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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In about 18 months Trump will be an Octogenarian; and he shows it every day. He rambles on and on at his hate rallies, mumbles words frequently, and has difficulty keeping his balance when walking. The issue this time is garbage. During a recent six-hour hate rally at Madison Square Graden, a paid, self-proclaimed comedian called Puerto Rico “an island of floating garbage.” For some unknown reason, President Biden appeared to refer to Trump’s supporters as “garbage.” At a Wisconsin event on Wednesday, Trump rented a garbage Truck in response to the President’s remark. Recorded video revealed an elderly man doing something he shouldn’t. [A seven-second clip was shared on X by Matt McDermott, a pollster who works on a range of progressive causes as senior vice president of Whitman Insight Strategies. It shows Trump reach toward, and appearing to miss, the garbage truck door before briefly looking unsure on his footing. [McDermott captioned the video: ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, spent 19 minutes offering factual information to Trump supporters. He offered multiple reasons why they cannot trust the very old, very obese buffoon. Unfortunately for the popular host, Trump supporters choose to be ignorant and reject facts. A true Trump supporter spends hours each day watching the right-wing propaganda machine, calling itself “Fox News.” It has never been about the news and definitely not about facts. A loyal Trump supporter will never read or watch any information source which refuses to praise the con man. When confronted with the truth, their response is universal: “I don’t believe that.” The truth frightens them. If Trump can use a 24-hour television network to support his lies, Jimmy Kimmel and other talk show hosts are justified in finding ways to make their viewers laugh about Trump’s moronic and fallacious words and actions. Trump would like everything his way. However, this is a fantasy. Trump...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 2020 Trump and Moscow Mitch McConnell finished their efforts to stack the Supreme Court in favor of the radical extremists on the right side of the aisle. With a margin of 6-3, these biased five men and one woman continue to attack the Constitution and allow Trump and his cronies to move our nation closer to fascism. No one will forget one of the darkest days in American history when the current illegitimate Court overturned a woman’s right to make decisions about her own mental and physical health. On June 24, 2022, these traitors to our nation put an end to 50 years of progress for women’s rights and overturned Roe v Wade. Their latest attack is focused on the First Amendment. Right-wing politicians in Virginia were given the right to “purge certain voters from the state’s list of registered voters if they believe they are not legally able to vote.” If you live in Virginia, and have a name which appears to be Latino or Black, beware. Something must be done ...

If he Talks Like a Fascist and Acts Like a Fascist, He’s a Fascist Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Adolf Hitler was given control of Germany in 1933. He and his Nazi Party were fascists who literally brainwashed an entire nation into believing that they would revive Germany’s economy and lead their nation to a new level of “greatness.” They sacrificed their freedoms and surrendered their basic human rights to a demagogue. All rational thoughts disappeared as Hitler’s propaganda machine convinced an entire country that everything he said was fact and that his orders must be obeyed. Sound familiar? Last Sunday Trump held another hate rally, this time in Madison Square Garden. The event featured six hours of crude and racist rhetoric, and has been compared to a rally supporting Hitler’s fascist beliefs in 1939. Trump’s “people” are denying the undeniable: Trump is a Nazi and would stablish a fascist regime if he is elected. Men who were members of his White House staff between 2017 and 2021 confi...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If any of the old adages are true, one stands above all others: “Money is the root of all evil.” Therefore, I make a logical allegation: the United States is an evil country. It has morphed from a capitalistic nation to a plutocracy. The super-rich can have any physical possession their desire. However, most are without morals, social responsibility, and principles. This is the only reason why most of our nation’s 801 billionaires support another disastrous Trump presidency. Trump has openly promised these greedy men and women additional tax breaks if the world crumbles and he wins the Electoral College next week. Two of the most egregious are Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. When Trump gave permanent tax breaks to major corporations in 2018, Amazon, one of the most profitable corporations in the world, paid zero dollars in taxes the following year. The owner? Jeff Bezos. The staffs at both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times expressed their intent to endorse...