"Trump invites Philippines' Duterte to Washington, White House says"
Which of course brings up the obvious wardrobe question:
What does someone wear when dining with a mass-murderer?
I'm honestly asking.  Do you go full-on tux, or just a simple suit and tie?  Your favorite Charles Manson jumpsuit?  Bit of Kevlar, sure.  I'm thinking a flak jacket might be in order.
Tag-a-log Trump, and Trump. 

Heil Donald.  Heil Rodrigo.  Oh, and Heil crazy, short, fat North Korean dude who required zero skill and energy to draw the Donald into a Twitter pissing match that could cost us Planet Earth. 
Sadly, that chubby little fuck is the smartest of the bunch.

"Trump has not been cunning but credulous; not an authoritarian but a pushover.
Ultimately, Trump is failing because he has little knowledge of the world and no guiding star of moral principle. The best of our leaders — think Abraham Lincoln — have been sure about the truth and uncertain about themselves. Trump is the opposite. His mind is uncluttered by creeds. He knows what he wants at any given moment, but it can bear little relation to the moment following. Who really believes that he would be sleepless if the wall were not built or if NAFTA ultimately survived? Who believes he would not be sleepless because of a nasty joke at his expense during a dinner party?
Without deep and thoughtful beliefs, persuasion is impossible. It is public reasoning that allows others to follow a leader’s footsteps in the snow. What has Trump done to rationally and respectfully persuade his critics?
During his campaign, Trump looked down on the weak; now it is revealed HE, is weak." 
*Michael Gerson, WP

"A federal judge on Tuesday blocked any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration officials, saying the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending" (this apparently from a judge on some little island in the middle of California.)

"This is why we have courts — to halt the overreach of a president and an attorney general who either don't understand the Constitution or choose to ignore it," the San Francisco Attorney said in a statement.

If it wasn't for the Judiciary, Comrade Donald would have us back in about 1937 Germany.
Where his fresh off the boat trophy wife would have never been allowed in.

re-post.  still valid and I don't know how better to say it -

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Today, I am Muslim.
Always - I will be a human who supports basic human rights. I am not referring to rights associated with being a woman or a man or having lighter or darker skin color or your sexual orientation or what God you worship or don't.   I'm talking about the bigger picture.  HUMAN rights. And in fact until we stop separating ourselves into groups, demanding OUR rights for whatever group we identify with, until we stop doing that, we can never truly be equal. Your president is proving just that.  By picking and choosing who gets rights and who doesn't. 

I am very sad. Anxious, worried. I am truly embarrassed to be a citizen of the United States of America. A country built by immigrants.  A wonderful beautiful place created by people from somewhere else (well, you know - after we sliced and diced the indigenous folks, AKA the first immigrants.)  A country who's very founding documents require us to welcome those seeking sanctuary. Instead our leader is slamming the door on those fleeing the largest humanitarian crisis since WWII. A crisis that in large part WE, you and me, the United States, created.  Your president is discriminating against, oppressing literally millions and millions of people - based on their religious affiliation.  It is immoral it is un-American.   It is wrong by any civilized standard.  History has proved it to be extraordinarily destructive.   It is opposite of what this country is supposed to stand for.    

And this is only the start. Generations of diplomacy are circling the drain. The new foreign policy akin to what happens on a second grade playground. Except this is real world. The president of the greatest country on earth pouting and shouting and tweeting and otherwise acting like a 70-year old toddler, sowing confusion and fear across the globe. And angering really big, really well armed nations.  Why? Aside from feeding the oversized ego of somebody who has never even lived real life........what possible benefit is there to anyone?

Donald Trump. The best president Putin could buy.

I am embarrassed to be a citizen of the United States of America. You can tell me to leave, go somewhere else if I don't like it here. But I won't. It isn't ME being un-American.  I'm not the one violating so many principles this country was founded on.   It's not me tearing up the constitution and stomping on the flag.  And it wouldn't be prudent for me to go anywhere else, anyway.  Your president is making sure of that.  By leading with hate and paranoia, your president is making sure that being a citizen of the United States is becoming a very unpopular condition.  Increasingly unsafe for all of us. 
Both abroad and at home.

I'm probably getting too told to be climbing over all these walls he wants to build, anyway.
Yes, today I am Muslim.