The Kushner Sonnet

 

Young Jared K was interviewed by Fox
His answers left a lot to be desired
His mind is like a nearly empty box
That rattles when clear answers are required

His in-law father for him feels disdain
Yet difficult the tasks put on his head
Since Jared’s blindly loyal, Trump refrains
From criticism, praising him instead

So far he’s failed at each attempted task
Colluded also with the Saudi Prince
And with the Russians, all behind our backs
His motivations hardly do convince

A danger Jared is to everyone
His ignorance is hard to overcome

6/4/19

Special Counsel

 

The Special Counsel spoke today
Thus leveling the playing field
A bit
From what Bill Barr chose then to say
Back when he lied; misleading spiel
To whit

Bob Mueller emphasized two facts:
First, Russia had attacked mid-term
Elections
Data theft, cyber attacks
The public should be quite concerned
And then some

The second point he emphasized
That insufficient evidence is not
Exoneration
Trump’s public has to realize
He’s not been cleared as they had thought
In their devotion

Some say this forces Nancy’s hand
It puts impeachment on the table
Squarely
She’s got elections on her mind
The Dems must win, not be disabled
Clearly

Republicans with Trump remain
As congressmen they have become
His cult
And AG Barr treats with disdain
The truth; Trump favoring in dumb
Default

And then there is the Constitution
All have sworn it to uphold
By oath
But Trump, avoiding retribution
Is Democracy’s sad road
To death

5/29/19

Trump on Strike

 

A lawless land we soon will be
If Trump continues and Barr too
Defying law and precedent
Trump is the nation’s President
From his example not a few
Feel breaking laws, to do, they’re free

Most Dems in Congress are all for
Beginning hearings on impeachment
Leader, Nancy was resisting
It’s too early she’s insisting
Need more popular agreement
Trump might garner more support

A staunch Republican named Justin
Voting with the Freedom Caucus
Wrote an Op Ed giving reasons
Why impeachment is in season
Giving it a renewed focus
Nancy’s forced to change positions

Court cases, meanwhile, Trump is losing
Subpoenas Deutsche Bank must honor
Trump and Kushner’s shady dealings
Likely problems there revealing
Cover-ups that make one ponder
The subpoenas he’s refusing

It appears no other options
For the Dems but start impeachment
And let the politics play out
Trump acts as though he’s got the clout
And this will be for his amusement
Impeach me if you’ve got the gumption!

Now that impeachment looks more real
Pres. Trump has shown he’s very scared
He threatened that he’ll go on strike
It’s all those probes he doesn’t like
They must be stopped; he must be spared
Exposure of his dirty deals

But try as might he cannot hide
The facts will out; he will not win
And justice really will prevail
His stalls and antics will all fail
He’ll be impeached, ‘twill do him in
With no one standing on his side

5/23/19

Goodnight

 

Alabama you’re the pits
Down on women’s basic rights
You’re so extreme, it gives me fits
We, men, must also join the fight

I know, I know it’s Roe v Wade
It’s gov control of women’s lives
Keep them at home as pregnant maids
It’s only then they’ll be good wives

There may be some who in their sight
Abortion is a murderous act
The fetus has full human rights
The mother can’t refute these facts

But inconsistencies we see
Old men and white, abortion laws
Extreme, extreme they draft with glee
Unconstitutional their clause

It is my guess; I doubt I’m wrong
On fetuses they could care less
They can’t abide their women strong
Or independent; it’s my guess

So, I’ve advice: in states red, red
Their goal: abolish women’s rights
When men come seeking sex in bed
Just turn away and say: goodnight

5/16/19

Contempt of Congress

The time had arrived in Judicial Committee
The session was tense and the speeches not pretty
Republicans making disputable claims
The Democrats stating Bill Barr was to blame

Ignoring subpoenas that he testify
Before a House hearing, which he did defy,
And, too, to release the Bob Mueller report
Without the redactions. Else they would resort

To hold in contempt, Barr, for all his inaction
And that’s what they did, venting dissatisfaction
With Barr and with Trump, all subpoenas stonewalling
Defying our land’s Constitution’s sound writing

A clear Constitutional crisis is brewing
Their pledge to uphold it, the Reps are eschewing
While President Trump breaks the law at his leisure
Assuming all power is his, at his pleasure

The Dems must continue to hold Trump accountable
Fighting Trump’s power grabs, raw and despicable
Fighting to keep our Republic alive
So that our great great grandchildren can thrive

5/8/19

Our Dying Democracy

 

In an op ed by Comey he detailed just why
Republican senators won’t even try
To hold Trump accountable for what they see
That Trump is destroying our democracy

Devouring their souls every time that he lies
They grimace and bear it and let it go by
It’s not worth a challenge provoking Trump’s ire
Or stir up Trump’s base forcing them to retire

Trump’s voters reside in the Fox network bubble
And Trump’s their messiah; outsiders are trouble
The senators fear challengers from the right
They must be supportive in Donald Trump’s sight

The AG Bill Barr has disgraced his department
Ignoring all norms of an AG’s comportment
Distorting on purpose Bob Mueller’s conclusions
Thus favoriting Trump causing public confusion

