Okay, so I have to confess, this is my favorite story of the week. As we all know, Donny’s a bully. He likes to use his money to abuse people around him. He’s especially aggressive about it when someone says something truthful about him he doesn’t like. We all say truthful things about him he wouldn’t like all day every day – and he makes it so easy – but he never hears the peons. He does hear newspapers and broadcasts, though, and he loves to sue them. The more honest their story, the larger the demand.

He did it again with the Pulitzer Prize board. They awarded a couple of their coveted prizes to the ‘New York Times’ and the ‘Washington Post’ on their reporting of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Donny is working to convince the rubes that he didn’t collude with Russia and he insists nobody should say otherwise, so he demanded the Pulitzer board rescind their prizes over that coverage.

For their part, the Pulitzer Prize board reviewed the articles and said, “No.” Specifically, they said that “two independent reviews” of the reports awarded in 2018 showed that no aspects of them were refuted by special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian collusion findings, despite Trump’s claims. So of course Donny sued.

Get ready for TACO time, because Trump Always Chickens Out. Like, when a Pulitzer Prize board you’ve sued demands pretty much everything in discovery? Trump claims he was defamed. He claimed emotional distress, reputational harm, and financial damages. So, the board has requested a long list of demands for documents and evidence. They’ve asked for his medical records going back to 2015 so they can examine the exact details of any claim of emotional or physical distress.

Donny’s used to just sobbing in his soup about how poorly he was treated and how it harmed him. The Pulitzer board is demanding evidence. How, exactly, was he injured and what was done about it? If there was no emotional or physical damage, they would like that stated in writing as well. He’s used to people cowering when they see the threat. The Pulitzer Board has, instead, decided to get into the nitty gritty.

Oh, he was financially damaged? Let’s see the evidence. The board has demanded his tax returns going back to 2015. Everything, all returns and supporting schedules. If there’s financial damage, it should show up there, right? Donny tried to overwhelm his opposition. I suspect the opposition has now overwhelmed him. He’ll obfuscate. He’ll lie. He’ll try to delay but eventually, he’ll fold. He’ll tuck his tail. He’ll continue to bitch about it in public (“It’s so unfair!”) but, he’ll drop the suit.

I’ll tell you this: Donny’s no strongman. He’s a wimp who turns tail and runs every time he’s confronted by groups he can’t intimidate with his money…

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That bit you just read? All of that above this? Yeah, go back and read that again, except insert “BBC” where it says “Pulitzer Prize board” because he’s about to go through the same treatment in response to his $10 billion dollar suit against the BBC. The Drumpfster thought he was going to intimidate journalists into backing down because he was able to push around American corporate stooges? There’s a path to victory with TACO Don; ask for evidence. He really hates that…

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I’ll tell you what’s weird: the economy is shedding jobs in December. This is a time when retailers are normally taking on extra help for the holidays. I’m used to unemployment going down in December, then up again in January as the temporary help is let go. It’s no wonder he keeps trying to hide jobs reports…

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I know it’s behind us and we’ve all had some time to process his selfish, hateful, grotesque response to the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife at the hands of their own child. He simply lacks compassion. I mean, completely devoid. I look for words and there’s nothing – nothing – strong enough. Depraved? Boorish? Disgusting? Even ‘Evil’ isn’t enough, but evil he certainly is…

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When one spends so much time writing about politics, it’s advisable to sit and watch any address from the president, or, in this case, Donny. So, you can bet that at 6:00pm Pacific Time, I was somewhere else, making music. I can’t stand that guy. Besides, I’ve seen his act. It’s old. Very old. It’s also very, very boring.

His approval ratings are plummeting. When I look at his approval polls, I’ve only been looking for one thing: is his approval less than 34%? You see, MAGA runs about 30 – 34% consistently. Anything that cuts into that mark indicates loss of support from MAGA. That’s dangerous for him. Recently, I’ve seen topic-specific approvals well into the 20 percentile group. MAGA seems to be catching on and they do NOT like what they see, now that they can see. So Donny had to do something.

He opted for a speech of lies. We all know them, by now. We can repeat them by rote. Oh, he inherited a terrible economy. No, he didn’t. Biden did it? (Did what? Everything bad. It’s all Biden’s fault!) Nope. Even his story about drug traffickers has fallen apart, now that we know his assault on Venezuela is an oil grab and has nothing to do with drugs. Pardoning the guy who brought 400 TONS of cocaine into the US was a pretty solid clue for me, as well.

The economy isn’t getting better. The reason it’s in free-fall is Donny, not Biden. Prices are still going up, except gas and the reason gas is down is the primary producers opened their spigots a few months back. It had nothing to do with Donny. Oh, hey, your health care premiums are about to skyrocket, especially in Red States where dependency is the highest.

In fact, Republicans in Congress have put up a Herculean fight to make sure your premiums go up. Actually, I suppose in many cases the cost will drop precipitously, since many won’t be able to afford the new costs and lose their coverage entirely. I mean, sure, they don’t get to see a doctor anymore but their premium did drop to zero. Then, as you lay there dying of some easily preventable illness, Donny will whisper in your ear, “But I lowered your health care costs…”

What we DID get was a long list of promises. Oh, things are just about to happen. Oh, any day now, the plan is going to work. Give it just a little bit more time. Sure, things suck today but in two weeks or a month or two months or first quarter of some time in the future at some potential end point – sooner or later – things are going to blossom and bloom. Promises, promises. Damn, that boy has been promising for a long, long time. He has yet to deliver on… well, anything…