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our elections are alone in the world in the fact that they seem to last forever. No other developed nation has such a lengthy campaign season. The longest period of time in any developed nation is three months. Something we all hate are the endless number of political ads on television. Let me preface this story by stating a fact: television ads should not be allowed. What they tell us cannot be accepted as fact, and should not be relevant in decisions related to voting. Okay, now the rest. The FCC has powers and laws which can prevent content on television which is lascivious, promotes violence and criminal activity, and claims that are baseless and in direct opposition to the facts. My question is, why don’t they do something about this travesty? I know the answer and it’s always the same: money. Network television is estimated to receive $12.32 billion in additional income during the campaign season. Combine this amount with the expected amount spent by candi...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last nine years, anyone who follows politics and political figures knows that if Trump or his cronies said it, it was a lie. Desperate to win the 2024 election, Trump’s television ads have become more vicious, composed of more outrageous lies than ever before, and if you know the facts are so fallacious they are almost hilarious. I believed that his biggest lie would always be his baseless claims that he won the 2020 election. However, with election day just one week away, his whoppers have reached a level never attained by great imaginations like Walt Disney or Stephen Kiing. Over the last nine years, every plan for our nation’s future in the fascist manifesto, “Project 2025,” originated at one of Trump’s hate rallies. His supporters simply compiled his beliefs into a 922-page document designed to destroy the country I have cherished for 78 years. Trump told one of his biggest lies when he claimed that he knows nothing about it. Last ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that I believe the Electoral College is in direct opposition to the spirit and intent of the Constitution. The EC allows the states to choose our presidents. As long as it exists millions of American voters have no voice in who will lead our nation for the next four years. Here's why that makes a difference, and why Republicans are desperate to keep the EC. If the popular vote, the vote of the American people, decided the outcome of the election, not a single right-wing politician would have occupied the White House since 1993: that’s 31 years. Since 1993 there have been two Republican presidents: George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote. The Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount and declared Bush the winner. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received three million more votes than Trump. However, a total of less than 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin gave Trump a very slim victory in the E...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This past weekend Trump and Kamala Harris held two large rallies. They shared one commonality: both were in states they are unlikely to win. That’s where the similarity ends. Trump was in Madison Square Garden, located in New York City. New York generally despises the old man. More than 19,000 people attended the event which some people referred to as a reenactment of a 1939 rally in support of Adolf Hitler. It has recently been confirmed that Trump is a Neo-Nazi with plans to re-make America into a fascist regime with himself as its Fuhrer. There were plenty of attacks on real Americans. Racism was the dominate theme. Joining Trump on stage were members of his family, including trophy wife, Melania, and brainless sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. Several discredited “celebrities” took the stage, including Rudy Giuliani, and Elon Musk. It was a victory for all citizens who hate their country and would shred the Constitution. Kamala Harris was in Texas. Her crowd was es...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If our nation loses its collective mind and gives Trump four more years to destroy our country, within his first year fascism will replace democracy, and Vladimir Putin will be the person controlling everything which happens in America. Freedom in every form will be quashed by Trump and Putin. Free thought, free speech, and free and fair elections will no longer exist. Trump’s failures destroyed our economy. Nearly 300,000 jobs were lost permanently. The national debt rose by eight trillion dollars. And nothing of importance was accomplished for the majority in four, long years. Trump intentionally divided or nation to a level not seen since the first Civil War. Lies and conspiracy theories replaced the truth and facts as millions of our nation’s people chose to be ignorant. Throughout all of this, FOX News continued to lead the way, producing more lies than Trump himself. It exposed itself once and for all as a right-wing extremist propaganda machine. Truth was...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If ever there were two more opposite presidential candidates in American history, I don’t remember who they might have been. The first comparison is clear: Trump is not loyal to America; Kamala Harris is a patriot who supports the Constitution. If this fails to help you decide who should receive your precious vote, I offer more. Trump is a lifetime criminal and sexual predator, recently convicted of 34 felonies. Harris prosecuted criminals and made California safer for everyone. Trump failed to continue the economic recovery begun by President Obama, and after his failure to lead America in the fight against Covid-19, another depression was in sight as the unemployment rate soared. Harris and Biden rebuilt our economy to a level not seen since the Clinton administration. Inflation is in steep decline. Nations around the world fear another Trump presidency. Harris and Biden have reestablished a close relationship with our allies. NATO has become stronger over the...