Diane Di Prima was an anarchist feminist Beatnik poet, who died this past weekend at 86, in San Francisco. I didn’t really follow her work or career. But I was an early long-distance fan of the Beats, and one of her poems, part of a series of “Revolutionary Letters,” caught my attention. For my second … Continue reading A Passing Ode to Beat Poet Diane di Prima
Michael Cohen accompanied Trump on a number of trips to Las Vegas. A snippet from one such journey, from Cohen’s book, Disloyal: Checking into the Vegas Trump Tower, I was summoned up to his suite to discuss the day’s events. Trump was in his underwear, white Hanes briefs, and a white short-sleeve undershirt, watching cable … Continue reading Michael Cohen & Trump: Something a Bit Lighter
Michael Cohen describes the kickoff of the mutually self-serving “courtship” Between Trump & prominent evangelicals, who became a central pillar of Trump’s political base. From Disloyal, with rough language: “So how did the amoral Trump come to be beloved by evangelical voters, a question that remains one of the abiding mysteries to this day? Begin … Continue reading Trump Meets Jesus, and other Chumps
This is stunning stuff — it reads like something out of an action novel. But actually they are passages from a 30-page brief issued yesterday, by retired federal judge John Gleeson. Gleeson Relentlessly demolishes the Trump/Barr attempt to dismiss the Perjury conviction of former General Michael Flynn. [Background: “Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying … Continue reading Dynamite! Retired Federal Judge Eviscerates Trump/Barr Attempt to Drop Flynn Conviction
One of Cohen’s observations in his book Disloyal about Trump & his early political maneuvers was corroborated by today’s reports of Trump’s taped conversations with Bob Woodward: Cohen: In those early manifestations of Trump’s aspirations, he revealed an uncanny knack for channeling the fears and resentments of the age . . . . Just one … Continue reading Michael Cohen Thursday: Beginning Portrait of the Greatest Con Artist