What a beautiful poem, Gloria, and so eloquently true of Mary, a true hero among us, leading the way, with all that she has sacrificed. I admire her dearly. And, among the hundreds, if not thousands, of books written about Mary's uncle Donald J. Trump, none of those explain, with such clarity, from empirical and very personal knowledge as well as first hand observation in developmental psychology, I think, is, the single most important thing to understand about Donald. That is, that he never has, nor is ever capable of grasping, understanding, or feeling the fundamental human emotion of empathy. I am so grateful that I did read Mary's books at the onset of my book reading journey to understand the most obvious and critical element that tells the reasonable person what is crucial to be understood. If more people read "Too Much and Never Enough", our country would or at least could be a people of better logical reckoning. I am impressed, and in admiration of, your enlightened and spot on expression with such a brainstormed and deeply involved poem with language of what is, and where we are at in this moment in time.
NY3 is just another example of just how deep the shit is that Republicans are in. They fucked up royally on immigration when they blew up the best deal they were ever going to see. They fucked up when they doubled down on Dobbs. They fucked up when they gave total fealty to the fraudulent rapist that leads their cult. November could be a rout.
I will help make it so. I just hope enough of us will look at what President Biden has done to lift us up from the pit the Grotesque Gold-toned Grifter™ left us in and will vote for him and ONLY him (and Kamala) to carry us into the next phase. 💙🌊!
The Souzzi win was fabulous. I like his playbook. I also like Biden's playbook--he just needs to show it off more. Donald is so deep into pooh, he may not be able to keep his head above it after this week. I sure hope the Fairy Godmother in the SCOTUS grants Jack's 39 page wish!
As much as I hate to say it, I'm starting to think that the NYT and WaPo are trying to help Trump get elected because it is so good for their business model. After 2020 the Post lost a huge amount of new subscribers who had started after Trump was elected. Simply put, he's good for clicks and subscriptions and they're willing to risk our democracy for it.
I unsubscribed from the New York Times a year ago because it appeared they were giving Trump all of the free coverage he could have ever dreamed. I will be cancelling the Washington Post for the same reason when the renewal date arrives. They both might as well be renamed as part of the National Enquirer. Plenty of people love gossip rags that write salacious stories that make them feel they are better than other people. And that is what Trump has always sold… how only he is good.
She should start calling him Don. That would take the regal edge off his high and mighty cover-up job. Seeing him reduced to an everyday Joe would make us feel good.
I said to my husband last evening before the results started coming in that Souzzi would win by a comfortable margin.
- I’m a life long democrat and I wish the immigration bill would be brought to the floor and passed. I think it’s out of control also. I said last year that the border is the only Republicans issue for them run on because Abortion and Guns are not a winning issue anymore in the general election. The only reason why they are for them is because their big donors insist on it, and a significant amount of their 25% shrinking base is too. We should ram it down their throats that the strongest border bill ever was killed by the Republicans not Democrats. Let’s run head-on into that message. The Republicans know they’re in trouble on immigration because it’s obvious now that they have always wanted the problem to fundraise and campaign on. How cruel! It will be interesting because most Americans are sick of the do nothing Republican Congress and are no longer fooled. The bipartisan immigration bill exposed them.
Laura Trump being nominated to the RNC by Donald is just another grift to make sure the RNC money goes his way. Also any Republican up for reelection who says any truth about Donald, votes against how he wants you to vote, or is critical in any way will not get money to campaign on from the RNC. Donald will make sure Laura does that. It’s a total takeover of Congress to only do what Donald wants which is lie for him and keep the border a mess. There will be no more independent thinking Republican Congressmen. This is terrifying!
Laura Trump in the RNC also makes sure the Trump family gets paid well by donors.
This is all because Donald acts like a mob boss that if you don’t lie for him or vote like he wants you to, you get no RNC money. The Republicans care more about being re-elected than doing the right thing!