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fascism and the current plutocracy. America’s dirty, little secret. Thanks to today’s fake Republican Party, the United States of America is in the control of less than one percent of our nation’s population: billionaires. A country controlled by the rich is called a plutocracy. The dirty little secret is that a plutocracy cannot be maintained without complete control over a nation’s future: this is called fascism. A large percentage of Americans hate billionaires. They have many good reasons to feel such strong emotions. They created greedflation, and support the worst, least-qualified, obese, old man in the world and his return to the White House. Three of these depraved, greedy men choose to place themselves in positions of notoriety, and therefore scrutiny, are Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. All social media sites are more harmful than beneficial. What was once the era of information has become the era of misinformation thanks to...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No surprise, it happened in the strange state of Texas. I sometimes think we should have supported their wish to secede from the Union. In southeast San Antonio, a 63-year-old-man by the name of Jesse Lutzenberger arrived at his polling place to select his choices for the 2024 election. He was wearing one of Trump’s red MAGA caps. He was asked to remove the hat. Texas’ laws forbid wearing any item which promotes one candidate over another in the voting area. He initially complied. However, when he finished voting, he placed his hat on his head as he was walking out of the voting area. A 69-year-old volunteer immediately began to escort him out of the building when Lutzenberger started punching him in the face and chest. The volunteer was treated by EMT’s and sent home. Lutzenberger was arrested at his home and was charged with several crimes. He is in jail with a $30,000 bail required for his release. This is all Trump’s fault. Recently the orange traitor was he...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The GOP is whining because after Trump’s former Chief of Staff, John Kelly, confirmed his appraisal of his former boss as a definition of the term “fascist,” Kamala Harris agreed. The truth hurts. One of their facetious claims is that it could encourage another assassination attempt on their former president. I remain skeptical about the credibility of the first two. I have never read an explanation for one legitimate question: where did the bullet go after it allegedly struck Trump in the ear? Did he use the professional wrestler’s trick of using a razorblade to cut his own ear? Trump’s own words prove that he is a Neo-Nazi. Fascism: “a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition.” Trump’s stacked Supreme Court made all of this possible. Trump’s plans for America’s future contained in Project 2025, are a compilation of Tru...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one is reporting one fact about the 2024 election. As they did in 2016, the mainstream media is clearly supporting another illegitimate win for Donald Trump. In 2016, the media covered Trump and his hate rallies five-times more frequently than all other candidates combined. On the rare occasion they covered Hillary Clinton’s campaign they continued to talk about her use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State. It is an undeniable fact that the media was a large factor in Trump’s controversial victory in the Electoral College. It is becoming more obvious every day that the mainstream media is once again supporting Trump. The big story of the week, which should have been front page news on every newspaper, and the internet, came from Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff. Former Marine Corps General, John Kelly, claims that Trump is the definition of a fascist who praised Hitler and the “good things” he did. His allegation was supported by sever...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A fact no one can dispute and no one will talk about. Our founding fathers guaranteed protection for the free press with a single purpose in mind: to force government transparency and prevent corruption. It has been known as the “Fourth Estate” for 248 years. However, the facts prove that it has not existed for more than two decades. America and American businesses have become inextricably linked. The United States is about money, not the welfare of its people. Look at the last two years. Campaigning for the presidency began early in 2023 as Trump increased the number of his hate rallies. When the election is over, billions of dollars will have been spent to secure a position which pays $400,000 per year with an additional expense account of $50,000 annually. The 2024 campaign season is expected to cost 15.9 billion dollars, exceeding the old record in 2020 of 15.1 billion. The media’s share of this ridiculous sum is estimated at 12.32 billion dollars. Understan...