WPost reports on Trumpsky under siege
As I've said before, living in the WashDC area has ONE particular perk: getting the incomparable Washington Post first thing each morning.
And it did not disappoint today, August 3rd. The front section has a great deal to say about the hapless Donald J. (Including the epic FAIL of his nominee for Director of National Inteligence, who was forced to withdraw yesterday after criticism of his manifest lack of qualifications.)
But the regional ("Metro") section of the paper on this day was stunning -- starting with a report that the new Catholic Archbishop of the District, Wilton Gregory (the only black bishop in the U.S.), had publicly criticized Trumpsky for his blatant racism. "He [DJT] diminished our national life."
The "B" section also carried an interview with a Virginia state legislator, Ibraheem S. Samirah, who had noisily protested Trumpsky's Tuesday appearance at a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Virginia's founding. Virginia's pathetic Republican pols were scandalized, the State Senate Majority Leader* referring to his colleague as "an ill-advised little bastard."
Just to complete the Metro Section's trashing of Trumpsky, there was an article on a 5-woman rock band, named "The Kremlin Annex," who perform three times a week in the protest space outside the White House.
Their lyrics KILL: to the Beatles' tune "Revolution" -- "You said there's no collusion, well, we kno-o-o-w, you sound a bit absurd**..."
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* In 2015, Repubs almost lost their longtime majorities in Richmond's two chambers, and Ibraheem won a by-election in suburban Fairfax County last fall. It's pretty clear the state-level Repubs will lose a lot of seats in this fall's election. (Curiously, the state elects its legislators a year before presidential ones.)
** I can't resist another, this one from Blondie's "The Tide is High" -- "The time is nigh, your reign is done, it's time to indict Individual One..."
And it did not disappoint today, August 3rd. The front section has a great deal to say about the hapless Donald J. (Including the epic FAIL of his nominee for Director of National Inteligence, who was forced to withdraw yesterday after criticism of his manifest lack of qualifications.)
But the regional ("Metro") section of the paper on this day was stunning -- starting with a report that the new Catholic Archbishop of the District, Wilton Gregory (the only black bishop in the U.S.), had publicly criticized Trumpsky for his blatant racism. "He [DJT] diminished our national life."
The "B" section also carried an interview with a Virginia state legislator, Ibraheem S. Samirah, who had noisily protested Trumpsky's Tuesday appearance at a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Virginia's founding. Virginia's pathetic Republican pols were scandalized, the State Senate Majority Leader* referring to his colleague as "an ill-advised little bastard."
Just to complete the Metro Section's trashing of Trumpsky, there was an article on a 5-woman rock band, named "The Kremlin Annex," who perform three times a week in the protest space outside the White House.
Their lyrics KILL: to the Beatles' tune "Revolution" -- "You said there's no collusion, well, we kno-o-o-w, you sound a bit absurd**..."
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* In 2015, Repubs almost lost their longtime majorities in Richmond's two chambers, and Ibraheem won a by-election in suburban Fairfax County last fall. It's pretty clear the state-level Repubs will lose a lot of seats in this fall's election. (Curiously, the state elects its legislators a year before presidential ones.)
** I can't resist another, this one from Blondie's "The Tide is High" -- "The time is nigh, your reign is done, it's time to indict Individual One..."