There’s nobody gets treated worse than I do online. Nobody.
For a few minutes of his two hour speech last night, I think Donald might actually care.
He has Melania stand up. She is joined by Elliston Berry of Aledo, Texas, a victim of an AI-generated, sexually explicit “deepfake” image. I can’t imagine what Elliston goes through being bullied by classmates that way.
Thankfully, when she approaches Ted Cruz, he does what legislators are elected to do. He listens. Then Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduce the Senate version of the bill called the TAKE IT DOWN Act which protects victims of real and deepfake 'revenge pornography' by criminalizing the publication of these harmful images, in addition to requiring websites to quickly remove them.
Still, for Trump, there is no need to mention Democrat Amy Klobuchar’s involvement when he can toss a bone to MAGA loyalist John Thune. Furthermore, why include Ted Cruz or anyone else? Why not just pat himself on the back?
…once it passes the House, I look forward to signing that bill into law. Thank you. And I’m going to use that bill for myself, too, if you don’t mind. There’s nobody gets treated worse than I do online. Nobody.
Nobody…did you get that? Nobody gets treated worse than Donald Trump does online. Sorry Elliston, but the bullying you endure as a teenager, can’t begin to compare to what a billionaire who controls the media has to deal with online.
Reading…Numbers 23-34/Mark 7-9
Some people brought (to Jesus) a man who could neither hear nor speak and asked Jesus to lay a healing hand on him….Jesus looked up in prayer, groaned mightily, and commanded, “Ephphatha!—Open up!” And it happened. The man’s hearing was clear and his speech plain—just like that. (Mark 7:31-35)
The Pharisees and the Religion Scholars are literally out to crucify Jesus. You would think that with all their criticism, Jesus would welcome an opportunity to vindicate His reputation. After all, He heals the man who can’t speak or hear. Yet, Jesus urged them to keep it quiet…(Mark 7:36)
Writing:
Jesus has a Messianic Secret. Trump has a Messiah complex.
I appreciate hearing about some everyday Americans in Trump’s speech.
Marc Fogel, a schoolteacher from Pennsylvania, released from a Russian prison in February as part of a prisoner swap negotiated by the Trump administration. The family of Corey Comperatore, a volunteer fire chief killed at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally where Mr. Trump was shot in an assassination attempt. Stephanie Diller, the widow of slain New York Police Department officer Jonathan Diller, who was killed in 2024 during a routine traffic stop in Queens.
By Caroline Linton Updated on: March 5, 2025 / 12:19 AM EST / CBS News
I want to hear about “everyday citizens”. I don’t appreciate, however, having Trump speak for them, taking credit for their stories. I also don’t appreciate Trump using their stories to make monsters out of entire people groups.
Trump makes sure to blame the immigrants for every heinous crime committed in the United States. He is silent, however, about the crimes being committed by his buddy Putin in Russia.
Here is the moral I draw from Trump’s stories. Nobody suffers like Trump. Everybody else (like Zelensky) ought to be thankful to him for all he alone has done for the country. He is, after all, the greatest President of all time. Biden by contrast is the worst President of all time. End of story.
Beloved…
But it’s not.
Trump’s longest ever state of the union speech leaves Elissa Slotkin with little time for a Democratic response. Still, she says in ten minutes what Trump fails to say in two hours.
She begins by saying that she won’t take it personally if you have never heard of me. Reminds me of an old Trump joke. Trump goes the visit one of the mental health centers he wants to close down. One of the Alzheimer’s patients sits outside, hardly noticing Trump’s entourage. Trump looks at the patient and says, “Do you know who I am?” The patient says, “No, but if you go inside someone at the desk can tell you.”
Elissa, without taking it personally, goes on the mention her service under both President Bush and President Obama. She grows up with a father who is a Republican and mother who is a Democrat. She emphasizes that there are shared values bigger than any one party.
She calls for responsible, rather than reckless ways to make change. She recommends change without forgetting who we are…change built on three core beliefs:
Middle class is the engine of our country
Strong national security protects us from harm
Democracy is worth fighting for…
Rather than blaming the state of the economy on the other party, she suggests four practical steps we can take to improve it:
Bring down costs
Make more things in America
Give Businesses the certainty they need
Design a tax system for those who don’t happen to make billions of dollars
She laments Trump’s…unprecedented give away to his billionaire friends…which you are going to have to pay for in every part of your life…
She ads that in order to pay the billionaires Trump could very well come after our retirement, as well. Social Security, after all says Musk, is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time…
Senator Slotkin envisions Reagan rolling in his grave after Trump’s meeting with Zelensky. We need friends in all corners…our safety depends on it. She argues that strength must combine military and economic might with moral clarity. In contrast, she claims that Trump sees American leadership as a series of real estate transactions.
In conclusion, let me suggest that, contrary to Presidential opinion, there are people who have it worse off than we do. They need us. Our Democracy needs us. So, let’s heed the Senator’s advice:
Don’t tune out
Hold your elected officials accountable (including me)
Organize, pick just one issue that you are passionate about and act
Thank you for this wise review. It was so heartening.