Yesterday, I issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to put a plan on my desk within 90 days finding additional ways to lower prescription drug costs for seniors.

James Mill, writing in England in the early 1800s, did not like aristocrats very much. “… Mill believed that aristocracy, leisure, and stupidity went together, whereas hard work and ability cohered on the other side.” . #CommissionsEarned #ad amzn.to/3ScrqAZ

From James Mill: "Even ... where it were beyond dispute, that a civilized country was about to bestow upon a barbarous one the greatest of ... benefits ... it would require the strongest circumstances to justify ... force." #CommissionsEarned #ad amzn.to/3ScrqAZ

Looks like #Trump has dropped claims of attorney-client privilege for documents found at Mar-a-Lago. We will probably hear people continuing to make this claim in the future so we should save this article for them. msn.com/en-us/news/pol…

On the cover is a quote from a reviewer. "[A] fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country." amzn.to/3uQoCQJ

Hitler was a demagogue. Anyone who tries to whip up the anger of the people more than he tries to make people calm and thoughtful is a demagogue and a dangerous person. amzn.to/3jmEojE

Hoover started out fighting FOR freedom. Later, he sometimes fought AGAINST it. He needed more supervision, more checks and balances, and an earlier retirement. He had too much power for too many years, and it corrupted him. amzn.to/3Iymt3Z

4 correctional officers in Hawaii who beat an inmate for 2 minutes and broke multiple bones in his head have been sentenced 7 years after the crime. They will serve 1 to 12 years. Thank goodness the US Justice Department prosecuted these evil people. nytimes.com/2023/01/19/us/…

If Republicans try to cut Social Security or Medicare, I will use my veto pen to stop it.

Joe Biden criticized Rick Scott for wanting to sunset Social Security. Now Scott has edited his plan to specify that Social Security would NOT sunset. Joe Biden did a good job. He applied pressure and protected Social Security. #JoeBiden floridapolitics.com/archives/58933…

No dictator can get power without citizens GIVING him power. Hitler did not personally beat up political opponents, he persuaded German citizens in his Brownshirt brigades to do that for him. If a political leader tells us to hurt people, do NOT obey! amzn.to/3jmEojE

Reading Nugget: "The Masons, like the Progressives, took themselves and their moral mission seriously, believing in their responsibility as professionals to lead and to improve society." amzn.to/3IgMX9y

The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class. This Labor Day, we honor the American worker.

Steve Bannon exposed the plan before the election. "What Trump's gonna do is just declare victory. That doesn't mean he's the winner - he's just gonna say he's the winner." Jan 6 was the closest the US has come to losing freedom since the Civil War. amzn.to/3syonvA

Every single one.

I am happy to live in a country where a former president can be indicted for crimes in accordance with the law, and in a country where the son of the president can be indicted for crimes in accordance with the law. No one is above the law! nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/… ]]]

Nice to have some good news in a not so cheery world, posted Heather Long

Good for Hunter. Keep going on offense.