Stanley Heller, a citizen activist in Connecticut, has a petition to Trump that he take part in a nuclear drill so that he can come closer to what his power may engage some day. Certainly he’s not going to take a mental health test like everyone else. -R

The president—who is the ultimate finger on the switch—does not have to take part in any of the nuclear drills that all other participants in the chain of command have to practice. Secondly, all others in the chain of command have to take a mental health test except, again, the president.

When was the last time frontrunner elections like New York, Virginia, and New Jersey turned on those issues? -R

“It comes from you people, incredible people, good-looking people—too many good-looking people. I don’t like good-looking people. I never liked good-looking people, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve never admitted that before.”

Go figure. -R

Secondly, when he was in Japan, he ordered U.S. soldiers to go onto a U.S. aircraft carrier to hear his rambling speech. At one point here’s what he said:

What? Don’t Republicans eat too? Don’t lower income Republicans need these food supplements, especially in the red states ?

... they treated Johnson’s shutdown as an opportunity for a recess back home and entrenching their own political careers. Meanwhile hundreds of reporters at the House of Representatives are left without any newsworthy stories day after day. -R

However, instead of staying in the House and addressing Trump/GOP harms to hundreds of millions of Americans—including shattering the social safety net, consumer and worker protections and any preparedness for oncoming pandemic and climate violence—and putting forth a progressive, positive agenda...