My Little Dummy

New Red Felt Heart song:

"My Little Dummy"

(by Linda Benskin)

I swoon for you, my Little Dummy.

You sway for me, in your own special way.

I come alive, when I am with you,

and I can see that you feel the same way, too.

My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.

Some may say that it's forbidden,

but knock on wood, they'll just go away.

Into your arms I will run to,

where I'll be safe until my dying day.

My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.

Dummy don't fake for no one,

he don't shake for no one.

Dummy don't shake, he don't ache,

Dummy don't fake for no one.

Dummy don't wake for no one,

he don't quake for no one.

Dummy don't quake, he don't ache,

Dummy don't wake for no one.

Mortal men, they tire easily,

your will is strong, on this I can rely.

Your case is bare at any given time,

upon my lap is where you reside.

My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.

Angelyne

Angelyne is a symbol, a sign for me.

She is the Goddess, incarnate.

She is surrounded by a pink-golden light; her aura stretches out over the entire city of Los Angeles.

When I entered the "Win a Ride in Angelyne's Pink Corvette" contest at the CD Trader, I said to the Universe, "Universe, I should totally win this contest! I want it so badly! I think I should win, and you could show me that you hear me asking for it."

Well, lo and behold...it did.

Synchronicity. Coincidence. Blessings.

I am tapped in.

I'm not bragging; just observing.

I have never been this tapped in before, this connected, this "in-the-flow".

Angelyne is a representation of that, in physical form.

Snake-Oil Salesman

Lyrics for a new Red Felt Heart song:

You fill up all the spaces with people and endless places; photograph it, Instagram it, try to mark it up as profit.

You smiling Snake-Oil Salesman -- you and your fancy tailcoats -- you never got the love you needed, now everyone is left depleted.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.

You fill up all the spaces with gossip, slander, and rigged horse races; you never got the love you needed, now everyone is left defeated.

Your grand facade is blatant -- you cultivate it daily -- but night-time rolls around too soon, and your tarnished heart is exposed to the moon.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.

Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #100!

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I've been reduced to posting memes. Or nothing at all. I'm so f*cking tired of looking at his face, and hearing his dumbass voice, trying to sound like he knows what he's talking about.

I'm going to forge ahead until day 100, but...yuck. My time would be so much better well spent doing something else. Anything else.

Hopefully he will be impeached soon. Everybody hates him. He's bigly horrible.

Can't wait until this sh*t is over.

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F*ck.

Jessica Taylor and Tom Bowman write for NPR: "L'Orange orders Syrian airstrikes after 'Assad choked out the lives' of civilians." And: "President L'Orange has launched airstrikes in Syria in response to deadly chemical attacks allegedly ordered by the country's president, Bashar Assad, against his own people."

"'Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched,' the president announced from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., where he is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 'It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.'"

"The decision to launch airstrikes Thursday evening was a departure for L'Orange, who has been slow to embrace an interventionist foreign policy. The chemical attack has been seen as a key test of L'Orange's leadership on the world stage."

Katelyn Kivel writes for Resistance Report: "Rand Paul: L'Orange violated constitution with Syria missile strike." And: "Following L'Orange's cruise missile strikes on Syria, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) accused the President of violating the Constitution."

"Kentucky’s junior senator is likely referring to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, which states, 'The Congress shall have power to… declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.' While President L'Orange hasn’t officially declared war on Syria, international law scholar Mary Ellen O’Connell, of the University of Notre Dame, told The Guardian that L'Orange's attack on Syria is an act of reprisal, and is at least a violation of international law, if not the Constitution."

"Sen. Paul may have also been implying that Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) law, which Congress passed in 2001, was ignored in L'Orange's launching of tomahawk cruise missiles on the Syrian air base in Homs province. The Kentucky senator went on to say that American intervention in the region has not made America safer, and Syria will be no different."

Camila Domonoske and Merrit Kennedy write for NPR: "House Intelligence chairman Devin Nunes to step aside from Russian probe." And: "House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes says he is temporarily stepping aside from the committee's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as the House Ethics Committee opens an inquiry into whether he improperly disclosed classified information."

