The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts: poem by Lyn Ekedahl Gangsters, Gluttons, and Trump
producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins
Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)
streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon&7pm EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH Gangsters, Gluttons, and Trump
by poet Lyn Ekedahl
The Don has gathered round him
A menagerie of tools
Who share their master’s qualities—
They’re wicked, mean, and cruel.
It's clear that for these minions
There’s no moral guide or creed.
Instead these bankrupt villains
Are guided by pure greed.
Greed takes many avenues.
Think money, power, status.
These thugs are scoring big time,
Using government apparatus.
The Don and little donalds
Are soaking up the cash.
Around the world, they’re hustling
In a money-grubbing dash!
And, here at home, the Donald,
His greatest con pursuing
Wants payment for his legal fees!
It’s us that he is suing!
For Donald, there’s no bottom.
For him, the bottom’s top.
The challenge for the rest of us?
How to make this creature stop!
on the affordability question: A car or health insurance that is the question: Americans can’t afford their cars any more-Wall Street is worried
The cost of health insurance a family jumps to $27,000 no wheels - no job no health insurance - debt or death
part one: if it is Friday it must be Texas
Harvey Kronberg is an American journalist who owns and edits the Quorum Report, an online publication covering Texas politics. In 2005, Texas Monthly named Kronberg as one of the 25 most powerful people in Texas politics.
topics:
Texas Rep Jasmine Crockett weighs Senate bid after redistricting threatens House seat
More Texas kindergarteners coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions
Texas voters have final say on $20 billion package to secure state’s water supply
Feds slash the budget for program that helped 65,000 Texans enroll for health insurance
part two: Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets.
Laura Jedeed is a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. Her bylines include The New Republic, Rolling Stone, and Politico, and you can find her newsletter at BannedInYourState.comtopics:
Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday
Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
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