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In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks in Chicago. Obama is stepping into the midterm battle. Ahead of his first campaign events of the midterm elections, Obama spoke Friday as he accepted an ethics in government award in Illinois.
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In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks in Chicago. Obama is stepping into the midterm battle. Ahead of his first campaign events of the midterm elections, Obama spoke Friday as he accepted an ethics in government award in Illinois.
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Trump wants the Attorney General to investigate who authored the op-ed to the New York Times, because he thinks it’s a national security issue. He also is considering “action” against the Times, but didn’t elaborate. Again, this president doesn’t understand the rights of people of the country that he leads.

Obama just received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government. Just try to imagine Donald J. Trump receiving such an award. I know, it’s hilarious.

In every city that Trump has had a rally, there have been Craig’s List ads looking for people to fill the stands. They offer $15 an hour, a free cap, shirt and placards. My questions is, are our taxes paying for this? Shouldn’t Trump’s campaign funds, or the Republican National Campaign be paying for his campaigning?

Nobility is lost on those who are wise in their own conceit.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh referred to birth control as abortion inducing drugs. Was that a slip of the tongue or sheer stupidity?

The White House denials are always a bit more hollow than the last one, particularly when the Twitter rages continue to escalate. How and when the Trump administration ends is unknowable at this point, but it’s current course is looking increasingly unsustainable.

Trump wants his attorney general sessions, you know the man he makes fun of, calls names, and belittles, and embarrass him in public. Yeah, have that guy investigate the op-ed. If Trump didn’t act like such a child, maybe he wouldn’t have anything to worry about! Trump is the bottom of his own problems — He’s created it all. Old saying, can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

Now we learn that Trump has spent several hundred thousand dollars on golf cart rental (most of it at his own golf courses!). Looks to me like the Cheeseburger King could use a little more walking.

Why does Trump find it so hard to believe that people are saying these things about him? Can he really be that oblivious to what the world sees?It really seems impossible to me that he has no inclination at how his peers view him.

Malignant narcissism is an extreme mix of narcissism, antisocial personality disorder, aggression, total lack of empathy, and sadism. Often arrogant and grandiose, they will feel slighted, they will undermine organizations in which they are involved, and dehumanize the people with whom they associate. A complication is paranoia. A perfect description of our sitting president.

Just another hint that they plan to confirm NO MATTER WHAT, when Senator Charles Grassley states “We don’t care what the nominee has to say.”

The concept of hypocrisy is always lost on those with no moral compass.

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