MSM’s Misplaced Emphasis

In the wake of Bo French’s racist post regarding East Asian students at U of Texas, and the resulting endorsement of his opponent for the office of Texas Railroad Commissioner (Jon Rosenthal) by long-time Republican strategist Karl Rove, allow me to reflect briefly on this occurrence. Despite MS Now’s lavish attention to Rove’s announcement, we suggest that the popular mainstream news outlet might have been better served if it also pointed out that Rove also conspicuously failed to endorse James Talarico whose opponent in the Senate race in Texas (Ken Paxton) has openly supported French in the past and currently refuses to disassociated himself from French’s racist post. Highlighting Rove’s decision in the Railroad Commissioner’s race is one thing, failure to acknowledge his lack support for Talarico in the more visible and important contest for the Senate is quite another. Sadly, Ms Now missed an opportunity to expose Rove’s selectively safe political choice. 

Trump’s Taint in the World Cup

In aftermath of USA’s recent exit from the World Cup, I actually feel bad for Balogun as well as for the entire team because Trump’s arbitrary interference in a process that had already been adjudicated. It put an inordinate/unnecessary amount of pressure/focus on an  individual player and his team. The post match celebration of the Belgium team and the uncharacteristic poor performance by the USA speaks volumes about Trump’s ability to negatively influence just about everything thing he touches.

 

A Birthday Obscenity

As we prepare for the garish spectacle of cage fighting on the front lawn of the White House in a shameful commemoration of our nation’s 250th birthday, we might also observe a latter day Caligula gorging himself on a feast of self aggrandizement while the circus unfolds. 

Clarity Amid Deliberate Governmental Misstatements

Memo to the Press Secretary Caroline Levitt: Trump’s speech to the Jan 6 insurrectionists is an example of incitement to violence; not the constitutionally protected expression of ideas in opposition to governmental policies and actions by journalists, lawmakers, and ordinary citizens. To suggest otherwise is to either seriously misunderstand the concept of free speech in a democratic society or, more likely, to deliberately distort and manipulate the facts in service to mendacity, deception, and the pursuit of perpetual obfuscation. Dissent is not a crime; it is eminently patriotic! 

An Unserious Head of State

 Trump’s recent characterization of the attack on Iran as an ‘excursion’ underscores the cavalier and reckless attitude this administration has taken regarding a decision with clear dire and deadly consequences. War is not a game!

Identity Revealed

In the immediate wake of the US bombing of Iran, Hegseth gleefully announced that ‘death and destruction’ would reign supreme over its people. Make no mistake: these are the words of an international war criminal; not a responsible leader. 

The Poet’s Response to the Recent Attack on Iran

Dylan’s composite poetic memo to Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, et al in the wake of another illegal military action against a sovereign nation with whom their respective countries are not at war:

‘Come you masters of war….That never done nothin’ But build to destroy You play with my world Like  it was your little toy…..But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain…..You’ve thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Afraid to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain’t worth the blood That runs in your veins’

And in a later verse: ‘….who gonna to take away his license to kill?’