I hate to think of either future, but both look more likely as the insane voluntary self-destruction continues. It's incomprehensible and tragically sad and all the conceivable long-term consequences are bad. Our grandchildren will be living in the ruins. There is no life insurance for nations.

We will be a degraded, poorer nation when Trump is done, a sad second- or third-rate power with all its glories behind it. Perhaps then the Union will crumble at last, trashing Lincoln's legacy and bringing the grand American Experiment to a close.

My longtime GF and I befriended Jill over many years of attending her shows and hoped to assist her with the SF musical she wanted to create. The pandemic postponed that possibility, which now becomes a melancholy “might have been.”

Her unique voice was so essential in this awful era… 😢

And unlike Trump, Satan actually keeps his deals!

(Yes, he will trick you if he can. Read the fine print and have a good lawyer review it for loopholes and trickery.)

There is literally no end to the stupidity.

Yesterday’s proposal from Trump that the U.S. take over Gaza took it to new heights. (See my post with a “Letter to God” reaction, and I’m an agnostic!)

This is getting positively Orwellian! Seeing 2025 turn into 1984 was not on my bingo card. I hope everyone will conscientiously refuse to comply with such a totalitarian demand.

That was another varied and engaging AMA. I’m glad you took the time at the top to provide historical context for the baffled listeners of the future. If it’s within their technological capacity, maybe they’ll send us help or at least advice.