Meanwhile Trump has issued a blanket refusal
To honor subpoenas, a total dismissal
Of Congress’s duty to do oversight
Forcing the House to engage in a fight

Trump, in a phone call, discussed with Vlad Putin
The Mueller Report and dismissed its conclusions
That Russia invaded by cyber attacks
Our practice of politics warping the facts

In favor of Trump, helping him win the race
Now they’ll do it again; Putin’s hacks are in place
Not a peep from Republicans, they’ll not defy
Donald Trump as they watch our democracy die

5/3/19

Chabad of Poway

Chabad of Poway

The last day of Pesach, of Passover freedom
The words of the Yiskor, the Rev. did not read them
His hand had been shot by a radical gunman
Intent to kill Jews, all the Jews, lesser humans

A congregant, Lori, was killed by John Earnest
The gunman, while Lori was trying her hardest
To shield Rabbi Goldstein, his hand strongly bleeding
Two fingers blown off, who, himself was then leading

The numerous children to regions of safety
John’s rifle then jammed and he fled in a hurry
He was apprehended and taken to jail
His plan was to kill all but, thank God, he failed

This was just the latest attack on such houses
Of worship both here and as well foreign places
All by white supremacists claiming the white race
Is truly superior, others they hate

That’s Jews, blacks and browns and that’s Muslims as well
That’s LBTQ plus the gays send to Hell
The fit shall survive purifying the race
Of superior whites to rule over all space

It’s their manifesto, their reason for being
It’s their way of masking inadequate feelings
They scorn all religions, God doesn’t exist
It’s kill all believers, all those who resist

The houses of worship as targets are natural
They’re largely unguarded; their openness actual
Where congregants frequently there congregate
A near perfect set up for gunmen with hate

Supremacists now are a terrorist threat
That’s global in reach and are fast growing yet
But President Trump has done nothing so far
It’s time to treat them as the threat that they are

4/29/19

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

We welcome Joe Biden, who’s entered the race
It now counts to twenty who’ll vie twenty twenty
Joe may have his warts, other time, other place
In time intervening Joe’s learning’s been plenty

It’s easy self righteously for some detractors
To judge past behaviors against modern mores
The juniors among us unable to factor
Political climate in judging past stories

So let’s look at Joe who has learned from his past
Who’s had more experience than all of the others
In government justly, judiciously cast
Who’d rebuild our standing within the world order

Some worry that Joe’s not progressive about
Free healthcare for all, college classes, too, free
But Joe is a pragmatist, socialist not
Women’s rights, climate change, a more just economy

One characteristic above all to note
Joe Biden can beat Trump come election day
Most middle America would for him vote
It would be a rout, my prediction I’d say

4/26/19

Profiles in Cowardice

 

Much of book one of the Mueller Report
I’ve already read; there is more to digest
But what I have learned is there is no resort
That Russia won’t stoop to at Donald’s behest

They flooded the media, hacked into servers
Millions of Emails they stole and then dumped
They organized rallies fake news to deliver
Derisive of Clinton, supportive of Trump

So what are we doing to counter this threat
The answer is nothing. Pres.Trump won’t admit
The problem exists. In the sand is his head
It’s okay; it helps Trump; he most welcomes each bit

And where is the Senate; this threat they don’t note
Our chief adversary, our number one foe
Destroying democracy’s basis, its vote
Profiles in cowardice, sad but it’s so

And, too, House committees on Pres. oversight
Have issued subpoenas to gain information
Pres. Trump in defiance believed ‘‘twas his right
To turn them all down, thwarting our Constitution

And where is the Senate, this gross abrogation
Of our Constitution they’ve sworn to uphold
Their silence is deafening, Trump subjugation
Profiles in cowardice, sad but it’s so

4/24/19

Dilemma

Dilemma

The horns of dilemma the Dems are now facing
Impeach Trump or not to impeach is the question
A question the Democrats don’t like embracing
Detracting, as such, from campaigns for elections

Some opine impeachment is largely political
The House is political, so is the Pres.
As such, an impeachment would redound inimical
Harmful to beating Trump; their logic says

It’s clear that the Mueller report did recite
Infractions of law by Don Trump manifold
But Mueller by policy could not indict
Don Trump while the office of Pres. he did hold

That clearly is Congress’s task to decide
The guilt of the President: vote yea or nay
Responsible oversight can’t be denied
Our land’s Constitution they’re called to obey

If the House Democrats cite as excuses
That they need more data, Bob’s text, no redactions
Since that could take years as Barr staunchly refuses
Their purpose political, House’s inaction

But isn’t that how we claim Reps. are behaving
Dodging their oversight duties as such
In desperate attempts Senate seats to be saving
And never the President ever to buck?

My faith’s with the people. I may be naive
With time they will learn what is in the report
About Trump, his obstructive attempts to deceive
Infractions of law to which Trump did resort

And though people worry on health care, I’m told
Low wages and mounting debts , butter and bread
The’ll recognize Congress’s oversight role
And fully anticipate what lies ahead

House member’s sworn duty to uphold the law
Not just when convenient but when duty calls
Trump’s team will respond fighting forth tooth and claw
But Dems. on the high road can win over all

4/21/19