I also think Donald is sending cryptic messages in his speeches to Putin to help him again! We need NATO and Putin doesn’t want any help for Ukraine. These people are fighting and dying everyday and the Republicans are playing politics. It’s sickening!
The RNC money will not go to any Republicans, just Trump. His daughter-in-law, whom he will appoint, will siphon all funds to his personal bank account. After all, isn't that what family is for? Remember, his business model is never to pay out - let everyone else subsidize his misfortunes. The grift is a proud family tradition.
Mary, Thank you. The Native American tribes in AZ and NV need to be registered as Democrats! Their homes are isolated in the great American west and are on dirt and gravel roads.. Their votes will matter in these swing states.
This is the type of responsiveness I like. Practical, intense, unwavering, positive. Keep staying in the solution, the world doesn't need the return of the Trump
The NY Times was all in for Trump in 2016 when they covered every one of his rallies on page 1, while relegating Hillary to page 15, if she was covered at all.
Mary, thanks for your analysis of the New York special election. I found what you said about immigration especially interesting. On my Substack, "The Storm. By Norm", my latest post, “Double-Crossed At the Border”, addresses border issues from the perspective of someone who actually lives near the border, namely me. I have often wished that Democrats would stop letting Republicans beat their brains out over immigration and the border without fighting back.
After Johnson signaled his refusal to bring the Senate bipartisan immigration bill to the floor of the House but voted to impeach Mayorkas for failing to enforce immigration, they pulled a Josh Hawley and will run for the hills on Friday for a two-week break. They won't return until Feb. 28 but the next date for government funding legislation is March 1. More evidence they can't govern.
Ridding this country of automatic weapons, fixing a corrupt and illegitimate Supreme Court, ending voter suppression laws and gerrymandering, protecting a woman’s right to control her own body, creating a fair and equitable tax structure, re-establishing the Fairness Act, ensuring free and honest elections in every state, ridding ourselves of the Electoral College, making education better and more affordable, strengthening election laws and the Constitution to protect us from another trump. This would be just the beginning of what we could do for the health and welfare of the American people if the Republican Party was voted out of existence. Minority rule is killing America and Americans.
It just might be looking up, this seat was giving to a Democrat, just hope the rest of the America
following. Hopefully it will be a nighmare for the Repubician Party, which is following old Orange Uncle Donnie, where they all need to be, flushed down the drain. Hopefully, the people will be
woke when then they go to the poles. We all can't be sleeeping then. We all need and must get
out and do the right thing this time. Vote from all hte mountain tops of the United States. Let's
all stay free and safe from harm. We all owe that to ourselves and our families..
I think it’s a good idea for everyone to vote absentee then you know your vote will get there. Otherwise something could happen and you might not be able to make it to the polls (car trouble, sickness, weather, an accident, etc.).
In a world where shadows often loom,
There stands a figure, dispelling gloom.
Mary Trump, with insight and grace,
Sheds light on darkness, a challenging race.
With words that weave through past and pain,
Her tales on "The Good in Us" remain.
A beacon for those who seek to find,
The brighter parts of the human mind.
Her wisdom stretches, far and wide,
A psychologist's journey, with nothing to hide.
From family feuds to the inner self,
She explores our psyche, a mental health elf.
In "Backstory Serial," charm unfolds,
Stories of yesteryears, bravely told.
With each chapter, a new revelation,
Mary invites us to a heartfelt celebration.
Educated and bold, with a PhD,
She navigates life's seas, a captain free.
Her critique, though sharp, aims to heal,
With "Too Much and Never Enough" revealing the real.
But beyond the critique and the family fame,
Mary Trump seeks a much higher aim.
To highlight the good, the light in us all,
To catch us, embrace us, whenever we fall.
So here's to Mary, with a pen so bright,
Illuminating paths, making futures light.
Her journey's not easy, a turbulent quest,
But she sails forth, her heart beating in her chest.
For in her stories, both joy and strife,
Mary Trump pens the essence of life.
