Steve (formerly on Twitter as SteveNOTScott)

November 1 sunset Fire Island,NY

From the NYT today, this says it all,

“[The Republicans] have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households.”

The New York Times October 9, 2025

Nancy Mace and Stephen Miller have to be two of the most despicable human beings on the face of this earth

Make Diversity Great Again! Vote republicans out of office.

New sign crossing the Florida state line “Welcome to Florida, home of Alligator Auschwitz, ‘Work will set you free’”

I say we change today’s holiday from flag day to “Take back our Flag Day” from the orange stain in the White House.

Cheers to all the brave patriots who turned out to protest. #NoKingsDay

For 11 years I have spent a lot of time arguing that the western world must oppose Russian terror and aggression.
What amazes me is that opposing Russia is still something that is debated, not universally agreed on.
How could we become such miserable cowards?

….Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies.”

Thank you Mr Brooks. Please keep getting angry

“But that’s not what really made me angry. It was that these little statements point to the moral rot at the core of Trumpism, which every day disgraces our country, which we are proud of and love…

If you distrust Anthony Fauci, a medical doctor and scientist who spent 40 years as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but you trust RFK Jr., a lawyer and drug addict with no medical degree or training of any kind in medicine or science, you might be a moron.

A Vermont Start-Up Was Close to Becoming Profitable. Then the Tariffs Hit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...
Trump and Republicans could care less about the small business owners of the US. All they care about are the Billionaires

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish

Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

McDonald's golden arches sign

💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."

Just listened to the Hur interview tape
and I’m utterly appalled at all the incoherent and crazy things Biden said about Revolutionary War airports, injecting bleach, people eating cats and dogs, Hannibal Lecter, and Arnold Palmer’s penis. Simply unbelievable that he ran for president again.

Sad to hear David Ignatius of the Washington Post on @morningjoe drinking the Trump Kool-Aid. Everything Trump is doing in the Middle East is for his own benefit and not for benefit of the people of the US. Remember Foxconn? How did that work out for Wisconsin?

The President just effectively signed a statement that he is committing a crime, violating a criminal statute enacted with overwhelming bipartisan majorities (it passed 96-2 in the Senate). Here is the law and his post. 1/3

I think every seller of goods in the US should publish the list price of the products being sold together with the increase in price occasioned by the Trump tariffs. We consumers have a right to know what we are paying

The question is: why is Trump so anxious to prevent the people from knowing what they are paying in taxes (for that’s what tariffs are)?

SIX MONTHS AGO.

📌Hold on, goddammit: If tariffs are so good for our economy, why doesn't the White House want us to see what they are actually costing us??????

I think every seller of goods in the US should publish the list price of the products being sold together with the increase in price occasioned by the Trump tariffs. We consumers have a right to know what we are paying

From Marc Murphy: "Drawn 6 years ago today. It was rejected and called unfair and alarmist."

I went to the Naval Academy to defend freedom, not to dismantle it Stripping the library of books undermines our Navy—and mimics regimes we spent decades confronting.

www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

This says it all

This 👇👇👇👇👇👇

The Good Samaritan, rest in peace Pope Francis

Yes, indeed.

So much for the US as the shining city on a hill. More like the eye of Sauron atop the tower of Barad-dûr in the land of Mordor

So much for the US as the shining city on a hill. More like the eye of Sauron atop the tower of Barad-dûr in the land of Mordor