Watching Trump give his presidential speech on Tuesday night I couldn’t help thinking how pathetic he has become. There he sat in the Oval Office woodenly reciting his repetitive Grimm’s fairytale about how he needs a wall to prevent horrible Mexicans and other dark-skinned people from streaming, zombie-like, into this […]
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Which One Will Win on Election Day? This week we heard the closing arguments for Election Day from the Republicans, delivered by Trump, and the Democrats, delivered by Barack Obama and Oprah. The contrasting narratives could not be more different. Our nation is engaged in a fight between two […]
Here is a description of Robert Bowers, the man who entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and deliberately shot and killed 11 people: – “Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect Was ‘Pretty Much a Ghost,'” by NYT’s Trip Gabriel, Jack Healy and Julie Turkewitz: “Robert Bowers, the man accused of gunning down 11 congregants […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! Seventeen years ago, on 9/11 when the planes flew into the World Trade Center, our country […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! We have watched the “rise” of Trump from the time he descended the escalator at Trump […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! The Families Belong Together Rally and March in Chicago drew a crowd estimated to be 60,000. […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! Trump started a culture war crisis at the border on purpose. He planned it since the […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! The fight is not over. Humanity only got us to first base. Zero Tolerance is still […]
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post! Trump’s border policy of separating children from their parents, and treating every border entry as a […]