"Nunes will continue to serve as the committee's chairman and remain involved in other matters before the panel. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, will take the lead on the Russia investigation."

"Allegations that Nunes mishandled classified information center on a controversial press conference late last month, when he described intelligence that he says showed routine, legal surveillance of foreign individuals accidentally picked up conversations with or about associates of President L'Orange."

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You need to wear a seat belt for this sh*t.

Andrew E. Kramer writes for The New York Times: "Paul Manafort, former L'Orange campaign chief, faces new allegations in Ukraine." And: "KIEV, Ukraine — After his name surfaced last August in a secret ledger listing millions of dollars in payments from a pro-Russian party in Ukraine, Paul Manafort not only lost his job running Overlord L'Orange's presidential campaign but also assumed center stage in a bizarre internecine struggle among Ukrainian political forces."

"On Monday, the intrigue took another turn, when a member of Parliament in Ukraine released documents that he said showed that Mr. Manafort took steps to hide the payments, which were tied to Mr. Manafort’s work for former President Viktor F. Yanukovych. The documents included an invoice that appeared to show $750,000 funneled through an offshore account and disguised as payment for computers."

Grant Stern adds: "Manafort intricately managed L'Orange's campaign during the key time period of the Republican National Convention, when a floor challenge nearly upended the primaries."

"Luckily, his L'Orange Tower residence gave him easy access to the candidate who usually flew home overnight to sleep."

"He's old partners with Roger Stone, who spent the whole summer chatting with Russian hackers who - good fortune! - were prepared to help Overlord L'Orange."

"What do to? Treason or winning? I think we know how this story is turning out..."

Sheila Norton writes for Occupy Democrats: "A top Congresswoman just made the L'Orange announcement we've all been waiting for." And: "Get ready for impeachment."

"Never in the history of the United States has so much corruption flooded into the executive branch in such a short amount of time. Just 61 days into this presidency, this regime is already beyond the point of implosion. All that remains is to put a stop to the damage and begin cleaning up the mess."

"If Congresswoman Waters is right, that process is about to begin."

Marisa Manfredo writes for Occupy Democrats: "The Washington Post just uncovered a shady L'Orange-Russia money trail." And: "New financial documents have been released by a top Ukrainian politician and journalist that appear to show Overlord L'Orange's former campaign manager Paul Manafort laundering political money through offshore accounts in Belize and Kyrgyzstan. The information uncovered by Serhiy Leshchenko further muddies the waters surrounding L'Orange and his team’s ties to pro-Putin dictators – and to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin himself."

Colin Taylor writes for Occupy Democrats: "Nixon's Watergate lawyer just predicted the end of L'Orange: 'He's showing how damn guilty he is.'" And: "I was more stunned by the reaction of the White House and their handling of it, which seemed to me to be over the top…They are in a cover-up mode. There`s just never been any question in my mind about that. I`ve been inside a cover-up. I know how they look and feel. And every signal they are sending is we`re covering this up."

"Experienced investigators know this. They know how people react when they`re being pursued."

"This White House is not showing their innocence, they are showing how damn
guilty they are, is what we`re seeing. So, this is par for the course. And they seem to have learned nothing from history because there have been too many cover-ups. And they are just typical in that they`re trying to distance themselves from people that are involved."

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Happy Spring Equinox!

Travis Gettys writes for Raw Story: "L'Orange is acting like a cornered animal on Twitter this morning: what about Clinton and the Russians?" And: "President L'Orange lashed out Monday morning on Twitter ahead of the FBI director’s testimony before a House panel on his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia."

"The president started tweeting at 6:35 a.m. by denouncing the allegations, which are under investigation by the House Intelligence Committee, as 'fake news.'”

"Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, has said he found no evidence of collusion between L'Orange's campaign and Russia, but the committee’s ranking Democrat said Sunday that circumstantial evidence suggested collusion and direct evidence showed deception."

