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For Trump's Fans, foes, frenemies and Twitter followers.
Dear Donald, You Remind Me Of My Cult Leader
Dear Donald, You remind me of the cult leaders I used to work for and I must credit you with at least one thing--you are an expert at exploiting the fear of being wrong. It's brilliantly evil. You are unaware of this, but you have empowered scary people that hide in a sparkly house tucked neatly away in a perfectly groomed neighborhood with a religious following and a million bucks in their bank account.
By Glenn Bushinski8 years ago in The Swamp
Donald Drumpf and the Lesson in Irony
Dear Donald, I’ve been meaning to ask — do you actually have any advisors on staff at the White House? I only ask because — if you do — frankly, I’d consider using them every now and again. Not for anything important like deciding which group of people to discriminate against or in which order — I assume that choice is made arbitrarily by throwing darts at a specially-manufactured board. But maybe you should let them try out something small, like explaining IRONY to you. And here’s a freebie, Donald — irony is not the metallic compound that is processed to make steel. Just in case you get confused and brand me a terrorist and send me off for a nice vacation at Gitmo…
By Mark Williams8 years ago in The Swamp
The Assassination of Lady Liberty by the Coward Donald Trump
The late, great, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson once described Richard Nixon as the living embodiment of everything wrong with the American populous, down the line. The comparisons drawn between that infamous leader of the free world, and the one currently seated in the cushy mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue, are too plentiful to describe in any well-thought out, cohesive piece of writing. As such, this writer will not pursue such a fool’s errand. Instead, he’s going to do something infinitely more ridiculous.
By Logan Hannen8 years ago in The Swamp
Is Donald Trump the Worst President Ever?
Many people are under the impression that Donald Trump is the worst president ever, and, in all honesty, they have good reason to feel that way. Trump has proposed unpopular bills and policies – most of which have been rejected by either the House, Senate, or the judicial system. He has angered plenty of people, lied to the public, disclosed national secrets in order to brag, and, despite talking a lot, has backed up none of his (unpopular) promises.
By Miranda O'Conner8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Mr. (Fake) President
Dear #45, It’s hard to choose the words to communicate with you. I don’t have any comparable person in my life as an example to gauge how to proceed. Because, unlike you, the majority of people I know and routinely interact with are kind and moral. They have a sense of right and wrong, they have empathy and a conscience too.
By Tauna Pierce8 years ago in The Swamp
Not Like a Business
Leading up to the last election, a lot of people said things along the lines of, "Trump will be good because he's a businessman, not a politician, and he'll run the government like a business." Somehow, enough people were confused enough to think this was a good idea, and enough of them voted that way, so with the help of the winner-take-all electoral vote distribution in all but three states, Trump managed to win by the largest losing margin in American history. It was a big margin. Really big. And he lost by it, but the Electoral College turned that around and gave him the White House anyway.
By J.T. McDaniel8 years ago in The Swamp
Fighting the Good Fight
That quote from John F. Kennedy is based on one in Dante’s Inferno and boy is it applicable to the recent events happening in the United States. On Friday, white supremacists marched on the Virginia Tech campus wielding tiki torches. I shit you not. The Internet got their jokes in (as they always do) because nothing is intimidating about a mob of preppy, privileged white kids supporting a disgusting cause — I guarantee it won’t get you laid. If you’re reading this, and you fall into the “preppy and privileged” category, I’m sorry that Julie didn’t kiss you during spin the bottle in 7th grade. Also, I’m sorry you have no moral compass.
By Zach Cronin8 years ago in The Swamp
Trump's Truth
Armed men march with swastikas, Nazi flags fly high and racist and anti-Semitic White supremacist slogans are shouted without shame. This is not Germany in 1933, but Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. Counter protestors cried out in opposition only to be crushed by the terroristic roar of an engine and the death of Heather Heyer. I sit here in Israel, writing from Tel Aviv, heartbroken. Heartbroken that this brand of vitriolic hatred is still a loud voice in my American home, heartbroken that the President of the United States struggled to condemn Neo Nazism and White Supremacy and heartbroken that the land of the free and home of the brave may no longer a home for me, an LGBTQ+ Jew.
By Micah Thau8 years ago in The Swamp
