If you STILL need a reason why Donald Trump is not the right choice for President, just consider his response to the question of #climatechange during his recent X talk with Elon Musk. He said #globalwarming wasn't a problem because it would "create a lot more waterfront property." That thousands of acres of cropland, savannahs, and homes to people, wildlife and plants species would now be destroyed didn't seem to factor in the equation...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/13/trump-musk-x-climate?

To me, the most important statement from Judge Engaron today on Trump's civil fraud case:

NYT: In his unconventional style, Justice Engoron criticized Mr. Trump and the other defendants for refusing to admit wrongdoing for years. “Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological,” he said.

A man who regrets nothing and shows no remorse for anything he does, no matter who it harms, is who half of America thinks should be (again) President of the US. I just don't get it.

As a published fiction writer and a corporate storyteller, this sentence in a recent article by #nytimes reporter Nick Nehamas made me laugh:

"American politics relies as much on storytelling as on policy. Bill Clinton was the Man from Hope. John McCain was a maverick, a war hero who put country first. Barack Obama represented hope and change. Mr. DeSantis’s campaign does not even have a bumper-sticker slogan."

Here's to a great weekend...

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