Are you familiar with the Mr. Men / Little Miss children’s books?
b3ta.com board: Mr. President.
“Mr. President was a funny sort of fellow. Everything he thought was either upside down, or inside out, or back to front – quite a few people agreed and made him their boss.”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Trump vs. Truth. (YouTube, 24min)
“Since taking office around 412 years ago Trump has made it clear that reality is not important to him. Think about it: He’s exaggerated the size of his inauguration crowd. He said the election was marred by mass voter fraud with no real proof of that. He also falsely claimed that compared to Muslims, it was “almost impossible” for Christian refugees from Syria to get into the US. He even lied about the weather during his inauguration.”
Wanderreporter: Unterwegs im Felsenwald (Pfalz).
“Der Name macht schon neugierig: Felsenwaldtour. Wie sieht wohl ein Wald aus Felsen aus? Die Südpfalz ist ja bekannt für ihre vielen Sandsteinfelsen. Und tatsächlich gibt es im Gebiet östlich von Pirmasens viele schöne Felsen, der bekannteste ist wohl das Felsentor. Die Felsenwaldtour ist ein Ende 2016 markierter Wanderweg und führt auf 13,4 km auf schönen Pfaden und einigen Schotterwegen an vielen dieser Steinformationen vorbei. Erfreulicherweise ist der Asphaltanteil sehr gering, er beschränkt sich auf ein kurzes Stück am Forsthaus Beckenhof. Das Wegzeichen der Runde ist ein stilisiertes rotes Felsentor auf weißem Grund.”
The Economist: Donald Trump seeks a grand bargain with Vladimir Putin.
“Even as his ambassador to the UN offered “clear and strong condemnation“ of “Russia’s aggressive actions“ in Ukraine, the president’s bromance with Mr Putin was still smouldering. When an interviewer on Fox News put it to Mr Trump this week that Mr Putin is “a killer“ , he retorted: “There are a lot of killers. What, you think our country’s so innocent?“
For an American president to suggest that his own country is as murderous as Russia is unprecedented, wrong and a gift to Moscow’s propagandists. And for Mr Trump to think that Mr Putin has much to offer America is a miscalculation not just of Russian power and interests, but also of the value of what America might have to give up in return.”
Huffington Post: The Long Road To Impeach Trump Just Got Shorter. By Norman Solomon.
“Under the Trump presidency, defending a wide range of past gains is both necessary and insufficient. Fighting for impeachment is a way to go on the offensive, directly challenging the huge corruption that Trump has brought to the White House.
From the outset, President Trump has been violating two provisions of the U.S. Constitution — its foreign and domestic “emoluments“ clauses. In a nutshell, both clauses forbid personally profiting from presidential service beyond receiving a government salary.”
The Washington Post: Opinions: Trump’s two-year presidency. By Kathleen Parker.
“Good news: In two years, we’ll have a new president. Bad news: If we make it that long.
My “good“ prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum. Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop of horrors that the 2018 midterm elections are all but certain to be a landslide — no, make that a mudslide — sweep of the House and Senate. If Republicans took both houses in a groundswell of the people’s rejection of Obamacare, Democrats will take them back in a tsunami of protest.
Once ensconced, it would take a Democratic majority approximately 30 seconds to begin impeachment proceedings selecting from an accumulating pile of lies, overreach and just plain sloppiness. That is, assuming Trump hasn’t already been shown the exit.”
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