Mike's Blog Round Up
"Tarquin and Lucretia" by Tintoretto. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
April 11, 2026

Mock Paper Scissors: In your guts you know he's nuts, part infinity.

First Draft: The madman theory.

Martin Longman: Wanker of the day, Matthew Levitt.

Other Words: Our tax dollars should be funding our communities, not Trump's war.

Roosevelt Institute: Trump and the Defense Production Act.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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