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is a dirty little secret the mainstream media and politicians on both sides of the aisle don’t want you to know. However, those of us who are avid and even obsessive readers found an article published for a single day revealing Trump worship of the greatest villain in world history. Friends of Trump’s first wife, Ivana, claim that she told them that Trump read Adolf Hitler’s 1930’s speeches every night before he went to sleep. There was another article by Politico revealing a meeting the couple attended in Moscow at the invitation of Vladimir Putin and the KGB in 1987. It is obvious that Trump and Putin’s relationship began 37 years ago, not after his pitiful inauguration in 2017. Trump continues to maintain a close relationship with his handler today. He supports the illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, and praises him for being a “strong leader” who has his adversaries murdered. Recently it was revealed that during a private conversation, Trump exposed ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Facts prove that the accomplishments of President Biden make him the best president since Bill Clinton. He also accomplished more than Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush for all Americans. Trump accomplished nothing for all 300+ Americans in four years. Presidential historians have labeled him the worst president in history. Who are you voting for? I support Kamala Harris in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage Find my novels on Amazon    

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Project 2025 and Trump are linked forever. Every proposal in the 922-page document has been promised by Trump during his vile and vicious hate rallies. Every plan in the document is based on the precepts of fascism. I have accurately called Trump a “fascist” for more than nine years. I am now joined by many of the men and women who know him best. Retired Marine Corp General John Kelly was Trump’s Chief of Staff. He was asked about Trump’s agenda for 2024. “Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,” Kelly said. “So certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.” General Mark Milley was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump’s failed administration. ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart One of the darkest days in American history occurred on June 24, 2022. On this day a Supreme Court, stacked by Trump and Moscow Mitch McConnell, voted to repeal Roe v Wade. Women no longer received federal protection for their Constitutional right to choose how to protect their own physical and mental health. We knew that overturning a nearly 50-year-old decision by a legitimate Court would have serious repercussions, but the six justices who voted for the repeal of Roe v. Wade didn’t care and were woefully unfit to sit on the highest Court in the land. Just over two years later, the statistics are dismal, and statistics do not lie. One of these statistics voids the claims of one of the owners of today’s fake Republican Party, the Christian Religious Right. More babies are dying during childbirth or just after now that Roe v Wade is no longer federal law. About 247 infants are losing their fight for life each month. That is nearly 3,000 babies lost each year, an...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart An article in Politico revealed that one of Trump’s biggest lies in 2016 when asked about his relationship with Vladimir Putin, claiming: “I never met the man.” The truth is that Trump and first wife, Ivana, were invited to Moscow in 1987 by the KGB. During that period, Vladimir Putin was a powerful leader in the spy organization. The two men have been in contact continuously since that meeting, 37 years ago. He called Putin frequently while pretending to be your president. Long after Trump was evicted from the White House, a Senate committee confirmed that there was collusion between Trump and Putin during the 2016 election. 2024 is the third election involving Donald Trump, and the third election in which Putin is attempting to interfere in its results. Putin’s actions in Ukraine, his murders of other Russians who oppose him, and his declaration of war with attempts to ensure a victory for his greatest asset, Donald Trump, prove that he is our nation’s biggest...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I say it every day, but what musical icon recently said “f**k Donald Trump?” If you know anything about her and are as old as I am, you might be able to make an accurate guess. On Saturday there was a concert in Los Angeles. The headliner is a legend who had not been the primary singer in more than two decades. Joni Mitchell did not disappoint. However, Ms. Mitchell is a vibrant 80-year-old, and shares my memories of our beloved country before Donald Trump and his fascist agenda for America. “Everybody get out and vote. This is an important one,“ Mitchell told the crowd. “I wish I could vote. I’m Canadian—I’m one of those lousy immigrants.” She completed her comments with a simple but poignant statement: “F**k Donald Trump.” In certain situations expletives are necessary to reveal our deepest feelings. She joined Beyonce and Taylor Swift, among others, as mega-stars who support our first woman President, Kamala Harris. Save America by voting for an American on N...