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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing "murder" after striking what Dummkopf Trumpf has called a "drug-carrying submarine": Dotard Trumpf Murderer

Dummkopf Trumpf cancelled Colombia President Petro's visa for the US once or twice this year:
Dotard Trumpf Cancels Visa

In cabinet meetings, President Gustavo Petro laughingly refers to Dummkopf Trumpf as "Donald Duck."


US Task Force: upload.wikimedia.org

Dummkopf Trumpf authorizes CIA; OKs land strikes: www.independent.co.uk

... the Miami Herald ...

Yeah, the Miami Herald journalists have published some great reporting on this issue ...

For example ...

How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime (2018)
www.miamiherald.com

... On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami's top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz. It was an unusual meeting for the then-38-year-old prosecutor, a rising Republican star who had served in several White House posts before being named U.S. attorney in Miami by President George W. Bush. Instead of meeting at the prosecutor's Miami headquarters, the two men -- both with professional roots in the prestigious Washington law firm of Kirkland & Ellis -- convened at the Marriott in West Palm Beach, about 70 miles away.

For Lefkowitz, 44, a U.S. special envoy to North Korea and corporate lawyer, the meeting was critical.

His client, Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, 54, was accused of assembling a large, cult-like network of underage girls -- with the help of young female recruiters -- to coerce into having sex acts behind the walls of his opulent waterfront mansion as often as three times a day, the Town of Palm Beach police found.

The eccentric hedge fund manager, whose friends included former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, was also suspected of trafficking minor girls, often from overseas, for sex parties at his other homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and the Caribbean, FBI and court records show. ...


@#17 ... Her husband is over twice her age ...

I'm not sure of that yet ...

Karoline Leavitt
en.wikipedia.org

... She later described herself as the "token conservative" on campus, and her writings reflected a conservative viewpoint.[6] Following the first inauguration of Donald Trump, Leavitt praised the "peaceful transfer of power" in the United States. In an opinion piece for the Crier in 2016, she stated that the media was "frankly crooked" and "unjust, unfair, and sometimes just plain old false".[10] Leavitt graduated in 2019, becoming the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college.[11] ...

OK, so she seems to hate the media.

That aside, let's move on ...

More from Wikipedia ...

... In July 2021, Leavitt announced her campaign for the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district. She established herself as a pro-Trump candidate. Leavitt won the Republican primary, though she lost to Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas. She served as a spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, and became the press secretary for his 2024 presidential campaign. ...

OK, so voters did not seem to want her to represent them.

More from Wikipedia ...

... Leavitt has stated that she believed Trump was the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election and that "irregularities and chaos" occurred as a result of precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, but that Joe Biden was certified in the Electoral College vote count. She denounced the January 6 Capitol attack, though she does not believe that Trump incited the attack.[45] According to The Washington Post in March 2025, Leavitt privately believed that Trump lost the election.[10] Tweets posted by Leavitt after the attack praised Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to certify the fake electors provided by Trump, and Eugene Goodman, a Capitol Police officer who led rioters away from the Senate chamber.[46] ...

Oh dear, my guess is that those comments may have raised some concerns during her interview for her current position.


After the 7 Oct 2023 raid to capture Israelis, Mossad Director David Barnea immediately advised PM Benjamin Netanyahu to release any of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners being held by the IDF in military detention without trial or hearing. Netanyahu initially acquiesced and hence the initial prisoner swaps in Nov 2023. But Netanyahu's rightwing cabinet wanted revenge-- calling for another Nakba against the Palestinians. With Netanyahu's nettlesome corruption trial ongoing, being a wartime PM would delay his trial, so his rightwing cabinet stopped all negotiations and commenced the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. An MIT graduate, Netanyahu saw the antiwar bloc coalescing in 2024. To split them off the Democratic Party in the Nov 2024 elections, Netanyahu ignored Joe Biden and Antony Blinken's shuttle diplomacy. Bibi even met with Dummkopf Trumpf in Mar-a-Lago during the 2024 election campaign to confer on strategy. Netanyahu's plan worked. Between the winning 2020 Biden/Harris ticket and the losing Harris/Walz ticket, Democrats lost 6,265,888 votes.

You can see the numbers of Palestinian prisoners here: www.btselem.org

You can read about the tortures the IDF heaped upon them here: www.amnesty.org

This is why Palestinian armed groups conducted the massive raid on 7 Oct 2023: To trade prisoners.

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu. The allegations: Responsible for using starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing attacks against civilian populations; crimes against humanity including murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.

This man is dangerous. Do not approach and call INTERPOL immediately at telephone number 33 4 7244 7000 if he is seen or located. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of a law.

