Between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2019, Donald and his Administration did over 3000 different loathsome things.
Donald has done over 3000 horrible things in 49 different categories over the last 2 1/2 years
Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – June, 2018
Jingoism and attacking our allies as foreign policy. Family separation and crimes against humanity and an ICE police state as immigration policy. Actual fascism. June’s 140 unique instances of loathsome behavior were some of the worst in a year of tracking Donald’s horrible behavior.
Donald Trump is still a fascist – 2018 (Part 1)
In 1994 I learned a set of characteristics that apply to authentic fascists and under what conditions they can come into power. Based on this definition, I said Donald was a fascist before the 2016 election. Since he’s been in office, the evidence in support of that contention has grown much stronger.
Donald’s State of the Union was his most horrible speech yet
Forget “presidential,” Donald’s State of the Union address met the most categories of horrible words and deeds (22 out of 51 tracked) of anything Donald has done since I started tracking his horrible behavior last July.
Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – October 2017
October 2017 saw Donald and his minions say or do at least 138 horrible things.
“Proud parent of a US Marine” – equal parts parental pride and jingoism
For some reason it’s OK to slap a bumper sticker on your car that identifies you as a “Proud parent of a US soldier,” but it’s not OK to be proud if your child is a teacher, a government bureaucrat, or a sanitation worker.
Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks in the age of Donald Trump
Donald, Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks proved to be a recipe for cognitive dissonance.
Sequestration days
Welcome to March, the first day of which is the moment the government set to make itself look incompetent if it couldn’t manage to “fix” its finances. This is also called a […]
Are you proud to be an American? I’m not.
by JS O’Brien Doubtless, the title of this piece made you think I was about to launch into a blame-America-first jeremiad on this July 4. Not the case. This is about pride; […]
The best class I have ever taken: HIST143, the History of Fascism and Nazism
In the spring of 1994, I was a junior studying electrical engineering at Penn State. I had two general education credits left if I was going to graduate in four years, but […]
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