Historian On The T-Rump: ‘This Presidency Is Entirely Out Of Bounds’
June 27, 2026A good, interesting interview in the days approaching our 250th anniversary celebration: Dr. Joanne Freeman, professor of history at Yale University, at Public Notice today — some snips: Yeah. Speaking as an early American historian who spent decades immersed in what the founding generation thought about political power — specifically about executive power — this […]
Obama Projection: ‘A Suite In His Head’
June 27, 2026Projection: Definition/projection: Projection is one example of unconscious psychological processes called defense mechanisms. Some people find it hard to accept criticism or believe information that they wish were not true. So they seek – and then provide – another explanation for the difference between what’s happening in the world and what’s happening in their minds. […]
Babel Bulge
June 23, 2026Babel, bad babel: Ugly reality without an ounce of irony or shame, or just truthful good sense. And a leap into the real ‘vandals’ of our DC heritage sites — one of the most interesting and actually the most obvious view: Dana Milbank at NOTUS: I made one more stop on my tour: the Capitol, […]
Reflecting Pool Psychotic
June 22, 2026The nightmare will be televised — green waste edition:: Further: An attitude — Michael Tomasky at The New Republic this afternoon: You’d think a guy who just lost a war would have bigger matters on his mind, but to Trump, matters don’t come any bigger than the Reflecting Pool and the Kennedy Center, because they […]
Another Algae Tale
June 21, 2026Embedded into our character nowadays: Horrifingly weird, a good majority of the shit fucking with the planet has its origin stories in the bowel-brain of the T-Rump — now: Details (Newsweek): A viral photograph of a dead duck floating in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has intensified scrutiny of the landmark’s recent $14 million renovation, […]