This is the end of 2025, but is it the end of ... democracy ... civility ... peaceful coexistence ... the Kansas City Chiefs ... EV's ... the Schloss-Blog?
It's apparently the end of anything relevant out of the Epstein Files, as the Trump administration's Department of Justice defies court orders to release them in their entirety and by a lawfully set deadline. Plus, they redact the same way Trump uses a Sharpie to extend the path of hurricanes.
If only the files were released with the same transparency that Trump used to paste his name on the Kennedy Center, which is a memorial to the late president. Is Trump being an asshole or is he telling us that he is dying, as his appearance and behavior would suggest? Yes, and yes, perhaps? His approval ratings, across the board, say that he is dying. On the economy, the environment, healthcare, AFFORDABILITY, he is failing miserably, despite the success he shouts about.
Does Trump not understand though that the Kennedy Center, established by Congress, is a MEMORIAL, which means, in honor of someone who died and was a hero to and supporter of the arts, all the arts?
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Democracy too, appears to be dying.
Immigrants snatched off the streets, out of their homes, their beds, out of their workplaces. with no hesitation by ICE, which remains armed, masked, abusive and now has a deputy being charged with sexual assault and robbery.
Only about one-third or fewer of all those detained and deported had any criminal record whatsoever. By contrast, two-thirds of those detained by the Biden administration did have criminal records.
Trump is just detaining anyone who isn't ... white.
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People are being slaughtered, on Hanukkah, no less.
Two at prestigious Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The Reiners in Los Angeles. Fifteen at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Australia.
That's 19 in all at three different locations on the first night of Hanukkah.
I'm Jewish. I'm nervous. I'm hearing nothing about relief from or protection from such attacks coming out of Congress.
Never have. Likely never will. Congress has no interest in protecting those attacked in mass shootings.
And never will.
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Hey football fans, the Kansas City Chiefs are dead.
For this year, at least. Mahomes hurt. The team eliminated from playoff consideration for the first time since 2014.
If you watched any of their games, the Chiefs always seemed out of "synch" and unable to come up with the big play when they needed it, which was always their specialty with Mahomes in there.
Not this year. Is Andy Reid signaling retirement? Is this how he'd want to go out?
The playoffs, on TV (streaming?), on the Mahomes and the Chiefs Channel?
Get used to it.
2026, the year of Jaxson Dart.
Yeah, right.
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So, you say you want an EV?
Volkswagen is shuttering a plant in Germany due to decreased EV demand and Trump tariffs.
Ford has announced a pretty strict cutback from EV production.
So, when United States street corners are full of electric recharging stations instead of gas stations, I'll buy an EV too.
But for now, Trump says, drill baby, drill, and to hell with the environment and the interior beauty of the United States.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Olivia Guenther, on your terrific Christmas recital.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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