Burningbird
The Republicans still need Trump for the midterms because he’s red meat to a disconcerting number of reliable Republican votes. However, after the midterm election, the red meat turns to dead meat. Trump then becomes a major liability to the Republican party.
Next Monday the annual Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade makes its way down our historic streets. The parade is now celebrating its 201st anniversary, an extraordinary achievement. And though it has had a reputation for being one of the biggest “kiss me I’m Irish” bashes in the country, the wild parties and uncontrolled drinking in […]
I watched a partial video of a town hall by Roger Marshall, junior senator from Kansas. The topic was the Russian/Ukrainian war, and the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy debacle on Friday. Here’s how Republicans are spinning what happened with Trump and Vance when they ambushed Zelenskyy. The war did not have a beginning, it just magically happened. If […]
Whatever happened to “Pray for Ukraine”?
Trust. Once won, not easily lost. But once lost, forever gone. In his first month in office, Trump’s greatest harm has been to trust. Our allies are no longer our allies, but our enemies, and trust between us has been shattered. We supported Ukraine…until we didn’t, and somehow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault […]