Should I even try to revive this blog? Below are a couple of photos that disappeared from the last blog, so let's see if they remain posted.
I took a break from the blog for a day or 2 to see if a pause might help. It's possible but unlikely that the problem involved Trump/Musk and their wholesale interference, rather, more likely that it was just a fluke. The blogosphere, lacking any guardrails or guidance, is strictly a trial-and-error enterprise. Below are some photos that failed to post last time.
In his first term, Trump was accused of colluding with Russia. Now those suspicions are resurfacing. His support of Ukraine seems only tepid at best. Is Trump actually colluding with Russia?
Trump also has been tanking the economy.
In Washington DC, Black Lives Matter is being painted over.
NY Times, Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook Economic forecasts have deteriorated recently under President Trump.
ABC News, A single day of Trump and Musk's cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's campaign of disruption is engulfing the whole federal government.
As a result, Mr. Trump's short-lived "honeymoon" seems to be over, sabotaged deliberately by him and his advisers. The US and its economy had been doing fairly well, so Trump should have left well enough alone. Instead, the stock market has been gyrating wildly up and down, mostly down.
Even Mr. Trump seems worried now about his shrinking popularity, as well as about losing a Republican Congress. He wants to leave a positive legacy and a favorable public image when his term ends. (No more talk any more about a 3rd term.)
Wash. Post, DOGE redefines ‘fraud’ to defend cutting federal employees, programs Outside watchdogs and analysts say President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are using overly broad claims of fraud to build political support for their plans. 
Major donor Elon Musk at first had been flying high, though it now looks like Trump is trying to curb him as public support has plummeted. He certainly needed Musk's money to get elected, but doesn't need him any more once he's in office.
Musk had vowed to take "a chainsaw" to the federal government.
Some 10,000 federal workers have already been let go.
In neighboring Canada, Justin Trudeau's popularity has suddenly rebounded, as Canadians have unified to boycott US products and put tariffs on American goods.
I sent this message to my son, a Trump voter:
"I don't think all this is what you voted for. Let's hope the country can still pull out of this economic hole. At least now, Trump seems to be distancing himself somewhat from Musk and keeping Musk quiet."
Berkeley Springs, W Va., where my son lives, got a boost from this news item.
I do plan to visit the thermal baths there later this month.
Meanwhile, Trump's health secretary RFK, Jr. is not doing so well either.
Reuters, Unvaccinated New Mexico adult tests positive for measles after death
RFK Jr. has recently been doubling down on touting Vitamin A, never actually shown to be an effective measles prophylactic.
Guardian, RFK Jr sparks alarm after backing vitamins to treat measles amid outbreak Health experts wary as US health secretary fails to endorse effective vaccines and instead calls them a ‘personal choice.’
RFK Jr.'s father, with whom I once shook hands back in Sacramento, California, must be rolling over in his grave.
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