Reason # 82: Indictments and Convictions – Sexual AssaultWhy do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?In May 2023, a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of sexual assault and defamation of the character of E. Jean Carroll in 1996, in a dressing room at Bergdorf…

Reason # 81: Trump’s Rap Sheet.Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?Although the January 6th conspiracy and its attendant violent insurrection represent Donald Trump’s worst crime, he has a long rap-sheet of prior offences and convictions.1973: the Department of Justice accused the Trump Organization of…

Reason # 80: The Conspiracy Unmasked Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? As January 7, 2020 dawned, the American public watched in horror as the crime of the century unraveled before their eyes. It had been an incredibly complex plot and but for the…

Reason # 79: Eye Witness: Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have spent a few days presenting the evidence of th Trump/Republican conspiracy to criminally overturn the 2020 Presidential election. But text and audio evidence are insufficient to display the enormity of what…

Reason # 78: January 6, 2021, Day of Infamy Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? January 6th was the critical day for the conspiracy to overthrow American democracy and install Donald Trump illegally in the Presidency. Trump had tweeted a day earlier. “The Vice…

Reason # 77: January 6, 2021, Collage ImpressionsWhy do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?I wrote this collage poem on January 67, 2021based on quotes from published reports.Crystaltag: Day of Broken GlassJanuary 6, 2021“big protest in DC on January 6th”“Be there, will be wild!”A pontiff pontificates:“They’re…

Reason # 76: Conspiracy and Insurrection Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Yesterday we described how Donald Trump and a large group of his advisors, lawyers and cronies in seven states, where he had lost to Joe Biden, attempted to convince the courts to…

Reason # 75: Election ConspiracyWhy do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?We hope that you listened to at least part of the hour-long telephone call from Donald Trump to Brad Raffensperger, the Republican Secretary of State from Georgia. It is spectacular evidence proving the first stage…

Reason # 74: The 2020 ElectionWhy do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?We talked yesterday of the very limited role of the vice president in our system of government and listed three key exceptions. The third role, that of certification of electoral votes was the keystone…

Reason # 73: VEEPWhy do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House?The TV show “VEEP”, hilariously illustrated the limitations of the job description of the Vice-President of the United States. The VP really has only two important functions. She gets to cast a tie-breaking vote as president…

Reason # 72: COVID Misery and Inflation Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? To date we have talked a lot about the Trump/Republican Party failure to act effectively to control the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the deaths of more than a million Americans. COVID-19…

Reason # 71: Anti-Vaxxers Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? When Joseph Biden won the presidential election and was set to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021, he faced a terrible crisis. No, I do not refer to the terrible insurrection at the U.S.…

Reason # 70: COVID Politics Trump Style Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Late 2020; time before the election was short. Polls predicted a close election. What did Donald Trump do? Did he act responsibly and campaign remotely, in order to protect his constituents?…

Reason # 69: COVID, Worse and Worse: Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? It is hard to visualize how Trump’s management of the COVID pandemic could have gotten any worse, but if you have been paying attention to the first 68 Reasons NOT to…

Reason # 68: Evolving Trump Response to COVID Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We saw yesterday how Donald Trump mismanaged the early response to COVID 19 in the U.S. People infected with the virus entered the country and were not quarantined until they…

Reason # 67: Initial Trump Response to COVID Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Yesterday, we looked at the principles of management of a viral pandemic and the advice that Donald Trump received from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Did he pay attention;…

Reason # 66: COVID-19 Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? On December 8, 2019, Chinese medical officials in the city of Wuhan discovered that they had a serious problem. A number of individuals were diagnosed with a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an infection,…

Reason # 65: Foreign Policy? Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? The United States has had a reasonably consistent foreign policy during both Democratic and Republican administrations for the past eighty years, since the conclusion of the Second World War. It included a political…

Reason # 64: Dreamer’s Nightmare This is the 64th in a series of 100 reasons Not to vote for Donald Trump. They are collected at my Facebook page of the same name. Please visit and share this URL with your friends and colleagues. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565843924438 Why have I committed to posting 100 Reasons NOT to vote…

Reason # 63: Terrorizing Children Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? In the last post, we discussed Donald Trump’s cynical promise that he would build a 2,700-mile-long fence that would stop illegal immigration across the U.S. Mexican border and how, like all other Trump…