LinkedIn on May 30, 2026
According to various sources, President Trump has taken $5 million from funds allocated by Congress for our national parks to gild selected bronze statues of horses in the District with real gold leaf. He’s not just painting them gold color, you know, with exterior grade Behr paint from Home Depot which sells, top of the line, for a breathtaking $70 a gallon. No. He’s covering them with real 24 carat gold.
LinkedIn on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Those of us who follow the news are well aware that President Trump has made us less safe. He’s done so primarily by gross mis-deployment of our military assets, unnecessary depletion of ordinance and by trashing relationships with our allies, by virtue of his generally incompetent leadership and by lying so frequently that, for all practical purposes, you can’t believe anything he says. To our friends and enemies alike around the world, the United States is no longer invincible.
LinkedIn on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has, but denies having, nuclear weapons. Ninety such weapons is the current estimate that it can deliver via planes and missiles.
The problem is that Israel doesn’t trust Iran nor does the government of Iran trust Israel.
LinkedIn on May 21, 2026
His “1776” ($1.776 billion) revolutionary slush fund isn’t for compensating those militant followers who stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of a legitimate election – and were, so he aserts, subsequently mistreated by the Biden Department of Justice. No.
What he’s doing is funding their movement, the sloppy militia which will, he hopes, attack again at his pleasure, to do his bidding – only to be better at it this time by virtue of the payouts he, his lacky, Acting Attorney General Blanche and his panel will approve.
He is aiding and abetting the enemies of our democracy, in plain view and using our money to pay for it. Heaven forbid he should use his own money and get caught doing it without the cover of Presidential immunity.
-Les
LinkedIn on Monday, May 19, 2026
I have a new rule that determines for whom I would be willing to vote to be President of the United States. To qualify for my vote, the candidate – male or female, it doesn’t matter, but let’s assume it’s a male for the sake of discussion – would have to be someone whom I would be want to date my daughter.
LinkedIn on Tuesday, May 19, 2026
I’m sure you’ve noticed. We have a President of the United States who is desperately trying to sustain his delusion of invincibility. He is dangerous and recklessly hurtful. Clinically, he’s a sociopath suffering from malignant narcissism. In simple, layman’s terms, he is as dumb as he is nuts. Complicating matters, he is a person in the process of being overwhelmed by the inevitability of aging and by adverse, anxiety-ridden situations he has caused, but cannot control. He needs help, professional help, but is instead surrounded by enablers fearful of his rath and/or who are taking advantage of him and his authority. For now, he’s stealing and leaving his mark as much and as often as possible while he can.
LinkedIn on Tuesday, May 12, 2026
It’s called “Mutually Assured Destruction” or “MAD” for short. It’s the principle that, if our enemy has them, we need to have them too.
LinkedIn on Monday, May 11, 2026
Full disclosure, I’m a registered Democrat, the son of Eisenhower/McCain Republicans, who is socially liberal, but fiscally conservative. Culturally, given the religion into which I was born, I am a member of a small, but historically prominent minority that is over-represented in Congress by a multiple of three. As for that over-representation, gerrymandering has had nothing to do with it.
LinkedIn on Thursday, May 7, 2026
After repeatedly telling us that his glorious ballroom would be funded by private money – without disclosing the sources of those funds – President Trump is now asking Congress for one billion dollars to pay for it. Not incidentally, one billion is five times the two hundred million he originally told us the ballroom would cost.
LinkedIn on Monday, May 4, 2026
Image is from “Real Time” marketing material.
On last Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” host Bill Maher complained that anti-Trump rhetoric was contributing to the political violence of our time – that the problem is not just the mean-speak of President Trump himself and his followers. Bill’s point was that Trump’s opponents should carefully consider the language they use to express dissatisfaction with the President’s leadership.
LinkedIn on Monday, April 27, 2026
We should take it provided that they agree to begin discussions of nuclear weapons development soon, let’s say within 90 days. That those discussions include Israel, which already has nuclear weapons, and other Middle East nations. And that those talks encompass Iran’s (and Lebanon’s) continuing tolerance and support for terrorism.
LinkedIn on Friday, April 24, 2026
As you know, the Trump administration is required to refund the more than $166 billion in tariff revenues it collected, but which the Supreme Court has ruled to be illegal. That’s a rough average of $500 per person. Keep that number in mind. If you’re a family of four, your household’s share would be $2000.