Mr. Trump was not seen very much over the Labor Day weekend, though he did go out to pay golf. When he said he was going to make an "exciting announcement" at his press conference on September 2, some predicted (hoped) that he was going to retire from the presidency for health reasons.
Newsweek, Donald Trump to make televised announcement at White House
There was much speculation about what Trump was going to say, as he had not been seen in public for several days, except for once briefly out on the golf course.
Actually, the "exciting announcement" was that the U.S. Space Command’s headquarters will be moved from Colorado Springs, CO, to Huntsville, AL
So that proved to be quite a letdown.
All those hoping for Mr. Trump's immediate resignation were disappointed.
Then Defense Secretary Hegseth made another important announcement, which also proved
under whelming.
Pete Hegseth approves 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges | AP https://apnews.com/article/
One of my blog readers then felt prompted to make the this comment about the Trump presidency:
how much is too much? overkilling is their strategy for the oligarchical state. shooting themselves in the foot?
going out w/ a bang?
According to Wikipedia, The phrase "going out with a bang" means to die, end, or finish in a thrilling, forceful, or impressive way. Is that what Donald Trump is trying to do in his last years?
I certainly would like to see the Trump administration "go out with a bang," even in a dramatic and forceful way, though preferably very soon now rather than later. I hope Republicans will be roundly defeated in the midterms. My vote will add to Democratic numbers here in West Va., a state that helped propel Trump.to victory in the last election. He won 68% of the West Va. vote, including, I am sorry to say, my own son's vote. We never discuss politics between us, but each knows where the other stands.
My son was born in Colombia and adopted by me from there, but his early origins seem to have little influence on him now.
Wash. Post, Judge rules Trump illegally deployed National Guard to L.A.
Donald Trump doesn't particularly care what a judge actually rules, as he often just ignores such orders, as no judge can make him comply nor is any judge actually going to jail the president. He feels free to act with impunity, to make decisions like a king of old or a dictator, as what can anyone else do about it?
I certainly was sorry to see Harris defeated (but not defeated by much) in our last US election and I heartily salute Mexico's first female president. Bravo to Mexico for leading the way!
Mexico's first female president Claudia Sheinbaum now celebrates one year in office. She is descended
from Jewish immigrants to Mexico. As for her immediate family,
she has a daughter and is on her second marriage.
Sept. 4 was my late son Andrew's birthday.
Here was my son Andrew days before his death. It's of some comfort to me that my son Jonathan named his older son Andrew.
Image on the upper right shows me with son Andrew in my book Triumph & Hope.
Yard sign in West Virginia is shown here above.
from conception." (I just saw that roadside sign yesterday.)
A fetus is not just an undifferentiated blob of cells,since all the developing parts of a specific human being are already in place, including the gender.
Twenty-two days or 5 weeks from a sexual encounter is when a woman may first wonder
if she might actually be pregnant, well before an abortion or a pregnancy test has even
taken place. Various types of "morning after" pills are available without
a prescription, indicating that a fair number of women are taking them to prevent a pregnancy
before knowing whether they might actually become pregnant after all. There are many
ways a woman can prevent a pregnancy, the most basic being not to engage in sexual
intercourse with a man.Nature has evolved sex to perpetuate the species among humans and other creatures, so if a
woman becomes pregnant after sex, that should not come as a complete surprise.
As stated before, I do not support abortions at any stage, though I might support an
abortion if the developing fetus is shown to have a serious condition incompatible with life.
The world and our country actually need to have more babies being born alive, as the US is now
falling below population replacement and even the
worldwide birthrate is barely above replacement. People everywhere
are living longer, often needing younger folks to help care for them. Having a child
"out of wedlock" has become largely irrelevant in most places. Some countries are even offering
"baby bonuses" to encourage pregnancy, even in women without a regular male partner.
Unmarried women, who once adopted mostly female
Chinese babies during the "one-child" era, paved the way for single parent adoption. I've known some of those single
mothers, pioneers in their own right.
Planned Parenthood's slogan that abortion is a
"human right" is now outdated and ignores the evident humanity of a fetus. Fetal life is an essential
stage we and all other humans necessarily went through. None of us would be here today if our birth
mother had found our exutence to be an inconvenience and that aborting us (killing us before birth) therefore was her "right." I also oppose the death penalty, even if an individual may have killed someone else. I am not alone in espousing
these positions.
Trump says 11 dead in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
Is our country at war against Venezuela?
Judge rules Trump illegally deployed National Guard to L.A.
As already stated, Trump seems to feel free to to ignore laws and even judicial orders, so how will he
be forced to comply? He is a law unto himself.
Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations | CNN Politics
Trump doesn't care what an appeals court might say..(Laws only work if people acknowledge their legitimacy.)
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Again, lots of trouble here with this posting, so best to post it right now! Does blogspot really care whether we might quit posting here any more?