@#10 ... It is. I think Sorkin only wrote the first 4 seasons?...

That is my understanding as well.

But the characters were so well developed that the subsequent writers could carry them forward.

An interesting tidbit ...

Lawrence O'Donnell
en.wikipedia.org

... Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. (born November 7, 1951)[1] is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, liberal political commentator, and host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an MSNBC opinion and news program that airs on weeknights.[2]

He was a writer and producer for the NBC series The West Wing (playing the role of President Bartlet's father in flashbacks) ...


... and, fwiw ...

Gaza war hostage crisis
en.wikipedia.org

...As part of the October 7 attacks which initiated the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip,[2][3][4] including children,[5] women, and elderly people.[6][7]

Almost half of the hostages were foreign nationals or had multiple citizenships,[8] and some hostages were Negev Bedouins.[9] The captives were likely held in different locations in the Gaza Strip.[10]

168 hostages were returned alive to Israel, with 105 released in the 2023 Gaza war ceasefire, five released by Hamas outside the framework of any ceasefire agreement, eight rescued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 30 released during the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire[11][12][13] and 20 released under the Gaza peace plan.

The bodies of 70 hostages were repatriated to Israel, with three of the hostages killed by friendly fire after escaping captivity and being mistaken for enemy fighters by IDF troops,[14][15] the bodies of 47 other hostages repatriated through military operations,[a][16][17] eight returned in the January 2025 prisoner exchange deal and 12 returned under the Gaza peace plan.[18]

According to Israel, 75 hostages were killed on 7 October 2023 or in Hamas captivity.[a][19][20][21] As of 18 October 2025, the bodies of 16 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip.[22] ...


Sometimes I have to wonder if Pres Trump's MAGA supporters even realize what Pres Trump's policies are doing to them.

They seem to me to be so swept up in the adulation of Pres Trump that they don't even understand how Pres Trump may be undermining them for the benefit of the uber-wealthy.

Silverchair - Abuse Me (1997)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
Need to ask a question
Calling out my name
Nothing seems to bother
Wish I had a clue

[Pre-Chorus]
C'mon - abuse me more, I like it

[Verse 2]
Well, I don't think you like me
Well, I hate you as well
No one seems to like you
Wish I couldn't tell

[Chorus]
C'mon - abuse me more, I like it
C'mon - keep talking, 'cause it's true
C'mon - abuse me more, I like it
C'mon - keep talking, 'cause it's true
...


@#34

Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone (1996)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...[Verse 1]
Oh, you get me ready
In your '56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade?
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandelion sun scorched
Would you like a glass of cold lemonade?

[Pre-Chorus]
I will do the laundry
If you pay all the bills

[Chorus]
Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

[Verse 2]
Why don't you stay the evening?
Kick back and watch the TV
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Oh, I know your back hurts
From working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee, my sweet?

[Pre-Chorus]
I will raise the children
If you pay all the bills

[Chorus]
Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
...


When Pres Trump told the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by, he was not joking.

Trump doesn't disavow white supremacy, tells far-right extremist group to 'stand by' (2020)
www.pbs.org

... President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn't condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a "left-wing" problem and telling one far-right extremist group to "stand back and stand by."

"Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing," said Trump, whose exchange with Democrat Joe Biden left the extremist group Proud Boys celebrating what some of its members saw as tacit approval.

He was responding to a question from debate moderator Chris Wallace, who asked the president if he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups that have showed up at some protests. Wallace specifically mentioned Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a white teenager was charged with killing two protesters during demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. Trump has repeatedly blamed "antifa," which stands for the anti-fascist movement. ...


@#11 ... President Donald Trump has insisted he's not a king ...

Reminds me of ...

Impeachment process against Richard Nixon
en.wikipedia.org

... With momentum on impeachment quickly building in Congress, Nixon held a live one-hour televised press conference on November 17 to defend himself.

In addition to Watergate-related matters, the president addressed a variety of topics, including the nation's energy crisis and his personal finances.[53][54]

In response to a question concerning allegations of fraud on his tax returns, he stated categorically: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook."[55][56] ...


@#2 ... Mr Bezos apparently ordering Washington Post OpEd team that their editorials cannot criticize Pres Trump. ...

Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post's non-endorsement (October 2024)
www.theguardian.com

... The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned businesses that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris. ...



@#6 ... Didn't she use North Dakota as a personal piggy bank? ...

OK, I went to my search engine of choice, set a date range and asked about that.

One, of many, articles that were shown ...

American Oversight Sues South Dakota Governor for Records of Noem's Expenses (2022)
americanoversight.org

... On Tuesday, American Oversight sued the Office of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the state's Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) for failing to release public records about expenses related to Noem's activities while in office.

