Dear President Trump, We are having some (more) semi-forced family time on day five of our California college tour trip and we are watching selected segments of "The Office" in order to see the especially embarrassing bits with the boss, Michael Scott. Have you seen the show? You and Michael have an awful lot in … Continue reading We watch you even though it’s exhausting
Democracy Under Siege
We all have the moon because none of us have it
Dear President Trump, Looks like you and Putin didn't pull it off as far as lifting the sanctions on Russia. I suppose for Putin tilting the election in your favor was probably worth the risk of being caught. There was absolutely no way the sanctions would have been lifted if Hillary Clinton had been elected … Continue reading We all have the moon because none of us have it
We ought to be grateful
Dear President Trump, From the vantage point of someone with a moral compass who isn't familiar with sociopaths your mind must seem like a very confusing place to be as you whip from encouraging Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's campaign correspondence to decrying leaks in your administration to saying the Russia investigation is a witch-hunt … Continue reading We ought to be grateful
“Made in America Week”
Dear President Trump, As always there are lots of worthy topics I could write you about between Sean Spicer resigning and Jeff Sessions being on the ropes and maybe down for the count, but I'm going to focus on it having been "Made in America Week." Who in your administration thought this was a good … Continue reading “Made in America Week”
Is no one telling you to shut up?
Dear President Trump, Do you all really think it's going to help to throw shade on Mr. Mueller and his team by (ironically? cynically? hypocritically? all of the above?) claiming conflict of interest fouls and insisting your financial dealings are out of bounds because they can't possibly have anything to do with the Russia collusion … Continue reading Is no one telling you to shut up?
So it’s not about some silly fight with Obama’s legacy
Dear President Trump, I keep having to step back and reconsider the ideas I float for helping our country because I realize later I've neglected some crucial aspect of the problems. This time it's that the Sleeping Beauty idea of some more liberal portion of us braving the dense thicket of B.S. dividing us from … Continue reading So it’s not about some silly fight with Obama’s legacy
Let’s put the people front and center
Dear President Trump, How are you this morning? Are you back in the Oval Office this week? Ready to tackle important issues like infrastructure, education, taxes, and healthcare? How about working on filling key governmental offices that are currently lacking leaders and critical personnel? I know you and your Republican props want smaller government and … Continue reading Let’s put the people front and center
You won by appealing to the worst in humanity (Fran Lebowitz)
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I read the NYT "Table for Three" piece featuring Fran Lebowitz and Bill Maher and I keep circling back to Lebowitz's statement that people who voted for you want the Confederate flag back. She also pointed out how you didn't win because you did anything right; you won by appealing to … Continue reading You won by appealing to the worst in humanity (Fran Lebowitz)
People can get quite psychotic if they don’t sleep
Dear President Trump, When I was in DC earlier in the week I got to have dinner with an old friend from graduate school. We spent most of the time talking about our lives and about past family stuff, but toward the end of the meal we talked about you. We'd just been discussing how … Continue reading People can get quite psychotic if they don’t sleep
Paper trail
Dear President Trump, There is so much going on it's hard to choose what to write to you about today. Since it's clearly the biggest deal, the email exchange between your son and Rob Goldstone sadly wins out. I'd been all set to write about the beautiful human chain of rescuers in Florida that saved … Continue reading Paper trail
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