CHILDHOOD TAUNTS

Growing up in the streets of New York, it was common enough to hear the taunt: "Go back to where you came from"   It was rare to hear the words from adults except those whose development had been retarded by say, a personality disorder.

In any event,  the words carried little weight especially when we learned that all of our ancestors, going back to the Indians, would have left the country long before we had been born, had anyone paid the words any mind.

RECUSAL REMORSE

Not 24 hours after he recused himself, William Barr must have received his orders not to recuse himself from the Jeff Epstein investigation, because his "fixer" services might again be needed for the President, thus demonstrating how high up the influence of a pedophile can reach.  The last thing Trump would want is for Epstein to have a deal which could enable him to spill his guts in exchange for leniency.

RECUSAL REGRET

Just as Jeff Sessions came to regret his having recused himself from the investigation of Trump's involvement with the investigation into Russian intervention in the 2016 election, William Barr may come to regret his having recused himself from the investigation of  Jeff Epstein. 

TO DEMONSTRATE THE TRUMP PROPAGANDA MACHINE

To demonstrate the effectiveness of the Trump propaganda machine, at the same time Republicans lambaste Democrats for wanting open borders and being too lenient with illegal immigrants, even I.C.E. reports that Trump is slower, at deporting illegals, than Obama.  This way Trump has it both ways, claiming that Democrats are too soft, and telling Latinos that he is kinder than Obama.

GOD RAINED ON TRUMP'S PARADE

I hear that God received a twitterful of invective for having rained on Trump's 4th of July Parade.  Evangelicals are concerned with whether God will be able to retain His position in the Trump cabinet.

LONELY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

So Amash has left the Republican Party.  Probably just as well.  It must be pretty lonely in the Republican Party for any man with integrity.

PARADE PETTY CASH

Lest the American public thinks that the $2.5 million, diverted from the National Park budget, is the sum total of the cost of Trump's 4th of July parade, it is just the Petty Cash.  The big-ticket items are such things as tanks and aircraft mobilizations and tank operations as well as manpower costs all of which come out of the Defense Department budget, and which, of course, will have to be repaid out of the taxes to which the Trump family and friends are reluctant to contribute to.