Dear President Trump, Firing Director Comey is just the latest episode in your over-the-top made-for-TV mini-(I hope)-series, a surprise dramatic twist that really makes perfect sense even if the logic offered is painfully obviously flawed and was just a bone thrown out because you had to say something, anything. Unfortunately, while it has all the … Continue reading As many Achilles’ heels as an octopus
Democracy Under Siege
Petty private competitions and excuse-making
Dear President Trump, The sun is shining here and word has it there are Federal Grand Juries in Virginia meeting this morning about your campaign's ties with Russia. Pretty great start to the day, I'd say. Certainly more hopeful than the all male, all white group of senators McConnell has tasked with the Senate's healthcare … Continue reading Petty private competitions and excuse-making
I can’t keep up aggrieved crisis mode all day every day
Dear President Trump, I think you all should change the choice in the "Message Type" selection box for sending you messages since it's really not the case when people use this portal and click "Contact the President" that we are actually contacting you. At best we are lobbing words in your general direction and really, … Continue reading I can’t keep up aggrieved crisis mode all day every day
Our government is turning on us
Dear President Trump, I'll admit that I sometimes put things on my to-do list that are super easy just to be able cross them off quickly. But big, complex, important things can stay on my list for weeks or months because they are hard to plow through and get done properly. Often I’ll break those … Continue reading Our government is turning on us
Hobbled by human rights?
Dear President Trump, I feel like I'm lurching from one awful deed or threatened deed to the next. When I heard last night that Tillerson is now saying the US is not going to factor in human rights violations when we consider which countries to have diplomatic relations with, it felt like a sucker punch … Continue reading Hobbled by human rights?
“Extra judicial killing” is murder
Dear President Trump, I was wondering when I would get so fed up I would not be able to stick with a positive focus when writing to you and that day has come. You have said and done a lot of awful things the past 10 days or so since I switched gears, ranging from … Continue reading “Extra judicial killing” is murder
Positivity – day 3, help from on high
Dear President Trump, This may be giving you all too much credit since it requires planning and actual cunning (and maybe I've said this to you before since it's so obvious), but you all are seriously trying to gaslight us with your strange reversals, fake news, and just plain messing with us. When you are … Continue reading Positivity – day 3, help from on high
Our sorry election system
Dear President Trump, Your presidency and how you got there have highlighted so many issues that we, as a country, have to grapple with. The one I'll focus on today is the need for us to take a very hard look at our election system. You've said it is rigged and actually, you are right, … Continue reading Our sorry election system
You are not a resurrection sort
Dear President Trump, I wish you were a president I want to wish a Happy Easter, but you aren't. You are not a resurrection sort of president who is invested in bringing about positive, creative change for the good of the people. In fact, you have shown yourself to be someone who is invested in … Continue reading You are not a resurrection sort
All things in moderation. Really?
Dear President Trump, In case you were wondering, I woke up feeling much better today. Still sore and tender, but healing up and the malaise is gone. Today I've been thinking about the phrase "moderation in all things." I'm not sure why it popped into my head but it did. I've realized that at both … Continue reading All things in moderation. Really?
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