James L. Bruno

Weekly Mind Dump: The Witches of MAGA We are living in a Greek tragedy with an American twist. And we in the cheap seats as well as in the box seats will all suffer the consequences.

The defining trait of Trump 2.0 is a bearing and a bullying that cast a noxious haze over all public discourse, which was already plenty polluted.

Pam Bondi’s feral performance before the House Judiciary Committee was nothing short of blood-curdling.
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Americans’ views of world leaders: The most popular leader in the U.S. is Zelenskyy. The least popular are Putin and Kim Jong Un. Trump, at #16, is as unpopular as Orbán and Netanyahu.

After all, let's get our priorities straight.

Law and disorder.

A memorial for Kristi Noem's murdered puppy has been erected in Chicago.

Please pray for the soul of Cricket.

But not for that of Noem - she has none.

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Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters | CNN Politics A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, Thursday, emphasizing the White House’s control over the nation’s top law enforcement branch t...

So, Trump’s oversized portrait (mug shot) is now prominently displayed on the outside of the Dept of Justice building. It screams: “I own this place.”

Just the finishing touch on the end of the rule of law.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says U.S. Will Commit $10 Billion to His Board of Peace

Flushing $10 Billion down the toilet would seem to be a much smarter investment. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Andrew arrested for ties to Epstein.

S. Korean ex-pres Yoon sentenced to life.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27-years.

Norway’s ex-PM Jagland charged for ties to Epstein.

What do these nations all have in common?

Rule of law.

There is no longer rule of law in the US.

We have rule of Trump.

"Now It’s Starting to Turn Against Us": Is the Tide Turning Against Trump? The race is on between Trump in his quest to trash democracy and a stirring populace mobilizing to stymie him. The “American Experiment” stands precariously in the balance.

Historians will judge Trump’s tenure as “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

But we are hardly out of the woods yet and things can turn in either direction. The “American Experiment” stands precariously in the balance.
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Trump shouts “Fake news!”

History will judge.

64% of Americans have a positive view of Canada (11% have a negative view)
vs
36% who have a positive view of Trump
(59% have a negative view)

So, who's better for the United States - Canada or Trump?

Tom Homan Announces End of ICE Surge Operation in Minneapolis – and ‘President Trump Concurs’ Homan cited enhanced cooperation with local authorities and a decline in “unlawful agitator activity” as reasons for ending the enforcement push.

Hear! Hear! Well done. Reward that man 50 grand in a paper bag.
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Apt depiction of the current U.S. Supreme Court.

Weekly Mind Dump: Parallel Universes Divided Against Themselves Cannot Stand And - Putin's time is running out.

What will it take to overcome the epistemological Berlin Wall that divides Americans? The split is so great that I fear it will take societal collapse to set the stage to put things back together again. Only then will MAGA believers grasp Trump's lies.
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Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and They Are Us They may look like us, talk like us and live among us, but they are as alien from us as any science fiction extraterrestrials: the MAGA politicians who abet democracy's destruction.

What motivates those who know better to abandon the values in which they were raised to abet a depraved and corrupt wannabe strongman whose motivations and goals are to end our democracy?

One doesn’t need to turn to science fiction to find the answers.
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MAGA: 5 Freedom of the press: 0

I predict the Post will go bankrupt a few years from now, murdered by a Vichy billionaire.

‘Comeback Kid’ no more: Dems aren’t protecting the Clintons from Epstein scrutiny The party-wide reluctance to defend two former standard-bearers signals a rejection of the Clinton brand.

"Republicans fall in line. Democrats fall apart" - borne out in Democrats not countering Rep. Comer's brazen effort to divert attention from Trump's Epstein troubles by targeting the Clinton's while Republicans cover up for Trump. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump says he does not intend to tear down Kennedy Center. Mark my words - here’s what’s coming.

A Debate Between the Founders and MAGA Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, et al. walk into a publick house where they face George Washington and the other Founders. It goes like this...

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, et al. walk into a bar where they encounter George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other Founders. Any bets on who wins the debate?

My latest in "Dispatches From Exile."
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“The fun’s not infectious and the guests are a nightmare, and two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell.“ ~ Guardian.

Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents ...

You know fascism is sinking its teeth in deeper when ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon and another independent journalist are arrested and charged by Bondi’s DOJ for covering an anti-ICE demonstration.
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"Spit in Their Face!" Get in good trouble. Don’t just march on No Kings Day. Speak out. Loud and proud.

People like Vietnamese dissident Duong Thu Huong know that freedom and democracy must be earned, sometimes fought for. Unfortunately, too many Americans take them for granted, leaving themselves vulnerable to losing them. Now is the time to speak up.
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As the other nations of the world dance on, the USA is a drunken palooka outcast wallowing in lies, corruption and failure. As Peggy Lee sang, “Is that all there is…?”

I’ll sit through it with a barf bag handy on 2 conditions: 1) ICE is abolished; and 2) Trump is impeached.

Weekly Mind Dump: We've Turned a Corner and May Have Entered a Danger Zone of No Return The game is essentially over for Democrats as well as the notion of returning the United States to normalcy. Welcome to "Babylon America."

With the Trump-induced mayhem and murder in Minneapolis, his assertions that he'll be limited only by his “morality” and “mind” and his turn toward military conquest, there is a growing sense that we've turned a corner as a nation, likely one of no return.
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'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill

"Almost Zero Chance a Democrat Will be Sworn in on 20 January, 2029"

The game is now so rigged by the Republicans that you are delusional if you think the Dems have a chance of winning in 2028. Read this sobering analysis and offer your own views if you disagree.
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Kennedy Center Scrambles After Grammy Winner Cancels Appearances The Kennedy Center is scrambling to find a replacement for a pair of shows after the Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming canceled her appearances. Those cancellations make the 66-year-old Fleming the...

Latest Kennedy Center cancellation: soprano Renée Fleming. But despair not. Rumor has it that she will be replaced by a Mongolian acrobat troupe and a Yosemite Sam Cartoon Fest. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...