It is one of those days when sitting and developing a piece for the page, just isn't going to take place.
Enjoy the social media reports and whatever you do, visit the MSNBC links towards the bottom of the age The On Assignment segments with Richard Engel are award-winning journalism in my opinion.
First, let's visit with a couple of social media posts.
President Trump on the FBI investigation into Judge Kavanaugh: "It's unfair to him at this point. What his wife is going through, what his beautiful children are going through, it's not describable, it's not fair." pic.twitter.com/JW75vC4fHs— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 1, 2018
Trump says this -- earnestly! -- about Kim Jong Un: "We went back and forth, then we fell in love. He wrote me beautiful letters. And they are great letters. We fell in love." pic.twitter.com/05KpsRgkZJ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2018
While I am enjoying a non-writing day, I cannot help but post a few additional items I viewed last night on MSNBC. If you viewed the segments from the On Assignment show you have no need to proceed.
The first segment relates to a nascent phenomenon of US conservatives literally loving the Russian society. Despite being one of the most repressive nations across the globe, US conservatives have latched onto Putin; Russia as surely as they continue to moniker Ronald Reagan as one of the nation's great presidents. Ronald Reagan was a facade of how US conservatives wish their world to exist. While the following segment doesn't touch upon Reagan's contributions to a rebirth of US racism (post the 1960s and ear 1970s.
From his overt affinity for Bob Jones University (with all known racist policies) through his part in advancing the GOP's successful Southern Strategy, and his outright disgusting handling of early AIDS cases, Reagan was the epitome of US social regression. And, the GOP still to this day loves his being and legacy.
Alas, the following segment doesn't visit Reagan's social regression beyond touching on Russia's anti-LGBT policies. As you view what follows, think about the dangerous abyss to which Trump has us all standing on the precipice and leaning over the edge.
Shameful isn't it?
How about some dessert?
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