A tribute to resilience, a voice so true,
She reminds us of the good we can do.
There is nothing more that I could add to Gloria Horton- Young’s description of all that Mary stands for. Perfectly said ! 🎯
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful poem. I don’t have the words. Just magnificent. Bravo to you and Mary. Happy Valentine’s Day. 💙
Thank you so much.
Brilliant, Gloria! You captured her!
I must confess, she remains an enigma to me. 🤷♀️
What a beautiful poem, Gloria, and so eloquently true of Mary, a true hero among us, leading the way, with all that she has sacrificed. I admire her dearly. And, among the hundreds, if not thousands, of books written about Mary's uncle Donald J. Trump, none of those explain, with such clarity, from empirical and very personal knowledge as well as first hand observation in developmental psychology, I think, is, the single most important thing to understand about Donald. That is, that he never has, nor is ever capable of grasping, understanding, or feeling the fundamental human emotion of empathy. I am so grateful that I did read Mary's books at the onset of my book reading journey to understand the most obvious and critical element that tells the reasonable person what is crucial to be understood. If more people read "Too Much and Never Enough", our country would or at least could be a people of better logical reckoning. I am impressed, and in admiration of, your enlightened and spot on expression with such a brainstormed and deeply involved poem with language of what is, and where we are at in this moment in time.
Thank you!!
PERFECT! THANK YOU for those powerful words. Mary is a national treasure!
This is beautifully done; you have a gift. A graceful lilting homage to all that is Mary. Thanks for sharing.
Beautifully written! You have a precious talent. And razor sharp perception.
Thank you for the kind words.
Very Impressive Gloria 👏
Thank you so much.
Love it, thank you!!!
NY3 is just another example of just how deep the shit is that Republicans are in. They fucked up royally on immigration when they blew up the best deal they were ever going to see. They fucked up when they doubled down on Dobbs. They fucked up when they gave total fealty to the fraudulent rapist that leads their cult. November could be a rout.
I will help make it so. I just hope enough of us will look at what President Biden has done to lift us up from the pit the Grotesque Gold-toned Grifter™ left us in and will vote for him and ONLY him (and Kamala) to carry us into the next phase. 💙🌊!
Let us pray!
Claire, it is Prayers by INSANE CHRISTIANS THAT CALL RUMP A GOD and CONTINUE TO to justify his criminal behavior!
So forgive me PRAY WILL NOT STOP RUMP!
The Souzzi win was fabulous. I like his playbook. I also like Biden's playbook--he just needs to show it off more. Donald is so deep into pooh, he may not be able to keep his head above it after this week. I sure hope the Fairy Godmother in the SCOTUS grants Jack's 39 page wish!
"Suozzi." Pardon.
As much as I hate to say it, I'm starting to think that the NYT and WaPo are trying to help Trump get elected because it is so good for their business model. After 2020 the Post lost a huge amount of new subscribers who had started after Trump was elected. Simply put, he's good for clicks and subscriptions and they're willing to risk our democracy for it.
I unsubscribed from the New York Times a year ago because it appeared they were giving Trump all of the free coverage he could have ever dreamed. I will be cancelling the Washington Post for the same reason when the renewal date arrives. They both might as well be renamed as part of the National Enquirer. Plenty of people love gossip rags that write salacious stories that make them feel they are better than other people. And that is what Trump has always sold… how only he is good.
I unsubscribed from both!
Please vote, encourage more people to vote, the turnout in Nov is greater than the "unsubscribe" button
The profit margin is the major goal of most of the media! As long as there’s money, they’re willing to overlook Trump and his agenda!
Mary I LOVE LOVE how you simply call him "donald". We love you up here in Canada. Stay well.
She should start calling him Don. That would take the regal edge off his high and mighty cover-up job. Seeing him reduced to an everyday Joe would make us feel good.
I said to my husband last evening before the results started coming in that Souzzi would win by a comfortable margin.