The lawsuit seeks information related to Noem's travel expenses, including five out-of-state taxpayer-funded trips. The suit also seeks records of any legal costs incurred by taxpayers from the alleged forced retirement of the director of South Dakota's Appraiser Certification Program following Noem's intervention in her daughter's application for a state appraiser license.

In May, American Oversight submitted a records request to the Office of the Governor seeking records of costs associated with five trips taken by Noem early in 2022, including several with overtly partisan destinations, such as a Conservative Political Action Conference event in Florida and a state Republican Party convention in New York.

Under South Dakota's Sunshine Law, the public has a right to access government records, including "any state ... expenditure involving public funds." While the law contains a narrow exception for sensitive security information, the request submitted by American Oversight specifically excluded records of "costs related to Governor Noem's security associated with this travel."

But in June, the governor's office refused to release any expense records at all, claiming that allowing the public to see any details of Noem's travel spending would create a security risk, without explaining why it wasn't able to redact only specific information that might reasonably be described as security-related. American Oversight followed up later that month with a formal request, which was again denied. ...



As 'No Kings' protests decry Trump, surveillance worries emerge
www.reuters.com

... People who take part in Saturday's mass "No Kings" protest against President Donald Trump's administration may be targeted for federal government surveillance with a range of technology that could include facial recognition and phone hacking, civil libertarians said.

"No Kings" organizers expect 2,600 rallies across all 50 U.S. states. But the level of surveillance at protests and the type of technology in use is likely to be both location-specific and dependent on the police forces present, said Thorin Klosowski, a security and privacy activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said Friday.

For instance, crowds in Washington, D.C., where anti-scale fencing has been erected around the White House complex, are likely to be surveilled differently than those in a small rural town.

"Under previous administrations, law enforcement surveillance of peaceful demonstrations was already commonplace and corrosive of free expression," Ryan Shapiro, executive director of government transparency group Property of the People, said in an email Friday.

"Given Trump's open hostility to even minor dissent, such surveillance now poses an existential threat to what remains of American democracy and only underscores the need for mass protest." ...


Whiskeytown - A Song For You (1999)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Oh my land is like a wild goose
Wanders all around everywhere
Trembles and it shakes til every tree is loose
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there

Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
...


FWIW, the album the song is on is one of my favorite tribute albums.

Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
en.wikipedia.org

... Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons is a 1999 tribute album to pioneering country rock musician Gram Parsons, co-produced by his one-time singing partner, Emmylou Harris and featuring cover versions of songs written/co-written by or popularized by Parsons, performed by Harris, Beck, Wilco, The Pretenders, Cowboy Junkies, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, David Crosby, Steve Earle, Chris Hillman and many other artists.

The album was released from Almo Sounds and benefited Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's "Campaign for a Landmine Free World." ...


Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day
www.theguardian.com

... Republican voices were mostly silent as No Kings rallies and marches against Trump administration policies unfurled on Saturday, many in the spirit of a street party that countered the "hate America" depiction advanced by senior members of the party.

Instead of provocation, there were marching bands, huge banners with "we the people" references to the US constitution, and protesters wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance.

It was the third mass mobilization since Trump's return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.

In comments Friday, Donald Trump opposed the protest organizers' characterization of him as a would-be monarch.

"They say they're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king," Trump said in a Fox News interview.

Later Friday, a Trump campaign social media account mocked the protests by posting a computer-generated video of the president clothed like a monarch, wearing a crown and waving from a balcony.

At a White House event on Wednesday, Trump tried to downplay the No Kings events. "I hear very few people [are] going to be there, by the way, but they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun," he said. Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

In a counter-programming move, JD Vance and defense secretary Pete Hegseth were attending a live-fire amphibious capabilities demonstration at Camp Pendleton in California to commemorate the US Marine Corps' 250th birthday.

However, a plan to fire live artillery shells over a nearby highway drew objections from governor Gavin Newsom, who said it forced the California highway patrol to close a portion of a major interstate through southern California for safety reasons.

"The President is putting his ego over responsibility with this disregard for public safety," the Democratic governor said in a statement. "Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn't just wrong -- it's dangerous." ...



Meanwhile, polling of Pres Trump ...

President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com

...
RCP Average 9/29 - 10/16
Approve: 45.4
Disapprove: 51.6
Spread: -6.2

President Trump Approval - Economy
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/14
Approve: 40.7
Disapprove: 55.1
Spread: -14.4

President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/13
Approve: 46.5
Disapprove: 50.5
Spread: -4.0

President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/13
Approve: 36.7
Disapprove: 61.0
Spread: -24.3

President Trump Approval - Crime
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/13
Approve: 47.5
Disapprove: 48.5
Spread: -0.6




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