Dear President Trump, The WP had a story this morning about your campaign promise that electing you president would lead to "every dream you ever dreamed for your country (coming) true." I had to reread the sentence several times and then googled it because I couldn't believe even you would say that, but sure enough, … Continue reading “Every dream you ever dreamed”
Wealth Redistribution
I hope it’s more politically expedient for you to do the right thing
Dear President Trump, When you decided to waive the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, you actually did something that made it into the very-good-news column and I am so pleased. I know it is just a temporary reprieve for them and the FEMA response is still woefully inadequate, but at least it's a move in … Continue reading I hope it’s more politically expedient for you to do the right thing
Wake up and repent
Dear President Trump, I've not been a very good "good news" detector lately and instead have been snagged by the overwhelmingly sad news about the devastating hurricanes and the earthquake that decimated Mexico City. Then there is the scary, infuriating effort to undo the ACA with a bill that wouldn't require insurers to cover pregnancy, … Continue reading Wake up and repent
A hard, sad day
Dear President Trump, It's been an incredibly hard, sad day and I'm not even directly affected by the worst of what you did today. I don't think I've got it in me to string together a coherent statement that is even remotely clever so I'm just going to list all the things I'm feeling sad … Continue reading A hard, sad day
It was 106 today in San Francisco
Dear President Trump, It got to 106 in San Francisco today. It's supposed to be over 90 here on Tuesday. Do you all really not see that these are not just normal variations in temperature but extremes that are probably just going to keep ratcheting up? Isn't anyone in your administration whispering in your ear … Continue reading It was 106 today in San Francisco
Have you no sense of decency?
Dear President Trump, This afternoon I got a garbled call from Laura just a few minutes after she left for the gym. She said there was a bad accident two blocks from our house and could I come down there. There were already two fire engines and four police cars when I got there and … Continue reading Have you no sense of decency?
About 20% of your public statements are true
Dear President Trump, I just read some astonishing figures; about 20% of your public statements are true and about 69% are clearly false. These numbers seemed about right to me but I reread it several times to give you the benefit of the doubt since it’s mind boggling someone could rack up that sort of … Continue reading About 20% of your public statements are true
We watch you even though it’s exhausting
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
“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”
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
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