Marisa Manfredo writes for Occupy Democrats: "This Republican just told CNN L'Orange isn't 'intellectually qualified' to be President." And: "There’s a bigger issue, whether this president is intellectually qualified to be President of the United States.”

"I think [L'Orange is] learning about his own health care bill listening to you and Chris in the morning. He does not practice in details, nor understands the finer points of domestic or foreign policy."

"When he throws out a wiretap charge, what does that mean? We know he’s lying about that, but he doesn’t understand what a FISA [Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act] court is. He doesn’t understand that he just made an allegation of a felony, he doesn’t understand that he’s crippling the United States on a world stage. That speaks to more than credibility, that speaks to intellect.”

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Sometimes life gets in the way of Overlord L'Orange, but I'm attempting to keep up.

Kailani Koenig writes for NBC News: "Top Intel Democrat: 'circumstantial evidence of collusion' between Overlord L'Orange and Russia." And: "Two weeks ago on 'Meet The Press,' James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, denied that any evidence of such collusion existed while he oversaw the work of U.S. intelligence agencies. The L'Orange administration has also reiterated those denials."

"But this Sunday on 'Meet The Press,' Schiff, D-Calif., told host Chuck Todd, 'I was surprised to see Director Clapper say that because I don't think you can make that claim categorically as he did. I would characterize it this way at the outset of the investigation: There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. There is direct evidence, I think, of deception and that's where we begin the investigation.'

"'There is certainly enough for us to conduct an investigation,' he added. 'The American people have a right to know and in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether the circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more.'"

John Cassidy writes for The New Yorker: "Overlord L'Orange finally pays a price for his false and reckless words." And: "As a Presidential candidate, Overlord L'Orange led a charmed existence. Whatever he said, no matter how outrageous, it didn’t seem to hurt him. He could insult his Republican opponents, make misogynistic comments about female journalists, call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, describe Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers, trot out blatant falsehoods by the dozen, encourage the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s e-mail account—none of it proved damaging to his candidacy. As he famously remarked, it was as if he could go out and shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue 'and I wouldn’t lose voters.'”

"Now things have changed. He might never admit it, but L'Orange has belatedly discovered a basic principle of politics: words matter. They matter so much, in fact, that they can make or break a Presidency. That’s why every one of his predecessors—during the modern era, at least—has chosen his words carefully. It took a few weeks for it to become clear that President L'Orange, as opposed to candidate L'Orange, would be subject to this principle. But, at this stage, there can be no doubt about it. Virtually every day brings a fresh example of his own loose words coming back to hurt him."

A post going around Facebook (not sure of the author's name): "'Why should coal miners pay for PBS?' This was an actual question asked by the L'Orange administration yesterday. Obviously a blatantly stupid question. We have questions too. Why should a poor black family in Detroit pay for the President to go golfing? Why should a single mother of 3 who's working 2 jobs in Louisiana be denied health-care so that the CEO of Etna can get a tax-break? Why is the guy washing dishes in Baton Rouge paying for the President's wife's secret service protection so she can live comfortably in NYC? We could do this all day. But here's the real question the L'Orange administration and the Republicans who empower him need to answer: ***Do you have a heart? Did no one teach you to care about your neighbors? Do you know what 'empathy' means? Did no one ever teach you to 'share' when you were in kindergarten? Have you never heard the phrase 'do unto others?'*** I can't think of a group of people who need to watch Sesame Street MORE than the Republican party. Perhaps they would learn some common decency." (Please share if you'd like.)

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From Saturday, March 18th:

A post that's going around Facebook: "Immediately after the election L'Orange transition spokesman Jason Miller explained that Melania would be staying in New York because there was 'obviously a sensitivity to pulling out a 10-year-old in the middle of the school year'.

We have since learned that the cost of security for Melania and Barron to remain at L'Orange Tower is $183 million/year. There is also no indication that they will actually move to DC this summer. So in essence the Federal government is giving the L'Orange family a $183 million annual voucher so Barron can attend the elite private prep school of his choice."

