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“Trump’s blue suit at Pope’s funeral draws attention… President Trump’s choice stood out in a sea of world leaders and famous faces who were dressed in customary black.” — New York Times, 4/26/25

1. Shows up at a solemn global event in a blinding shade of blue, disrupting everything like an unwanted pop-up ad in human form.

2. Demands instant gratification.

3. Was propped up by their father and remains disturbingly reliant on him, especially when facing imminent, though basic and predictable, consequences.

4. Requires a tiny, exhausted task force to minimize the consequences of their own self-inflicted disasters, while pretending they themselves are “winning.”

5. Has a truly troubling inability to follow simple, life-saving directions, e.g., chewing gum or inciting insurrections.

6. Involved in the exploitation of marginalized workers.

7. Insists they should be rewarded for relatively simple tasks like chewing gum or identifying an elephant.

America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal, it remains a far cry from developing a capacity to protect what’s left of democracy in the United States. With the administration in its fourth month, the magnitude of the damage underway is virtually impossible for any individual to fully grasp. But none of us need a complete picture to understand that the federal government is now in the clutches of massively cruel and antidemocratic forces that have no intention of letting go. Donald Trump’s second presidential term has already given vast power to the most virulent aspects of the nation’s far-right political culture. Its flagrant goals... Read more

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 27, 2025

by Tony Wikrent

Trump not violating any law

‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’

‘We’re Not Stopping’: Trump Border Czar Vows to Ignore Judges

[The Daily Beast, via MSN 03-18-2025]

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In the first of a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues emerging from the second Trump administration, Fintan O’Toole hosts Sherrilyn Ifill, Pamela Karlan, and Laurence H. Tribe for a conversation on corruption and the rule of law. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.

The post Constitutional Crises appeared first on The New York Review of Books.

Rubio wants to dismantle the only internal sounding board for critics of Israel — and the only place those criticisms might’ve had any teeth.

The post Marco Rubio Silences Every Last Little Criticism of Israel at State Department appeared first on The Intercept.

We live in a weird time: the accusation of anti-semitism has never been more common and the consequences have never been more severe, but the accusation has never been more likely to be a compliment.

In most cases today, if someone is accused of anti-semitism, they are being accused of being against genocide. Against the mass murder of ci civilians. Against children being deliberately shot in the head and against prisoners being raped to death

To be sure, real anti-semites exist, but if someone hasn’t been accused to anti-semitism, one knows they have no ethics and are either a wimp, unwilling to even say “genocide is bad” or an evil person who thinks genocide is good.

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