Before a presidential debate it’s always a good practice to take a look back at the men and women on the stage. In this case, I think it important – essential – to remind ourselves about one of the ‘debaters’ in particular: the former guy.

Since the 2015 b-movie style descend down the escalator, Donald Trump has shown us what kind of (political) person he wishes he was and in multiple unhinged ways continues to prove what he really is.

That he is even a ‘potential’ candidate in the race to the 2024 White House is mind boggling. Is (almost) half of the United States of America really that disconnected from reality and the real-world dangers putting Trump in the Oval Office again will bring to the lives of everyday citizens?

I mean, it’s not like we haven’t read his words, heard his words, seen his performances, and lived through the consequences.

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The Recent Explosion of Untruth Is a Warning of Things to Come

With democracy increasingly staring into the abyss both at home and abroad, propaganda and censorship are the double-edged sword of rising dictatorship.

Americans got a scary peek into what the rising confluence of right-wing authoritarianism and its quasi-state media could accomplish on the day before Thanksgiving.

Via CommonDreams.org

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It Rings True

Posted here 2020-09-04

As a veteran who served six years on active duty in the United States Army, under two Commanders in Chief, I was filled with outrage, disgust, and embarrassment, reading Jeffery Goldberg’s article in The Atlantic, “Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’”.

Every citizen, every man and woman who served in the U.S. Military, everyone who has/had a relative or loved one serve in the U.S. Military, everyone who knows a Veteran or active duty member of the U.S. Military, ought to be outraged that a sitting president, that the nation’s Commander in Chief would utter those words.

Of course, every citizen SHOULD BE outraged but I am fully aware that a cadre of sycophants have already begun their assault on Goldberg and his report. Whether or not every word in the piece is one-hundred percent accurate is for someone else to debate but for me the foundation of Goldberg’s reporting is solid and rings true.

Trump has a long, disgusting history of attacking the character, service and courage of members of the military; from Sergeants to Captains to Admirals to Four-Star Generals, in all branches of the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

Here is just a partial list of Trump’s attacks on U.S. service members (and more) …