Of all Donald Trump’s actions during his five years in office, perhaps the most far reaching humanitarian accomplishment was his push for Operation Warp Speed, the development of Covid vaccines that stemmed the spread of the deadly virus and saved millions of lives in the United States and the world.
Now, for some unfathomable reason, Trump is permitting his Health and Human Services department to impugn the efficacy of the vaccines https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html?smid=url-share).
Once again, Trump chooses disinformation over scientific facts.
A Message Truly for All Religions:
“When we Christians are
more known for our
support of presidents
than we are for our
support of the poor, the
immigrants, the abused,
the marginalized, the
sick, the hungry, and the
oppressed, that is when
we know we are following
someone other than Jesus
and we have a lot of
repenting to do.”
—The Reverend Benjamin Cremer
(Read more of Rev. Cremer’s thoughts on Facebook. Here’s a link to a recent post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1VUS2bGyA2/
Trump’s compunction to denigrate friend and foe has alienated allies and adversaries, leaving America isolated and distrusted by traditional democratic protagonists while repulsed by its antagonists. Trump’s word cannot be trusted to be his bond.
Some people think Trump’s threat to annex Canada as our 51st state was far-fetched, merely a distraction to deflect repeated calls for release of the Epstein files. But for those old enough to remember it, a film from the late 20th century spoofed a cross-border invasion.
“Canadian Bacon” (1995), written, produced and directed by Michael Moore, featured John Candy, Alan Alda and Rip Torn. Google’s overview: “In a desperate bid to revive his abysmal peacetime approval rating, the president of the United States agrees to a scheme proposed by corrupt cabinet member and launches a top-secret propaganda campaign to vilify Canada. As U.S. citizens get caught up in a xenophobic hysteria, a group of residents of Niagara, N.Y., wielding machine guns, organize a vigilante invasion that could trigger a real war with America's gentle neighbor to the north.”
As long as we’re on the subject of filmdom, here are a couple of pithy movie reviews of the “Melania” movie:
“If they showed this film on a plane, people would still walk out.” —Variety
“Melania’s film is so bad they’ve released the Epstein files as a distraction”—Marie Graham
