Tag Archives: Trump
“You are no longer my mother”
Not much in this Reuters story surprises me. This will be longer lasting than Covid-19.
When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, he cut her out of his life.
“He specifically told me, ‘You are no longer my mother, because you are voting for Trump’,” Gomez, 41, a personal care worker in Milwaukee, told Reuters. Their last conversation was so bitter that she is not sure they can reconcile, even if Trump loses his re-election bid.
Gayle McCormick, 77, who separated from her husband William, 81, after he voted for Trump in 2016, said, “I think the legacy of Trump is going to take a long time to recover from.”
The two still spend time together, although she is now based in Vancouver, he in Alaska. Two of her grandchildren no longer speak to her because of her support for Democrat Hillary Clinton four years ago. She has also become estranged from other relatives and friends who are Trump supporters.
Sarah Cooper and Helen Mirren recreate the famous Access Hollywood moment
In her new Netflix special, Sarah Cooper and Helen Mirren recreate the famous Access Hollywood moment. 
Blaire Erskine is one funny lady.
“Woman stranded at MAGA rally in Omaha says Trump wanted to teach them a lesson.” Blaire Erskine is one funny lady. Never heard of her before this morning but expect I’ll be seeing more of her (Netflix special?).
“Shy Trump Doubters”
“These are public Trump fans who, in private, acknowledge that his tweets are humiliating, his crowing about his victories is tasteless, his policy flip-flops are dispiriting and some of his statements are hurtful and damaging. They won’t say they’re tired of him to a pollster. It can be as embarrassing to admit you liked Mr. Trump and now fear him as it was to admit you were attracted to him in the first place.”
New York Times
Sarah Cooper
One of the few bright spots of the last 8 months is Sarah Cooper and her brilliant videos. Nice piece in the Washington Post.
In a medium where teenage gamers become instant multimillionaires, Cooper is the strangest kind of overnight star. She has earned a master’s degree, written three books and developed more than a casual understanding of John Maynard Keynes. She was in her 30s before she did her first standup set, and spent the bulk of her adult life working at tech companies, most recently Google, where she led the team that redesigned the company’s popular word-processing program, Google Docs.
Gotta say it… I’m impressed by the Google Docs thing. She went from doing gigs in a pizza place in January to a Netflix special on October 27.
It is not your standard Netflix comedy show. For one thing, “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine” is not standup. The special is a darkly hilarious and political sketch show filmed on the covid-claustrophobic set of a fictitious morning program hosted by a needy and desperately cheery character named Sarah Cooper.
If you’ve been living in a cave (or watching nothing but Fox News) you can check out her work on YouTube.
Fucking with Donald
The Lincoln Project guys are good. You know he watches every one of these.
Trump interview
Cognitive Assessment
‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They’re Hers
Comedian Sarah Cooper’s homemade videos capture President Trump entirely through pantomime