Dan Fleshler

Dharma bum, Red Sox fanatic. T1 diabetes since '62. Amazed that I'm still alive. Main causes: affordable healthcare, helping what's left of the Israeli left.

[Holly Figueroa O'Reilly @AynRandPaulRyan]

Being very serious right now…is Trump literally having a stroke at this 9/11 memorial?

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The White House melts down and attacks music legend Jack White after he insults Donald Trump's "disgusting" and "vulgar" redecoration of the White House — prompting White to unleash a scathing takedown for the ages.

MAGA should have just left well enough alone...

“Jack White is a washed-up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career,” claimed White House spokesman Steven Cheung.

In truth, White is still enormously popular and successful, far more so than any of the actually washed up musicians and "celebrities" that
MAGA likes to trot out as Trump supporters.

“It’s apparent [White]’s been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of ‘The People’s House,'” Cheung added.

The idea that agreeing with Trump's infamously tacky interior design sensibilities is a prerequisite for being a "real artist" is laughable. Donald Trump has always had awful taste in aesthetics.

Cheung's remarks led to White posting a lengthy screed on Instagram, in which he listed off Trump's staggering number of failures and scandals—

"Listen, I’m an artist and not a politician so I’m in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I’m not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn’t me calling out trump’s blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous 'wall' construction, his attacks on the disabled, his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake 'gunshot to the ear' that he showed no medical records or photographs of, his constant, constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. etc." White wrote.

"No, it wasn’t me calling out any of that, it was the f*cking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults," he continued. "How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? 'Masquerading as a real artist'? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here’s my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being."

"He’s masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy," he wrote. "He’s been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he’s involved in has prospered except by using other people’s money to find loophole
after loophole and grift after grift."

"His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and fomenting hatred and division in this country on a daily basis," White went on. "And I have 'ample time on (my) hands'? That orange grifter has spent more tax payer money cheating at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There is no progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy."

"So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain’t spending any money on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremacist country club rich idiot agenda," he continued."

"Wow, he hates who you hate....good for you, be proud of yourselves, how christian of you all," White went on.

"The only way you can support this conman is because you are a victim of the 2 party system and you 'defend your guy no matter what he does.'" he wrote. "No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankruptor of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc."

"This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over," wrote White. "This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality
television stars."

"Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves," he continued.

"And no I’m not a Democrat either, I’m a human being raised in Detroit, I’m an artist who’s owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief," he concluded before signing his name.

In his Instagram post, White also shared a photo of Trump hawking his ugly golden sneakers, one of Trump selling MAGA merchandise at the White House, and memes about Trump scandals. He also wrote a caption—

"I was raised to believe that we defeated fascism in World War II and that we would never allow it again in the world. I don't always state publicly my political opinions, and like anyone I don't always know all of the facts, but when it comes to this man and this administration I'm not going to be like one of the silent minority of 1930's Germany. This man is a danger to not just America but the entire world and that's not an exaggeration, he's dismantling democracy and endangering the planet on a daily basis, and we. all. know. it. -JW III... 'To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.' - Theodore Roosevelt"

By just about any metric, this is one of most brutal, comprehensive takedowns of Donald Trump to date. Let's hope that the White House hits back again, so that Jack White has an excuse to tear into him even more.

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Jack White for speaking the truth!

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

On my 71st birthday, a piece of flash fiction I wrote was published in The Plenitudes Literary Journal.
https://t.co/2madEwbRSh

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@CaseyCoope17192 @ABCNewsLive I see this explanation popping up everywhere. It’s very predictable. When MAGA folks see something they don’t like, they have to find a conspiracy theory to explain it. I’ve got friends all over the country participating in these protests, and none of them are being paid

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

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My latest post in The Third Narrative addresses the distressing, appalling fact that most Israelis don't want to send more humanitarian aid to Gaza...although there is a constituency that wants to help.

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

@clenchner Yes, the court of reasonable Leftists Who Aren't Afraid to Face Paradigm-Busting Truths has ruled in your favor.

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

@bbohb2 You’re welcome.

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

If you empathize with innocent people suffering in both the Gaza Strip and Israel and want to help them, here are suggestions: https://t.co/PPwwHKKwPo

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

Glimmers of glimmers of hope from The Third Narrative:
https://t.co/m90FyK8W2d

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

@AmiDar Another way to characterize obtusely one-sided statements from both extremes is they convey a whittled-down sense of empathy. They are unable or unwilling to admit to having compassion for innocent civilians (whether in Gaza or southern Israel)

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

@clenchner Stop making sense

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

Some equate Zionism, since its inception, with "European settler colonialism." Sam Fleischacker shows that while there are similarities, there are also key differences.https://t.co/2paT2vsamJ

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

The Israeli right is planning to ban Palestinian parties. Here’s how https://t.co/cvdb2cT9aH do x Ed C

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

@miss__diabetes @MsAllisonBailey Horrified? Yes. But he also would have been furious!

[Yonatan Touval @Yonatan_Touval]

Tonight's pro-democracy in Tel Aviv

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

Holes in the Roster -- Dan Fleshler https://t.co/6AxHnq1olw

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

The price of insulin has become a national issue. That's thanks in part to a small group of activist who have organized in person and online.

@besables explains how they used Twitter to make insulin a kitchen table issue: https://t.co/MG6mYsESnx

[Ben Samuels @Bsamuels0]

U.S. condemns Bezalel Smotrich's "irresponsible, repugnant, disgusting" call for Israel to "wipe out" a Palestinian village, urging Netanyahu to publicly disavow the comments. Still no word on whether the U.S. will deny him entry later this month https://t.co/RZVtio8yfQ

[Dan Fleshler @fleshlerd]

Big Pharma still raking in profits from Medicare recipients who need insulin, despite new price cap of $35 per month. I paid that in Jan and Feb. My insurer, Aetna/Silverscript, shelled out about $260 each time. Costs $10 per vial to manufacture. #Insulin4all @Kidfears99