Meanwhile, we learned last night that L'Orange's budget would completely eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA, with an annual budget of only $148 million, is able to provide seed money for arts programming in literally every Congressional district in the country.
So, on the one hand you have a $183 million school voucher for a single 10-year-old at an elite private school. On the other hand you have a program that impacts arts and cultural programming throughout the entire nation."

"NOT NORMAL. #Resist
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Posted by Occupy Democrats (no author shown): "Remember when L'Orange said he wasn't going to take a salary? He just accepted his second paycheck."

"Remember when he said Mexico was going to pay for the wall? He has asked Congress to appropriate the $25 billion of taxpayer money to cover costs."

"Remember when he said he wasn't going to go on vacation or play golf? 5 of the last 7 weekends he went on vacation and played golf, costing taxpayers $11.1 million."

"Remember when he said he was going to use American steel to build these dangerous pipelines? Russian steel arrived last week for the Keystone Pipeline XL."

"Remember when he said he wasn't going to cut social security and Medicare? The Republican bill does just this."

"Remember when he said that nobody on his campaign had any communications with the Russian government? 7 of his people have now admitted they spoke and/or met with Russian officials, after they lied and got caught."

"Remember when he said he was going to divest from his businesses? He changed his mind."

"Remember when he said he was going to release his tax returns? He changed his mind."

"Remember when he said he was going to drain the swamp of Washington insiders? His cabinet is filled with lobbyists, oil and Wall Street executives."

"Remember when he said he would defeat ISIS in 30 days? He doesn't have a plan. But his administration just mistakenly bombed a mosque in Syria killing 57 innocent people who were in the act of peacefully praying instead of the intended target. Not to mention the botched raid that killed a serviceman and little children he ordered and didn't even have the respect to disrupt his dinner to oversee."

"Remember when he said that the Obamacare replacement would cover more people at lower cost? The AHCA that the GOP and 45 are now pushing; they now admit will cover fewer people at a higher cost."

"If you voted for him, please hold him accountable to what he promised you - for all of our sakes."

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Monday. Still trying to catch up from having the flu. Today K.A. Conwoman said that microwaves can take surveillance photos. ??? What the freaking frack?! That woman is cray!

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Natalie Dickinson writes for Occupy Democrats: "Dan Rather just wrote an urgent L'Orange post, 'We will answer to future generations.'" Here is his post:

At some points words fail, or they are starting to fail me. We have an Administration in freefall. Have we passed through the circle of chaos? Are we at the circle of havoc?

The real Overlord L'Orange has stood up, once again. Let no one ever be fooled. Let there be no doubt. The man who sends out a twitter tirade accusing a former President of crimes for which he provides no evidence, the man who doubles down when everyone with any sense pushes back, that man is our Commander in Chief.

Every one who normalizes Mr. L'Orange now, or has in the past, will have to answer to future generations for their acquiescence, silence or sophistry—if, indeed, not outright cowardice.

How hollow do all those pundit plaudits (including from many progressives) sound now for an average and disingenuous speech of someone else’s words read from a teleprompter to Congress and the nation a week ago?

A “presidential” L'Orange is a punchline to a joke no one wants to have told. Conspiracy theories are corrosive in society at large. When they dictate national policy, they can be lethal.

This is a man who challenged the citizenship of President Obama, with lies, innuendo, and no evidence. This is a man who claimed widespread voter fraud with lies, innuendo, and no evidence. This is a man who has taken a rhetorical blowtorch to our Constitutional principles with lies, innuendo, and no evidence.

Those who rose in Congress to applaud his turns of phrase bear responsibility. Those who cynically use his presidency to push forward unpopular giveaways to the rich and well connected bear responsibility. Those in the press who meet insults with explanations bear responsibility.

Even the most grounded of presidents must fight to keep themselves moored to the real world. The Oval Office can be a bubble. Power attracts sycophants and cynics. But I have never seen anything like this. The sheer level of paranoia that is radiating out of the White House is untenable to the workings of a republic.

