Dear President Trump, Yesterday I opted to use my character count to send you the text of the prayer I read aloud in church so I couldn’t tell you how it went. I’ll start by saying that as I’ve considered again the possibility of putting these letters out in the public forum, the 10/29 letter … Continue reading Thank you
Misogyny
Mary’s Story Retold
Dear President Trump, Here is the prayer I read in church today: “Every day for the last 307 days I have written Donald Trump a letter to express my thoughts and feelings about what is going on in our country since he took office. In response to our collective struggle with the depths of America’s … Continue reading Mary’s Story Retold
How did we get here?
Dear President Trump, It is absolutely absurd we have to be thankful a racist, homophobic, lawless man who is facing highly credible accusations of child abuse narrowly lost a US Senate race. What the hell? How is this even possible? And now we have a national newspaper's editorial board saying our President isn't fit to … Continue reading How did we get here?
We don’t even have to squint hard today
Dear President Trump, I love, love, love seeing those twelve tiny left facing arrows on the WP's map of Alabama showing counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat! Those twelve little arrows signify there is hope we can turn this nightmare around and that the moral arc of the Universe is bending tangibly towards justice; … Continue reading We don’t even have to squint hard today
Treatise
(sent in 5 parts) Dear President Trump, I don’t normally write you in the middle of the day on weekdays, but I’m home sick and thus not on the Federal clock. Since I’m not as time pressured as usual, I decided to take this opportunity to go back to the document I started on November … Continue reading Treatise
You are keeping the right people happy
Dear President Trump, I am certain the talking head people on Fox & Friends (which always makes me think of Fantastic Mr. Fox and his strange friends when I type it) and Breitbart have been solidly on point all along with the idea that you are doing exactly what your base wants you to do … Continue reading You are keeping the right people happy
What was your motive?
Dear President Trump, It's happened a few times now where after I send you my letter for the day and I've received the usual immediate email back acknowledging receipt of my correspondence, a few hours later I'll get two more such White House missives. And this morning, there were actually two White House emails in … Continue reading What was your motive?
A welcome end of shame
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I wrote about the argument Ruth Marcus developed on the end of shame among politicians. Today I want to venture there is another, very different and much more welcome, version of the end of shame getting traction as women and men come forward in droves about the sexual harassment and assault … Continue reading A welcome end of shame
“Women are very special”
Dear President Trump, There is really no good reason to closely parse anything you say since you don't ever pay close attention to anything you say and pretty much everything coming out of your mouth is an empty platitude or a dog whistle. But I can't help myself today. In their coverage of the press … Continue reading “Women are very special”
Basically, it’s a mess
Dear President Trump, We'll see how it ends up playing out, but it was interesting and frankly quite awful to learn today that Leann Tweeden is a regular on Sean Hannity's show, that the USO skit she said Franken modified to include a kiss had the kiss bit in it three years before they performed … Continue reading Basically, it’s a mess
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