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You might remember when a single woman heckler at one of Trump’s sad, little hate rallies was accosted by Trump as he told his supporters to “beat the shit out of her.” During a recent rally in Wisconsin, two students from Wisconsin-Madison University began to harass Vice President Harris. She took a different approach: Vice President Harris to MAGA hecklers: “Oh you guys are at the wrong rally. I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street” Juniors Grant Beth and Luke Polaske complained to the New York Post and later on “Fox and Friends” about their self-incurred treatment. This is what these fake Christians had to say. Beth: “I was pushed by an elderly woman. We were heckled at, we were cursed at, we were mocked, and that’s the biggest thing for me personally,” Beth said. “In reflection of the event, Jesus was mocked. You know, his disciples were mocked, and that’s OK.” Polaske lied earlier claiming that he was an “undecided voter.” Good Christian...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I knew the truth, but Fox viewers ignored the facts. Bill O’Reilly never was a legitimate journalist and his highly rated show was a disgrace to real newspersons everywhere. His one tactic was to talk over his guests if he did not like the answers they were about to give. Recently, Kamala Harris had the class and the courage to accept an interview on the biggest fake news broadcast in history: Fox News’. Bret Baier was given the honor of interviewing our future president, but he failed miserably. He used O’Reilly’s tactic. He would ask a question and as Vice-President Harris began her response, he began talking, attempting to make an effort in support of the worst president in history 38 times. He embarrassed himself and lost all the respect I once had for him. What was Baier’s excuse? (I paraphrase). “If I let her answer the questions, there wouldn’t have been enough time in the interview.” Really? Fox IS the original “FAKE NEWS.” Op-ed by James Turnage Find my...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart We all know that Trump is Putin’s puppet, although some deny the truth in public. However, I read a story a few months ago that you will never see or hear from the mainstream media. Trump’s first wife, Ivana, told several of her friends that her husband read Adolf Hitler’s speeches every night before going to sleep. From my research, the orange buffoon adopted a number of Hitler’s tactics during his speeches attended by men and women who share his anger and hatred for anyone who refuses to agree with their dark views of our nation’s future. Trump’s endless rants about the “fake news” was a thinly guarded effort to ensure that the right wing propaganda machine, Fox News, was the only fake news network they would listen to. Fox constantly hides the real Donald Trump from the public. Another of Trump’s tactics comes directly from Hitler’s manifesto. “If you tell weak-minded and uninformed men and women a lie often enough, they will eventually accept it as the truth...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I must share an article with you I read by Richardesic for the Daily Kos. He simplifies what I believe is not only Trump’s manner of governing, but how he has lived for 78 years. [1) Take a dump on the carpet 2) Complain loudly that there is a turd on the carpet 3) Blame the turd on everyone but him 4) Demand someone else clean up the turd 5) Smear the turd around 6) Say he cleaned up the turd better than anyone else could have 7) Declare victory] Knowing that Trump has never accomplished anything of value in his entire life helps any informed American to understand this very simple and very accurate description of “the real Donald Trump.” There has never been a less qualified candidate in history than the old, orange man: Donald John Trump. Op-ed by James Turnage Find my novels on Amazon Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/20/2278082/-Trump-s-Approach-to-Governing-A-Utah-man-nails-it-accurately?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_m...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I began working in 1962, at the age of 16. The owner of a gas station across the street from my church hired me for one dollar an hour. I was scheduled to work 13 hours on Saturdays. No such thing as overtime. I pumped gas, checked the oil level, made sure the batteries were filled with fluid, washed windows, and made our customers feel welcome. Inside the bay I changed oil, lubricated the undercarriage of cars and trucks, and repaired tires. I was never without a job after that first day at the gas station, with the exception of time spent in the U.S. Air Force until I was let go in 2008 from my job in a warehouse as America experienced the “great recession.” I looked for work for a while, but at the age of 62, no one offered me a position. Then, early in 2009 I saw an ad seeking individuals to work in the 2010 decennial census. I won’t bore you with the details, but my time in the working world ended before the last two months of 2010 became history. I had wor...