“When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.”
BenFranklin
If there’s any doubt revenge is a motive of this administration, the White House posted an image of Trump in front of American flags, eagles, and fireworks with the caption: “I was the hunted—NOW I’M THE HUNTER. President Donald J. Trump.”
Between immigration, Epstein and tariffs, his week in distractions included cane sugar in Coke, changing the name of a football team, threatening Colbert, Beyonce, Oprah, Kamala, The View and South Park and called Obama a traitor. The media, universities and law firms, really anyone that disagrees with him are his prime targets. Giving in only invites more intimidation. He also found time to fly to Scotland on Air Force 1 to open and promote his new golf course (and play a round) at taxpayers expense.
A felon married to an immigrant is telling us that the problem is immigrants and felons. Speaker of the House Mike “My faith informs everything I do” Johnson adjourned Congress prematurely in order to avoid voting to see the Epstein files. Protecting pedophiles is not exactly Christian and not going away either.
Republicans also blocked tougher cybersecurity, foreign bribery, money laundering and hate crime laws.
What do Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn and Roger Stone have in common? They’ve all been pardoned by our Con-Mander-In-Chief for lying on his behalf. Next up? Betting Gislaine Maxwell who’s convicted of:
- Conspiracy to entice minors to travel for illegal sex acts
- Conspiracy to transport minors for criminal sexual activity
- Transporting a minor for illegal sex
- Sex trafficking conspiracy
- Sex trafficking of a minor
Senator Dick Durbin has a “highly reputable” whistleblower that claims that for approximately two weeks in May, 1,000 FBI agents were reassigned to combing over the files, flagging Trump’s ever reappearing name and effectively shutting down combatting crime.
Everything since then is a coverup. They all knew.
The DOJ met Maxwell twice last week, no doubt coaching her on her testimony while hanging a pardon over her head and also known as witness tampering. During her trial she testified under oath that she recruited, procured and physically participated in sexual abuse. She was also charged with two counts of perjury so you may want to ask the victims instead of the convicted to get closer to the truth.
Epstein introduced the first couple and Trump and Maxwell have been friends for years. Last week the lawyers that prosecuted Epstein and Maxwell were fired. So now in our newly twisted American ways, our sex offender president is considering pardoning a convicted child sex trafficker.
His latest exec order :“Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order… Encouraging civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in appropriate facilities for appropriate periods of time.” Smacks of eugenics.
A company with no experience in detention received the 1.2 billion contract for building a 5,000 bed private prison camp at Fort Bliss. And finally, regarding Gaza Trump said “Israel should finish the job and get rid of it.”
Adolph would be smiling.
Chef/percussionist/writer/reprobate and lover of all things beautiful & delicious, Chef Alan Lake’s culinary career includes East Bank Club in Chicago; Sunset Marquis in W. Hollywood; Izakaya Hiwatta in Ichinomia Japan and legendary nightclub Purpur in Zurich, Switzerland. Working all around the world for over four decades, he's won numerous awards, professional competitions and distinctions. He’s the author of Home Cookin'- The Stories Behind The Food and The Garlic Manifesto- the history of garlic going back to 10,000-year-old Neolithic caves and contains facts, fiction, folklore, myths and legends (besides 100 recipes).
A lifelong musician that plays 70+ percussion instruments, he coined the term “Jazzfood” to describe his cooking style i.e. “solid technique coupled with tasteful improvisation.” He views his food as he does his music and writing and has been known to bust a pout if subpar in any way.