Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Harper Valley G.O.P.

Trump has a work wife, and her name is Natalie Harp. Will she be Mrs. Trump #4?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/natalie-harp-ossoff-ignites-personal-182025029.html

Trump having an attractive, much younger assistant doesn’t matter to me. The hush money to Stormy Daniels mattered. Trump owing money to E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and slander matters.

Donald’s latest girlfriend? She’s Melania’s concern, not ours.

Epically Challenged

The FTC and DOJ haven’t questioned Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros., because Trump favors the action. It was left to state attorneys general to challenge the merger.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/paramount-bond-merger-delay-costs.html

No administration since Coolidge has been less inclined to question mergers and acquisitions. And yet, the FTC is pursuing privately held Epic Systems. A company that achieved its market dominance without acquiring a competitor.

Aug 14 (Reuters) – Epic Systems, a healthcare database company that holds the medical records of hundreds of millions of Americans, is facing an antitrust investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-ftc-probing-health-records-company-epic-systems-2026-08-14/

One likely explanation is that Epic’s founder, Judy Faulkner, was an Obama supporter. Regardless of the reason, I’m glad the FTC is finally looking into Epic.

Consistent Inconsistency

Trump is okay with North Korea having nuclear weapons. So, he’s punishing South Korea for not getting involved with Iran seeking nuclear weapons and, in the process, doing exactly what Kim Jong Un wants.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea, saying it declined to help denuclearize Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

https://apnews.com/article/korea-trump-military-exercises-ae21e0af5ea16f0a74e9a176b3cc2136

Trump said in a social media post that the exercises slated to begin this week are not only costly but “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea, which he said “has been unthreatening and respectful” while Trump has been in the White House.

As always, he’s President Opposite. He’s the one who is now sending the wrong signal. Not only to North Korea, but the entire world.