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It's on Substack . (Nov. 2, " It's springtime for depressives — as long as we have Trump. ")

Today's post, "Yet another Trump unconstitutionality (fatal only in a past, sober America)," is at my Substack page . As all future posts will be. If interested in the reasons for the site shift, see this .

"The definitive, must-see 'It's a Trump life' video" is at my Substack page . As all future posts will be. If interested in the reasons for the site shift, which you aren't, see this .

The latest post is at my Substack site, One damn thing after another . I know, I seem fickle; I switched from an older platform to this one only nine months ago. But I've grown tired of cross-posting to Substack. And I'm less fickle than dumb: Cross-posting also caused URL mayhem like the world has never seen . Where the hell is he? — this Carpenter dude. Is he there, at this dot-com? Is he at the older dot-com? Or is he, perhaps, to be found now and then at pmcarpenter.subst

This is what Trump’s peace in Gaza looks like. This is what a piece of Trump looks like. In an interview with The Economist this week, jailbird and ideal MAGAman Steve Bannon said “Trump is going to be president in ’28, and people ought to just get accommodated with that.” Details to come “at the appropriate time.” He added that Trump is an “instrument of divine will.” His instrumentality works in mysterious ways. Since his singlehanded achievement of a ceasefire in Gaza — “

Bear, or if you like bare, with me, I’m going to get to this guy. I forget who, I recall only the thrust of his remark. He never read newspapers — his objection: Absorbing and thoroughly contemplating the contents of just one edition would demand a lifelong effort. To those who see themselves as scrupulous news consumers, the observation was disturbingly true. Just one day’s news from Gaza or Ukraine — to say nothing of a paper’s hundred other news items — would require years