I have a real question if President L'Orange actually believes what he is saying. Even Richard Nixon, the most paranoid president to date, ruled for years with a relatively calm hand. This Administration has been an off kilter whirlwind since the inauguration, and news reports suggest that seething anger from Mr. L'Orange is only getting worse. There is a growing consensus that the President may be “unhinged.” It’s a serious allegation, but even if it is not the case, Mr. L'Orange only has himself to blame.

To call a drama Shakespearean or operatic is usually an overreach. But I imagine artists of the future, and even the present, will find ample inspiration in our moment in history. Doesn’t Steve Bannon strike you as an Iago whispering in the ear of an Othello-like L'Orange, consumed by jealousy and paranoia?

As the questions mount around Russia, as the circles of defense begin to falter, the determination to create diversions will escalate. But if the President hoped he could create a distraction, I think he misjudged the will of the American people. We have woken. We are paying attention. And we love our country too much to let it falter without a fight.

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Sh*t is hitting the fan today.

James Devinne writes for Occupy Democrats: "A Republican Senate Judiciary member just gave L'Orange terrible wiretap news." And: "Anyone who respects the sovereignty of this country and the dignity of the office of President should strongly support Sen. Sasse’s call for Mr. L'Orange to, in the service of full transparency, order the release of the FISA authorization. It is only a matter of time before L'Orange's web of lies begins to collapse and the full extent of his treason is exposed."

Brett Bose writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange just gave the press disturbing news regarding his Russian wiretaps." And: "Having implicated himself in the Russia investigation, L'Orange's staffers are now scrambling to figure out their options and it seems they’ve gone for a media blackout. What’s worse is the administration is trying to blame this on former President Obama, arguing that there may have been a political motive behind the wiretaps. This behavior is reminiscent of a child caught stealing a cookie and trying to pretend like it never happened, except that this child just happens to be the President."

Grant Stern writes for Occupy Democrats: "The F.B.I. just shot down L'Orange's claims that Obama ordered his wiretaps." And: "The New York Times reports that controversial FBI Director James Comey just made a very public move to shut down President L'Orange's outrageous allegations against President Obama in an early morning tweetstorm this weekend."

"The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President L'Orange's assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. L'Orange's phones, senior American officials said on Sunday. Mr. Comey has argued that the highly charged claim is false and must be corrected, they said, but the department has not released any such statement."

"Mr. Comey made the request on Saturday after Mr. L'Orange leveled his allegation on Twitter. Mr. Comey has been working to get the Justice Department to knock down Mr. L'Orange's claim because there is no evidence to support it and it insinuates that the F.B.I. broke the law, the officials said."

Grant Stern writes for Occupy Democrats: "CNN just confirmed a major part of L'Orange's Russian blackmail dossier." And: "CNN’s Jim Acosta just reported that former L'Orange foreign policy advisor J.D. Gordon told him that it was Overlord L'Orange himself who ordered the abrupt change in language to the Republican Party’s official policy platform regarding the Russian Federation’s invasion of the Ukraine, the annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and support for the pro-Moscow 'rebels' in Donetsk and Luhansk."

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I'm recovering from the flu and have fallen behind this week, but here is today's news (BIGLY news):

Brett Bose writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange just implicated himself in Russia collusion investigation with his own Tweets." And: "President L'Orange definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. The president unleashed a barrage of tweets early Saturday morning that are going to come back to haunt him in a big way."

"In a petulant tantrum, President L'Orange openly accused President Obama of 'wiretapping L'Orange Tower before his election victory, calling it 'McCarthyism.'”

Colin Taylor writes for Occupy Democrats: "Dan Rather just said what we're all thinking about L'Orange's wiretap scandal." And: "Today, President L'Orange was hoisted by his own petard when his Twitter attacks on President Obama backfired in a spectacular way."

"By accusing President Obama of wiretapping L'Orange Tower during October 2016, he inadvertently appeared to confirm the existence of a suspected Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant that provided for the monitoring of communications out of L'Orange's campaign headquarters (which were based in L'Orange Tower so that L'Orange could funnel campaign funds into his own pocket) due to suspected collusion with Russian agents."

