Orange Juice Gulch*

Having just watched the HBO series based on Philip Roth’s 2004 novel The Plot Against America, I wondered how Walter Winchell might have covered the coronavirus pandemic. Something like this? Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the cruise ships still at sea. Let’s go to … Read more

Build That Wall

  If sometimes you wish you were a fly on the wall at Kellyanne and George Conway’s home, think what it must have been like earlier today at the Steven Miller household.  Fortunately, for us, Deprogramming101 has intercepted an email between Miller and his wife Katie. FROM:  kmiller@vp.govTO:  smiller@whitehouse.govSUBJ:  PrioritiesSENT: Friday, May 8, 2020, 2:05 … Read more

The Second Commandment

  LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd amendment. It is under siege! ~Donald J. Trump/April 17, 2020 You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself any graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or … Read more

Parties Like It’s 1980

  It’s 180 days until November 3rd, election day, but who’s counting.  EVERYBODY. In an effort to help viewers understand where the race currently stands, reporters and pundits are comparing the upcoming balloting to previous years.  And much of the discussion has centered how the coronavirus has upset Donald Trump’s game plan vis-a-vis Joe Biden.  … Read more

Use Your Vein

  Donald Trump, during his appearance at a Honeywell facility in Arizona, told reporters,  “You know I made the virus mutate.  In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I call it Corona Extra.” Meanwhile, Trump campaign director Brad Parscale announced they would not be using the Rolling Stone’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” this … Read more