Andrzej Panufnik's Universal Prayer. The Polish composer felt many injustices, having lived through Nazi occupation and Soviet repression of artistic freedom. He finally fled to London where he found refuge for the remainder of this creative life.

Andrzej Panufnik's Universal Prayer. The Polish composer felt many injustices, having lived through Nazi occupation and Soviet repression of artistic freedom. He finally fled to London where he found refuge for the remainder of this creative life.

What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do,
This, teach me more than Hell to shun,
That, more than Heaven pursue.
(Alexander Pope, Universal Prayer)

Pam Bondi's grandfather, Joseph Bondi, was from Palermo, Italy. The Italian immigrant married a Italian-American Louisianian, Virginia Cosentino. Pam Bondi's father, also Joseph Bondi, was born in 1936, one year before his father passed away at the age of 47. They lived in Florida.

Curious that Kristi Noem claims Norwegian ancestry given that her great-great-grandfather came from the Lower Rhine, in Alsace, where the popular dialect was German and the territory was held by Germany when he emigrated. Another Trump Scandinavian origin story?

I wonder if Texans know that their state is by far the leading exporter of US goods, accounting for 22 percent of total exports. And Georgians? Louisianians? Floridians? Are they aware that they have a lot to lose in a tariff war against the whole world?

I was surprised to hear some Republicans state, three decades ago, that this nation was a republic and not a democracy. In a republic, the power held by the people and their elected representatives CAN be used to undermine and eventually destroy a democracy. Hence the difference between both words

All that's missing now is a Trump secret police like Stalin's NKVD, or the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, coming in the middle of the night to get you, torture you, and make you disappear. Well, ICE could also be used for that same purpose...

What is Trump's foreign trade policy? Self-sufficiency? If so, he will only use tariffs on processed/manufactured goods to eliminate complex supply chains but will facilitate the import of raw materials from Canada and Mexico. What Nazi Germany did with Southeastern Europe.

Plenipotentiary. Hitler name Goring; Trump named Musk. Goring could make laws simply by issuing decrees, such as naming other plenipotentiaries as heads of industry. Eventually, he became the master of the whole German economy. And he knew "next to nothing about economics."

There are no Hispanics in Latin America. There are no Asians in Asia. Those names were propagated by full-blooded "Americans" and "Canadians."

Intelligent, articulate people also support dictators: "The organized vitality of Germany was what most impressed me: the unceasing activity of the people, and the convinced dictatorial direction to create the new factories, airfields, and research laboratories...," (Charles Lindbergh)

"...I do not want to see the Republican party ride to politi-
cal victory on the Four Horsemen of Calum-
ny-Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear... I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts
political exploitation above national interest." (Margaret Chase Smith)

Can you even imagine a Trump presidential library?