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The Flipper regime His karma is headed over the cliff t om h. h astings They are finding the witches, eh? Mi- chael Cohen, his fix- er lawyer, pleads out, flipping off Trump. His campaign chair, Paul Manafort, is convicted on a cluster of eight fiscal felonies and was in bed with Putin for years, mostly in his capacity as highly paid consultant to Putin’s man in Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, a kleptocrat ruling impoverished subjects. His erstwhile National Security Advisor and bona fide traitor, Michael Flynn, is awaiting sentencing, which probably won’t be much, since he flipped. One of his campaign officials, Rick Gates, also flipped him off. George Papa- by dopoluos, another campaign aide, lied repeatedly to the FBI about his campaign activities, which included many contacts with Rus- sians, and he’ll be sentenced soon. The can of worms is not finished emptying. The web of Trump lies, cheating, and conspiring with Russians to steal the biggest prize of all — the White House — is quite wide and deep, and Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is just getting his second wind, even as other prosecutors in var- ious federal and state districts are filing suits and more charges, in- cluding now one just filed by the Attorney General of New York documenting the sleazy abuse of the tax-free foundation laws by the Trump Foundation with some $2.8 million illegally spent on Trump himself. Many comparisons have been made to Nixon’s ignominious Wa- Letter to the Editor Inspired by Hardesty What a fine and inspiring por- trait Portland Observer reporter Danny Peterson presented in his cover article on Jo Ann Hardesty (Aug. 22 issue). It was beautiful- ly written and really illuminates a multidimensional candidate who sees politics holistically, is val- ues-driven, and has a wealth of experience as both a progressive activist and a legislator. I was particularly pleased to see coverage of the lead role Hard- esty has played in formulating one of the most important ballot initiatives in Portland in recent years – the Portland Clean Energy Fund, which will appear on Port- tergate burglary scandal, but that was peanuts by comparison. That was one U.S. political party lead- ership acting like thugs to steal an election for themselves. This one essentially shows us with a “lead- er” beholden to Russia, to Vlad- imir Putin, a far more nefarious plot, giving a great advantage to a murderous strongman from a for- eign adversary. Of course, most Republicans and pretty much all of Trump’s base are burying their heads, opening eyes and ears only when Fox “News” is blaring their lies and demonstrably wacky theories. Global warming? What a hoax. Trump campaign colludes with Russia? Witch hunt. White nation- alism is a bad thing? Naw, not to them. The Proud Deplorables are apparently pretty much fine with lies, treason, racism, sexism, envi- ronmental destruction, and thiev- ing, all hot button hallmarks of the Trump campaign, the Trump regime, the Trump brand. So here we are, with the whole world watching in disbelief at American credulousness and will- ingness to abandon democracy in favor of autocracy. While I sup- port dialog with folks with whom I disagree, what is there to say in the face of this tsunami of evi- dence? Please wake up? Can you face the truth or will you choose to continue to slide to new depths along with a fake leader who has betrayed his country? Nixon stepped down rather than face imminent impeachment. Trump will need the full treat- ment, however, as he is congen- itally incapable of admitting his malfeasance, his errors, and his il- legal actions. Will Congress grow a backbone in time to fix this? Dr. Tom H. Hastings is Peace- VoiceDirector and on occasion an expert witness for the defense in court. land ballots in November. This is a great piece of potential public policy, and would put Portland at the forefront of the national effort to marry climate concerns with so- cial justice concerns. My one small clarification, however, would be to not describe the measure as a tax on big busi- ness, but a surcharge of one per- cent of their gross revenues from retail sales in Portland, if they make one billion dollars in annu- al revenue and more than $500 million within the city limits each year (basic groceries, medicine, and health care services would be exempt from the surcharge). I send my appreciation to Pe- terson for his fine article, to Hard- esty for her stellar political work, and to The Portland Observer for printing an article of such sub- stance and importance! Mark McLeod Southeast Portland
