Category Archives: Donald Trump

Trump to Pick Supreme Court Justice

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

  Letters to the Editor, Monterey Herald, July 1, and San Francisco Chronicle, July 3, 2018 Maybe President Trump will nominate a open-minded, non-partisan, even-handed and objective nominee to become the next Supreme Court justice. Maybe the tooth fairy will play … Continue reading →

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ALL TRUMP, ALL THE TIME: RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

(Revised and Expanded Version) (Reprinted at OpedNews.com, 2300+ views, June 25, 2018) By Arlen Grossman How is it that President Trump is able to consistently maintain an approval rating over 40 percent despite the lies, chaos, mistakes and failures of … Continue reading →

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Is Trump Winning?

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Trump has turned words into weapons. And he’s winning the linguistic war From ‘spygate’ to ‘fake news’, Trump is using language to frame – and win – debates. And the press operate like his marketing agency By George P Lakoff … Continue reading →

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THE COMING COLLAPSE

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ May 21, 2018 Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a product of our failed democracy. The longer we perpetuate the fiction that we live in … Continue reading →

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WAR WITH IRAN–IS IT INEVITABLE?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman (also published in OpEdNews.com) A major war in the Middle East would be catastrophic, yet that is the direction we are heading. With President Trump withdrawing from the nuclear accord with Iran, we are left with a … Continue reading →

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Lies, Lies, and More Lies

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Trump’s medical deceptions should be a scandal By Paul Waldman/ Washington Post/ May 2, 2018 “Trump disseminated false medical records to fool the public about his health.” That is a headline you have never seen, though you should have. If … Continue reading →

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Different Brains

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

A Neuroscientist Explains What Could Be Wrong with Trump Supporters’ Brains By Bobby Azarian/ Alternet/ April 7, 2018 There’s no doubt that Donald Trump has said many things that would have been political suicide for any other Republican. And almost … Continue reading →

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Unraveling of a President

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman The pressure is building up around Donald Trump. As I write this, today was full of disturbing news for the president (as well as most of us). The Dow plummeted over 700 points, his lead lawyer stepped … Continue reading →

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Has It Gotten This Bad?

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

  Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy By Robert Reich/ robertreich.org/ February 4, 2018 If Robert Mueller finds that Trump colluded with Russia to fix the 2016 election, or even if Trump fires Mueller before he makes such a finding, Trump’s supporters will … Continue reading →

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4th Amendment? What’s That?

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Letter in the Sunday Monterey Herald, January 20, 2018 With the help of 65 Democrats, the House of Representatives voted 256-164 last week to support a controversial bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program. Section 702 of the Foreign … Continue reading →

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