Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on U.S. President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the United States to the past.

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Remember, she lifts her lamp above a door, not a wall . . .

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Emma Lazarus

You can read the letter for yourself 👉

The Iowa Attorney General is suing #Costco because they are keeping DEI. Disgusting.

207 weeks to go.

Local news went to live coverage of Iowa Governor Kim Reynold’s Condition of the State speech. Click. Off. Time for Candy Crush.

I am getting followers but haven’t posted anything. Worried about our country, Los Angeles, and a dear friend who is very ill in the hospital. I’m longing for spring warmth and some good news.

A mahi-mahi Reuben at a sports bar in Ft. Lauderdale when I was visiting a friend. It was perfect.