"Legendary journalist Dan Rather took to Facebook this afternoon to share his thoughts on the events in a heartfelt and thought-provoking essay:"

It is understandable that Overlord L'Orange's twitter attack on President Obama early this morning would immediately be consumed by the churning political hurricane that is America today.

The deepening divisions that are pulling at the fabric of our nation are on raw display. On one side we see understandable outrage, with many questioning the mental fitness of our Commander and Chief. On the other side we see L'Orange's allies rallying under their shared hatred of our previous President.

Perhaps it is my age or experience, but I feel no schadenfreude or eagerness to say, “I told you so.” I feel only a deep and abiding sadness. This is my country that I love with all my heart. We are a weakened nation, in our own estimation, and that of the world. If this was happening in some distant land, we would shake our heads and thank our lucky stars that we are Americans. But this nightmare is happening here, and we have no choice but to confront that disorientating truth.

My reporter’s instincts make me wonder at L'Orange's actions. It has the feeling of a classic smokescreen. What is he hiding? Is this a kind of trap? Does he have something he is about to drop? Or does he know something else is about to drop on him and his administration, which is facing a withering crescendo of scandal?

We must carefully separate what we know to be true, from what we think to be true, from what we do not yet know. And in the early days of a story like this, what we do not know will far outpace the other two. We do know that there were numerous contacts between close aids to Overlord L'Orange and senior Russian officials at a time when all indications point that the Kremlin was actively trying to undermine the integrity of our election.

What we don’t know is what these discussions were about. We do not know what is in Mr. L'Orange's tax returns, which he seems so hell bent on hiding. We do now know all the other suggestions of links between Mr. L'Orange and people close to him and Russia. And then, of course, we do not know what else there is to know.

It is long past time that we have a complete and independent bipartisan investigation, especially since the director of the FBI is under such a cloud of political manipulation. Now is the time to breathe the cool winds of impartiality and facts. We need statesmen of steady head and temperament, willing to put country ahead of politics. We cannot afford for our democratic institutions to be consumed by a bonfire of lies, innuendos, and conspiracy theories.

We can all work ourselves into fervers of indignation. But the only antidote to these deep and understandable anxieties is the truth. We are the people of the United States. Our great nation is in a perilous moment, and the world is watching with great unease. We want the truth. We demand the truth. We can handle the truth.

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Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #42

Friday, March 3rd.

Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #41

Thursday.

Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #40

Wednesday, March 1st.

Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #39

Lou Colagiovanni writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange was just asked if he's ever deserved criticism. His answer is stunning." And: "The temperament of President L'Orange is one of the many aspects of his personality his critics have pointed towards as evidence of him being unfit to be the leader of the free world. His recent comments during an interview highlight the problem in a way which a publication never could. Instead, L'Orange was allowed to dig his own hole."

"Not that he’d admit he dug a hole, and would rather claim he did so because it is cooler whilst underground, and then perhaps add that paid protesters had, in fact, dug the hole for him. and he has no idea how he found himself in the hole. The spin never ends."

 "While a guest on 'Fox & Friends', which has not been ceremoniously described as an 'enemy of the people' because all they do is perform softball journalism on L'Orange's behalf. Host Brian Kilmeade asked L'Orange, 'Can you give me an example of a time when someone was critical of you and you thought to yourself, ‘I deserved that hit, I deserved that column?'”

"L'Orange, true to form, showed his unbelievably thin skin working in conjunction with his imperviousness to criticism. L'Orange, being always perfect in his own mind, cheerily replied:

'No, probably I could never do that.'"

Marisa Manfredo writes for Occupy Democrats: "House Republicans just voted to keep you from seeing L'Orange's tax returns." And: "The partisanship and cowardice that led nearly every House Republican to vote against seeing L'Orange's tax returns is disgusting. They suspect, like every mildly informed American, that L'Orange has something to hide and they are unwilling to deal with the fall out because it might reflect poorly on themselves."

"And so they become complicit in L'Orange's deceit of their own constituents, the hardworking Americans that they are supposed to protect. When L'Orange inevitably falls, they all must fall."

