If you talk about the pardons of these people convicted for the violence on January 6th, right? There's all sorts of costs. There's the obvious cost of recidivism. These are people who committed their crimes in the name and in the interest of Donald Trump, and he's returned the favor by pardoning them. That sends one message to them, a message I'm equally concerned about is the message that it sends to law enforcement. Supporting law enforcement should not be a political issue. It should not be a Republican, Democrat, red blue thing.
I had a conversation Friday with 12 Trump supporters from my former congressional district. It was interesting. And revealing. All 12 of them told me they now considered Fox News to be “left-wing media.” All of them felt that way. I was somewhat surprised by that. Content will be out soon at - https://t.co/MIk1kWiSxj.
Trump had a hypomanic episode last night. Post after post after post. Short posts. Memes. Reposts. His gut is a simmering stew of agitation, rage, and desperation. His malignant pathologies rule him, projecting his feelings outward.
What he feels primarily, is fear. So, he fearmongers.
What he also feels, is time running out. So his focus on mortality leads him to Jesus and the Pope and his focus on legacy leads him to monuments.
By any medical, psychological, neurological, or objective common-sense standard, he's ill. Very ill. And he has a NEW fear now - losing his mind - his acuity. He hates himself for it. He hates the chorus of people calling him unhinged, and he hates any suggestion that he can't do exactly what he wants to do, all the time.
Neither you nor I can EVER feel the kind of desperation and rage Trump feels now. This is a man terrified that all that he is, and all that he ever said he was - his entire lifetime of secrets and lies and false constructs - is crumbling into the ash of a fake myth.
Malignant narcissists always get worse. Trump is a malignant narcissist in a deep and steep decline.
Just to recap:
Russia is currently helping Iranian forces try to kill US troops.
In response, Trump is… lifting sanctions on Russia and threatening to pull out of NATO, which are the #1 and #2 items on Putin’s wishlist
If our Christianity causes the abused to be ignored, the stranger to be unwelcome, kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, and our planet to be disregarded all while billionaires get richer, we've profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.
This can only end in disaster. This is unmitigated aggression. It is exactly the mindset of Russia, and of the Nazis. Total abdication of the UN Charter and the Nuremberg principles. Knowing history is a scary thing in these times. The storm is gathering.
Gavin Newsom: “The hell is going on in this country? None of this is normal. You will be seeing on my patriot site new signature kneepads for all these CEOs for bending their knee. For those lawfirms, universities, media companies. Wake up everybody”
I'm currently reading a comparison of health systems globally. There are about 4 sentences that really sum it up.
1/4: “The United States is the only developed country that lets insurance companies profit from basic health coverage”
Another mass shooting.
This one at a Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
20 people shot, 2 dead.
We are the ONLY so-called developed country in the world with this recurring problem.
IT. IS. THE. GUNS.