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Scaramucci: Trump’s ‘Mini-Me’

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 28, 2017 | Comments Off

Donald Trump, the bombastic liar who sadly occupies the White House right now, managed to do something most never thought could happen. He found someone more obscene, more in love with himself, more unaware of the truth and more unfit for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue than even him. He hired Anthony Scaramucci as “communications director” of the White House. As with Trump, Scaramucci — who is called “The Mooch” — is unqualified to serve in a prominent government position. He’s a financier who is rich but may not be as rich as Trump (which we don’t know since the President hides
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GOP cowards and madman Trump

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 24, 2017 | 4 Comments

An increasing number of Republicans I have known since my days as a political operative in Washington in the 1980s grumble in emails, texts and phone calls that “something has to be done about Donald Trump” yet not one of them is willing to go public and break away from the madman of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Strange cowardice from a leader in the party that is supposed to be in charge of Congress but an echo of the fear and paranoia that grips the inner circles of those elected to represent the people of America. Trump went on one
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Death to the Grand Old Party

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 17, 2017 | Comments Off

Ironic that Sen. John McCain’s surgery to remove a blot clot delayed the latest planned vote on the chaotic health care plan proposed by the Republican-controlled Senate of Congress. McCain is recovering from his surgery but little, it seems, can be done in the death watch over the GOP. “Republicans have devolved into a party without a cause, dominated by a leader hopelessly ill-informed about the basics of conservatism, U.S. history and the Constitution,” says former GOP Congressman and current MSNBC talk show host Joe Scarborough. Scarborough last week announced he is leaving the Republican Party and now considers himself
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The news is real. The president is fake.

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 14, 2017 | 1 Comment

Horror movie writer Stephen King said it best. “The news is real,” he tweeted recently. “The president is fake.” Amen. When it takes America’s premier horror writer to put the sad state of affairs of America in sharp focus in a few words, we should know things are bad. King, it is safe to say, is no fan of the blowhard-in-chief: And another: The master has spoken. Nothing much else left t say. _______________________________________________________ Copyright © 2017 Capitol Hill Blue
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The treason of Donald Trump

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 12, 2017 | 2 Comments

The long-simmering scandal over improper and most-likely treasonous connections between President Donald Trump and Russia spilled over into full boil this week with admissions by Donald Trump Jr. that he wanted dirt on election opponent Hillary Clinton and was willing to get it from an enemy of America. “I like it,” the eldest son of then-candidate Trump chortled when told a Russia attorney with connections to the Kremlin could provide damaging information about Clinton and rushed to arrange a secret meeting with her that included then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump son-in-law Jared Kusher, who is now a senior aide
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Trump Jr.’s ‘breathtaking’ admission

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Now we know for sure that the Presidential campaign of Donald Trump, so eager to dig up dirt on opponent Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election, met with a Russian attorney who claimed she had damaging information on the Democratic opponent. Donald Trump, Jr. — who like his father changes his story when facts get in the way — admitted Sunday the meeting that he, Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign boss Paul Manafort met with Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Vesenintskaya because she promised dirt on Clinton, At first, those who met with the lawyer claimed the only reason for
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Tyrant. Terrorist. Traitor. Trump.

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | July 5, 2017 | 2 Comments

America faces many threats, but none as dangerous as the despicable excuse for humanity who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and poses as President of the United States. In a nation where a screwed-up electoral processes have produced many questionable leaders, the results of the Presidential election of 2016 has put America on the verge of total and absolute collapse. Donald John Trump is many things: Con man, crook, a narcissist with a massive ego and the mind of a spoiled child and the largest threat to the future of this county ever approved by a conned group of angry, racist
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Psychiatrists say Trump is mentally ill

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | June 30, 2017 | 49 Comments

Negative responses and condemnation continue to rain down on President Donald Trump after his crude insults against “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski Thursday in two of his often acerbic tweets on Twitter. “It is really not normal that the president of the United States and the commander-in-chief would be tweeting about somebody’s face,” says longtime Republican strategist Liz Mair. “It does not conform to the normals that we expect and we treat as pretty set in stone in this country. It is also strange.” “Strange” is one of the milder terms that has even brought condemnation and concern from more
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Latest Trump Twitter Tantrum: A new low

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | June 29, 2017 | Comments Off

The small, infantile mind of the current President of the United States fired off another round of incredibly pathetic tweets on Twitter Thursday morning in attacks against MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” proving once again that there is no limit on how low he can go. In typical Trump style, his latest Twitter Tantrum includes lies, insults and name and childish name-calling, a tsunami of verbal diarrhea that is incredible even by the acerbic standards of Trump’s expected lack of class or taste. Here’s Donald J. Trump’s Twitter tantrum: It seems Trump, who claimed that he doesn’t watch Morning_Joe anymore, somehow managed
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The Cult of Trump

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion | June 26, 2017 | 2 Comments

Donald Trump’s rabid supporters: Are they gullible, racist or just dumb and stupid? Perhaps a bit of each or even worse. Those who express undying support for America’s egomaniacal President who lies, cheats and abuses the power of his office 24/7 appear more like the mesmerized followers of a crazed cult than a political following. Like their hero, they often scream and shout to show their support, often uttering obscenities and threaten violence against the media or those who do not support the most controversial President in modern times, if not the entire history of American government. They ignore Trump’s brazen
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