Colin Taylor writes for Occupy Democrats: "Washington Post just dropped a new F.B.I.-L'Orange-Russia bombshell." And: "The Washington Post has just announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordered former MI6 agent Christopher Steele to continue his investigation into the notorious 'golden showers' dossier following the confirmation that the Russians had interfered in the United States 2016 election on behalf of Republican Overlord L'Orange."

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Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #38

From Monday February 27th:

Brett Bose writes for Occupy Democrats: "Twitter explodes after Sean Spicer's hunt for leakers is leaked." And: "White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is cracking down on his staff for the persistent stream of leaks that have come from his department. Last week Spicer summoned White House press office staff to his office, where he expressed his frustration with them for being behind a number of embarrassing leaks. He is reported to have informed them that using encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and Confide was in violation of the Federal Records Act."

"Spicer then demanded they place their government issued and private mobile phones on his desk so that he could check they had nothing to hide and weren’t using said apps to privately talk with journalists. This was supposedly overseen by White House lawyers, and Spicer followed up on this check with the threat that there would be 'more problems' if anyone leaked this phone check to the media."

"Well, now there are definitely 'more problems' as Spicer’s disgruntled staff leaked this development to the press."

Natalie Dickinson writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange just admitted he is clueless about how to replace Obamacare." And: "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. I have to tell you, it’s an unbelievably complex subject."

"L'Orange's words are an unintentional rebuke of the grandstanding fools of the Republican Party, who have had six years to come up with some kind of reasonable replacement that isn’t political seppukku but who have utterly failed to do so and are now making fools of themselves as their backroom squabbles leak out into the public."

Natalie Dickinson writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange just slandered American troops, proved he's unfit to be Commander-in-Chief." And: "Overlord L'Orange, the man who is supposed to be carrying out the duties of Commander-in-chief, took the opportunity today to attack American officers and troops for not 'fighting to win.'”

"Now, L'Orange is arguing that the disastrous wars in the Middle East begun under George W. Bush have been largely unsuccessful because our troops 'don’t fight to win.'”

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Overlord L'Orange: Observations of an Average Citizen, Installment #37

Oscar Sunday.

Tim Nudd writes for Adweek: "L'Orange lashes out at New York Times ad set to air on the Oscars tonight." And: "The New York Times was hoping to start a dialogue with its new brand campaign from Droga5. But it couldn’t have expected that the president himself would weigh in just three days after the work broke."

"Overlord L'Orange on Sunday morning posted a tweet slamming the Times’ ad campaign—which is focused on the importance of the truth, and independent journalists’ role in finding it—calling a TV spot from the campaign 'bad' and implying it was a waste of resources."

Peter Overby writes for NPR: "Ethics watchdog has big impact on Federal workers, but not on L'Orange." And: "On Monday, the Senate will vote on Wilbur Ross' nomination as the U.S. commerce secretary. As required by the Ethics in Government Act, the billionaire businessman has reached an agreement with the Office of Government Ethics to sell off most of his holdings."

"That divestiture will once again underscore the impact of the tiny agency that actually has no power to enforce federal ethics laws. It simply provides guidance on how to comply with laws, and helps work out solutions, as it has with Ross."

"But while OGE has been shaping the holdings of President L'Orange's appointees, it has so far had no real impact on L'Orange himself."

"L'Orange correctly notes that federal conflict-of-interest laws technically do not apply to the president and vice president, although previous holders of those positions have voluntarily observed the rules."

Grant Stern writes for Occupy Democrats: "L'Orange just announced he's bailing on the White House Correspondents' dinner." And: "Overlord L'Orange is at war with the media, and he just upped the ante again, announcing this afternoon that he plans to skip the White House Correspondents’ dinner. Ironically, the annual event planned for late-April is a chance for the President to roast the media."

"Maybe, L'Orange is skipping out because the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) put out this statement about his regime’s blatant censorship this week when they blacklisted every outlet with meaningful reporting on Russia:

"The WHCA board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White House. We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff."

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