{"id":6265,"date":"2019-01-27T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T17:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/?p=6265"},"modified":"2019-01-28T05:18:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T11:18:12","slug":"2000-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2019\/01\/2000-words\/","title":{"rendered":"2,000 Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Photos<\/a>
Main photo NBC News<\/a>, inset photo Snopes.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“A picture is worth a thousand words.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my Facebook profile photo and cover photo for Sunday. Can’t stomach it for more than that nor wish others to deal with it longer either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Revulsion” is not an impeachable offense for Donald J. Trump, but these snapshots should convey revulsion and the facts behind DJT’s unfitness for office. These photos should imply the extent of who he is, was and will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The balance of power has moved away from DJT and the Republic Party and its leadership, with the Democratic Party majority in the House of Representatives. That leaves the GOP, which dares not utter opposition publicly to the president, his policies or administration, controlling the Executive Branch, the Senate and increasingly the Judiciary Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re probably stable as a nation until a huge calamity — a natural disaster bigger than the worst hurricanes of this century OR a terrorism attack greater than 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fear the Democrats will feel they have no choice, in such circumstances, to give the current administration whatever it wants, comparable to 2001-02.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s pray and think good thoughts, shall we? Simultaneously we citizens can further restore the balance of power in the nation’s capital and state capitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any updates to the post will identified as such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” This is my Facebook profile photo and cover photo for Sunday. Can’t stomach it for more than that nor wish others to deal with it longer either. “Revulsion” is not an impeachable offense for Donald J. Trump, but these snapshots should convey revulsion and the facts behind DJT’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-spin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":224,"url":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2006\/08\/briefing-room-not-brief\/","url_meta":{"origin":6265,"position":0},"title":"Briefing Room Not Brief","author":"Ben S. 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