TODAY Yes, He Said That
THE WEAVE: If a tree falls in the woods does it make a noise? If Donald Trump says something shocking does it still have the power to shock. It might not.
YESTERDAY Brazil Returns to the Right
SHIFT RIGHT: In a revival of Brazil’s right wing, Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, the son of the country’s imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro, finished well in the first round of elections and looks like he might unseat the leftist incumbent, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The other might in a Nebraska rally Trump was riffing about elections and former Vice President Kamala Harris then segued into this, evidently about the Iran war: “But I want to see a tremendous victory. You want to see a tremendous victory because it verifies all the things we did....
Of course the people and politicians of San Diego and Los Angeles objected but the President’s own party politicians were largely silent because they are out campaigning to keep him and their fellow Republicans in power.
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War Heats Up in Yemen
Monday, October 5, 2026
THE WAR ROOM: The government of Yemen has declared war against Houthi rebels as the Houthis continue to take strategic territory and also carried out successful drone and ballistic missile strikes two Saudi Aramco oil facilities, leaving them in flames. The Houthis, …
Read moreNY Governor Orders Cornell Investigation
Saturday, October 3, 2026
IN WHAT WORLD?: In a sometimes heated announcement, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she appointed the state’s Attorney General Letitia James to act as a special prosecutor looking into the accusation of a gang rape in a Cornell University frat …
Read moreHegseth’s “Fortress America”
Thursday, October 1, 2026
WARRIOR ETHOS: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that he plans to pull back thousands of American troops from overseas and re-station them in a “Fortress America” he wants to build somewhere in the US. He said, “If your state wants the …
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Page Two: America at 250
Friday, July 10, 2026
PAGE TWO: FIRE ANDY ROONEY
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Page Two: 1984 in 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Take Back the Flag
Monday, January 13, 2025
Subscribe and Read
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The Most Corrupt Justice
Monday, October 2, 2023
Democracy and Video in the Dark
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Page Two: Do the Right Thing
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