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The media constantly covered President Biden, pointing to his age in support of Trump’s baseless claims about his fitness to be your president. Trump is 78 and 18 months after the election he will be an octogenarian. He fell asleep at his criminal trial, and recently nodded off at two campaign events. Trump’s low level of intelligence has always been a problem for the failed, wannabe billionaire. However, during his rallies it has become evident that what mental capabilities he possessed are in steep decline. He is unfit for any office, and definitely unqualified to lead a nation of 330+ million people. I am just three weeks younger than the orange buffoon. I am retired, with the exception of my continuous efforts to inform the American people and write my novels. An 80-year-old, obese, mentally challenged man should retire and disappear from the public forever. The average age of all Americans is 38.4 years. An octogenarian is out of touch with the majority of ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, agrees with me: Trump is undoubtedly a fascist. The truth is more upsetting than the fact that one man who wants to be your president hates democracy. The reality is one entire political party has morphed from being the “Grand Old Party,” or the Party of Lincoln, and is now Trump’s “American Fascist Party.” It doesn’t take a genius to realize that the right-wing’s extremist list of plans and policies, labeled “Project 2025,” is a 922-page revival of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” To deny this fact is to choose ignorance over reality. Your vote is guaranteed by the First Amendment. However, it is more than a right, it is a responsibility. Vote and vote for yourself and those you love. Kamala Harris in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage Find my novels on Amazon’s Kindle

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Your vote on November 5 th may not count. Whether you support Kamala Harris or Trump, depending on which state you call home, you may be wasting your time filling out your ballot for the 2024 election. The truth is 538 men and women will decide your future for the next four years or longer. These are the electors who are the Electoral College. This is not democratic: this is not American: this is not fair. Every vote should count. Every voter should have a voice in our elections. It is morally and legally wrong that states are allowed to choose our presidents. I leave you with one irrefutable fact: Republicans and the mainstream media fear the repeal of the Electoral College for one reason: If it did not exist, no Republican would have resided in the White House since George H.W. Bush. That is a period of 31 years. Democrats won the popular vote in 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008, 20012, 2016, 2020, and will surely do the same in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage My novels a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Elon Musk is in violation of federal law and our government is doing nothing. The deranged maker of dangerous vehicles is paying individuals to sign an oath that they will vote for Donald Trump. [Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §   330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI] U.S. Code 597 Once again, we learn that justice is non-existent in America. The rich and powerful do as they please and the DOJ turns its back, ignoring crimes against our nation. Our government placed Trump above the law in 2018. His violations of the Constitution are too numerous to list here. Included in his crimes...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 2011, I began to despise Donald John Trump. He revived a claim debunked in 2008 which suggested President Obama was not a natural born citizen and could not legally be our nation’s president. Trump knew this was a lie, but gleefully garnered the attention of the media as he continued his totally baseless allegation. I have a hard, irrevocable rule: anyone who lies to me will never have my respect or my trust. One lie leads to another and in a short period of time the life of a prevaricator becomes a life composed of falsehoods. This is the real Donald Trump. Since 2015, the number of lies told by Trump exceed 100,000. These are the ones he tells in public. Everything Trump and his campaign says about Kamala Harris is a lie. I have followed both Trump and Vice-President Harris during their careers for several years. Trump lacks a single positive action or attribute in his life. Everything has been all about him for his worthless life of 78 years. He is totally...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The only people involved heavily in American politics who ignore Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin is the mainstream media. Anyone who makes an average effort to learn about the 37-year relationship between the Russian President and his most important American asset is convinced that Trump’s loyalty is to Putin, not to the United States of America. Putin is one of the three reasons Trump received a victory in the Electoral College in 2016. Although the Russian dictator was attempting to interfere again in 2020, the American people made history and Trump was evicted from the White House. The FBI is reporting another effort in 2024. Hopefully a voter turnout similar to 2020 will be repeated and Trump will become nothing but a very bad memory. Our corrupt government is doing nothing. I stop here for a question. Putin has interfered in our most sacred democratic process in the last three elections. Why have we not declared war against Russia, or a...