October first is an open door to the new season. Here, it was 90 degrees today, but there's a promise of rain and a change to cooler tomorrow. The world is still more green than golden, but not for long.
Meanwhile, I worry about our country. Various political pundits have described the president's behavior like this:
from Mike Giglio:
The key was
its simplicity: By channeling the details of Trump’s misconduct into a formal
complaint and then feeding it into the intelligence community’s system, the
whistle-blower has thrown a wrench into Trump’s heretofore insurmountable
deflect-by-chaos machine. As the scandal escalates, Trump and his White House
seem to be in increasing disarray. He released a damaging reconstructed
transcript of his July 25 call with Ukraine’s president, which left even some
of his Republican allies scratching their
heads. He threatened the
whistle-blower’s sources in front of a room full of U.S. diplomatic staff. His
communications team mistakenly emailed a strategy memo to Democratic lawmakers,
then tried to recall the message. His personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who is
also implicated in the scandal, has tried to drag the State Department down
with him, while also embarking on confusing rants in
conversations with reporters.
Despite the
White House’s best efforts, the fact that the whistle-blower filed a complaint
through proper government channels has made it harder for the usual attacks
about traitors and dirty tricks to stick. Michael Atkinson, the inspector
general who handled the complaint, and Joseph Maguire, Trump’s recent
appointment as acting director of national intelligence, have already come to
the whistle-blower’s defense.
from McKay Coppins:
As his presidency has progressed, the victories have
become fewer and farther between while the din of disapproval has grown louder.
Still, for Trump, thethreat of impeachment represents a new frontier in
haterdom—and it seems likely to deepen his sense of personal grievance. If
history is any guide, Americans can expect even more volatile behavior from a
president already prone to volatility.
from the meme makers:
and this:
The corruption is so wide and deep, it seems impossible to eradicate.
Two years ago , Howard Dean said that Trump was conducting a criminal enterprise from the White House. Each day, I believe him more.
How will this all turn out?
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