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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 30, 2021, 11:46 PM May 2021

The path back to sanity is not so clear: Hate, venom and a former president who seems to think he's

The path back to sanity is not so clear: Hate, venom and a former president who seems to think he’s still president


There is way too much hate and way too much misinformation spreading across our political landscape these days.

I’ve watched and written about politics for more than 55 years and never seen anything that approaches this mess.

At the top of the dreadful heap is a former president who seems to think he is still president and spends most of every day trashing everyone who disagrees.

It is like watching a comedy of errors. Each day dawns with a new series of attacks from Trump land. Seven months after voters elected Joe Biden president, Trump is still trying to count and recount votes in various places despite rulings from courts all over the land that have confirmed the results giving the race to Biden.

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2021/05/30/the-path-back-to-sanity-is-not-so-clear-hate-venom-and-a-former-president-who-seems-to-think-hes-still-president/
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The path back to sanity is not so clear: Hate, venom and a former president who seems to think he's (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
Sadly, Lucy Morgan, the author, is correct. elleng May 2021 #1
Nice to know there is some good stuff that comes out of Florida! 😉 ShazzieB May 2021 #2

elleng

(130,895 posts)
1. Sadly, Lucy Morgan, the author, is correct.
Sun May 30, 2021, 11:50 PM
May 2021

Lucy Morgan

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lucy Morgan was chief of the St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay) Times capital bureau in Tallahassee for 20 years, retiring in 2006 and serving as senior correspondent until 2013. She was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame and the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame. The Florida Senate named its press gallery after Morgan, in honor of her two decades covering the Legislature.

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