My letter to President Obama

Read or listen to the Full Transcript of Obama’s H.B.C.U. Commencement Speech

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/obama-hbcu-speech-transcript.html

My Letter to President Obama:

Dear President Obama: After listening to your HBCU Commencement Speech some tears fell on my keyboard. President Obama, I know I speak for millions when I say we miss you and Michelle ever so much. I can only hope and yes, pray, that your vice president, Joe Biden, takes the mantle and torch from your hands, bypassing this current ever so corrupt administration, and walks into the oval office to sweep out the corruption, malicious and mendacious stain that has been left on its once pristine oval office carpet to bring us into a clean, magnificent and just new era of good feeling never forgetting those who have not, through no fault of their own, been lucky and who have seemingly been forgotten these past four years. They are not forgotten though as our muscle memory you talk about knows this nation can and has been so much better.

We hope to see you on the campaign trail with Joe helping him to convey those values you conveyed during your time at bat! I love you, President Obama, and I know millions upon millions of others both here and abroad love and miss you too!

Acting President Trump Ousts Another Inspector General In Apparent Act Of 'Retaliation'

"President Donald Trump is removing State Department Inspector General Steve Linick from his position in what Rep. Eliot Engel is calling a potential act of “retaliation” for opening an investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.The probe involved possible misuse of a political appointee’s time by Pompeo and his wife for personal tasks.

Linick, a Justice Department veteran appointed in 2013, is the latest of a number of watchdogs ejected recently as Trump seeks to purge anyone from the government he believes has not been loyal to him. Ambassador Stephen Akard, a State Department appointee who worked for Vice President Mike Pence when he was governor of Indiana, has been tapped as Linick’s interim replacement. Akard was Pence’s chief of staff for the Indiana Economic Development Corp. A State Department representative told Politico that Akard, a former foreign service officer, “will now lead the Office of the Inspector General at the State Department” in an “acting” role.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) called the “Friday night attack” by Trump “shameful.” He added in a tweet: “At this point, the President’s paralyzing fear of any oversight is undeniable.” Shaub accused Trump of “tearing down the fabric of our republic” with his vendetta against inspectors general. He pointed out that the law requiring Trump to give Congress 30 days notice of Linick’s removal gives lawmakers time to fight his decision.

Just weeks ago Trump removed Christi Grimm as principal deputy inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services after her office criticized his administration’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Last month, Trump booted intelligence community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who forwarded the whistleblower complaint that led to the president’s impeachment.

Trump also forced out acting Pentagon Inspector General Glenn Fine, who had been chosen as chairman of the federal panel Congress created to oversee management of the government’s $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package." SHAMEFUL -- OUR DEMOCRACY IS ON LIFE SUPPORT. VOTE BLUE IN NOVEMBER TO GIVE IT A VENTILATOR AND SAVE ITS LIFE!!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-linick-inspector-general-out-state-department_n_5ebf4e05c5b6aa71af11aae6

Art Of The Deal’ Co-Author Spells Out Why Coronavirus Deaths ‘Don’t Matter’ To Trump “The deaths, I know this is extreme, the deaths don’t matter to him,” Tony Schwartz told MSNBC’s Ari Melber.

Tony Schwartz who ghost wrote "The Art of the Deal" and knows Trump well says the answer is Trump does not care about those he condemns to death, has no conscience and cares only about winning. It is why Corona deaths ticking upward around the country and will do more so as people are prodded in a frenzy by Trump go back to work.  Many will not adhere to CDC guidelines by wearing a mask, keeping distance mandates, washing hands and many other requirements for staying safe in a pandemic.  Those deaths in nursing homes and otherwise do not matter to him. The stock market and the economy matter to Trump more even though if the deaths from Corona increase the economy will sink. One is inversely proportional to the other.  If it comes to saving himself or saving others there is no doubt that he will save himself. What a sickening choice for a president who lords over life and death matters and whose policies dictate it. The entirety of Trump makes sense when you think of it like that. The nation and all of us are doomed if we keep him in office.

This explains to me why I loathe this unconscionable man so much.  I am the opposite of him.  It explains my politics as well.  I care about what happens to people especially for those who were not born lucky.  It is one thing to want to survive as most people want that but it is quite another thing if you are in a position of power and the decisions you make spell life or death to others. 

It is why the humanitarian aspects of Christianity appeal to me.  Matthew 25:40 "Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.’" Too bad Trump who calls himself a Christian does not know the first thing about it, never asks for forgiveness and cannot answer any questions about the faith or any other faith for that matter.  He is ignorant.  He knows only how to use religion to solidify his power.  Many in his base swallow it and succumb to the con.  If he needed to believe in the tooth fairy to gain power he would.  Nothing matters to Trump except Trump. 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-schwartz-donald-trump-coronavirus_n_5ebf85dfc5b64d3dbf40ee28