Former Opinion Page editor and “Smart Bombs” columnist for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane. Retired.
Seattle, Wash.
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Lynda Carter, 75, uses just soap and water for her skin, plus one rule she’s followed for decades thenewstribune.com/living/ar…
Ham sandwiches everywhere are relaxing.
Federal grand juries approve 99.9% of indictments. The Trump admin has failed with:
Cassidy Hutchinson
Letitia James
Sens. Mark Kelly & Elissa Slotkin
Reps. Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander
Sean Dunn
Sidney Reid (three times)
Nathalie Jones
I could go on. Whatever your politics, it’s not a great look.
It’s a quote that perfectly encapsulates Trump.
Ego, thin skin and ignorance.
Norway’s government doesn’t determine the winner.
“A part of growing up.”
#iykyk
Gary Crooks retweeted
Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
Gary Crooks retweeted
The fact that Trump will remove tariffs to help Republicans win elections, but he won’t remove tariffs to help Americans afford necessities, tells you exactly what his priorities are.
BREAKING:
The United States is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Maine Senator Susan Collins and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.
Full Story: on.wsj.com/4i6fCyU
Gary Crooks retweeted
So basically the entire Trump administration has been committing nonstop crimes
You are ruled by a mafia
SCOOP: White House lawyers weigh preemptive pardons for large numbers of junior admin staff, as MAGA allies press for protections for lower ranking aides
Under discussion is pardons everyone in certain policy, like deportation
Does not seem imminent
washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
Blatant corruption
This Forbes investigation is a must-read.
Donald Trump pulled in roughly $1.4 billion from crypto in 2025, plus more than $200 million from real estate, and faced a projected tax bill north of $500 million. So his company donated the "development rights" to his Jupiter, Florida golf course to a land trust, argued the course was a natural habitat worth protecting, and kept right on running the club. Forbes estimates the write-off could land around $825 million.
He has done this at least five times since 2005. New York's attorney general alleged two of those appraisals were inflated. In Doral, he claimed a deduction of up to $323 million, more than double what he paid for the entire resort.
A month after the Jupiter deal, he sued the IRS. The settlement his own Justice Department signed bars claims against him over matters that "could be pending," language that appears broad enough to cover this year's taxes. A federal judge found the case was brought to manipulate the judicial process. And the man now running the IRS, who took the job as this deal was being assembled, has a home backing onto those same Jupiter fairways.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Nobody should be able to use the presidency to write his own tax bill.
forbes.com/sites/danalexande…
Gary Crooks retweeted
It’s really peak @VivekGRamaswamy. Not only does he become a cheerleader for child rape to save his dying campaign. He tracked down an 82 yr old homeless woman living in a car in a church parking lot with a bunch of cats to star in his child rape ad.
Leonard Cohen: “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Is there a crack in Trump? Does the light ever get in?
I asked the president about his job approval number. "It's fake," he quickly said. "It's fake." He pointed to the New York Times -- "The job approval, they said it's 37, 38?" he asked incredulously. "I'm not at 38." I asked where he thought his approval rating actually stands. "I don't believe I could be beaten by anybody," he said. "I think that if I needed it, which I don't, I think 60." Link: Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy. washingtonexaminer.com/daily…