- I’m a life long democrat and I wish the immigration bill would be brought to the floor and passed. I think it’s out of control also. I said last year that the border is the only Republicans issue for them run on because Abortion and Guns are not a winning issue anymore in the general election. The only reason why they are for them is because their big donors insist on it, and a significant amount of their 25% shrinking base is too. We should ram it down their throats that the strongest border bill ever was killed by the Republicans not Democrats. Let’s run head-on into that message. The Republicans know they’re in trouble on immigration because it’s obvious now that they have always wanted the problem to fundraise and campaign on. How cruel! It will be interesting because most Americans are sick of the do nothing Republican Congress and are no longer fooled. The bipartisan immigration bill exposed them.
Laura Trump being nominated to the RNC by Donald is just another grift to make sure the RNC money goes his way. Also any Republican up for reelection who says any truth about Donald, votes against how he wants you to vote, or is critical in any way will not get money to campaign on from the RNC. Donald will make sure Laura does that. It’s a total takeover of Congress to only do what Donald wants which is lie for him and keep the border a mess. There will be no more independent thinking Republican Congressmen. This is terrifying!
Laura Trump in the RNC also makes sure the Trump family gets paid well by donors.
This is all because Donald acts like a mob boss that if you don’t lie for him or vote like he wants you to, you get no RNC money. The Republicans care more about being re-elected than doing the right thing!
I also think Donald is sending cryptic messages in his speeches to Putin to help him again! We need NATO and Putin doesn’t want any help for Ukraine. These people are fighting and dying everyday and the Republicans are playing politics. It’s sickening!
My 2-cents plus some!
The RNC money will not go to any Republicans, just Trump. His daughter-in-law, whom he will appoint, will siphon all funds to his personal bank account. After all, isn't that what family is for? Remember, his business model is never to pay out - let everyone else subsidize his misfortunes. The grift is a proud family tradition.
Mary, Thank you. The Native American tribes in AZ and NV need to be registered as Democrats! Their homes are isolated in the great American west and are on dirt and gravel roads.. Their votes will matter in these swing states.
How can we get them registered?
This is the type of responsiveness I like. Practical, intense, unwavering, positive. Keep staying in the solution, the world doesn't need the return of the Trump
Can they apply for absentee ballots?
We Americans have abused the Native Americans for everything, lies and TREATIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN HONORED!
The NY Times was all in for Trump in 2016 when they covered every one of his rallies on page 1, while relegating Hillary to page 15, if she was covered at all.
Mary, thanks for your analysis of the New York special election. I found what you said about immigration especially interesting. On my Substack, "The Storm. By Norm", my latest post, “Double-Crossed At the Border”, addresses border issues from the perspective of someone who actually lives near the border, namely me. I have often wished that Democrats would stop letting Republicans beat their brains out over immigration and the border without fighting back.
After Johnson signaled his refusal to bring the Senate bipartisan immigration bill to the floor of the House but voted to impeach Mayorkas for failing to enforce immigration, they pulled a Josh Hawley and will run for the hills on Friday for a two-week break. They won't return until Feb. 28 but the next date for government funding legislation is March 1. More evidence they can't govern.
Ridding this country of automatic weapons, fixing a corrupt and illegitimate Supreme Court, ending voter suppression laws and gerrymandering, protecting a woman’s right to control her own body, creating a fair and equitable tax structure, re-establishing the Fairness Act, ensuring free and honest elections in every state, ridding ourselves of the Electoral College, making education better and more affordable, strengthening election laws and the Constitution to protect us from another trump. This would be just the beginning of what we could do for the health and welfare of the American people if the Republican Party was voted out of existence. Minority rule is killing America and Americans.
A staggering defeat for Republicans. Hope and belief in Donnie's coming defeat are taking up residence in my psyche.
I love your trenchant observations about the corporate media. I think they are keeping the false
drama going because they have to earn their paychecks.
Thank you dear Mary Trump for outstanding reporting. ❤️
It just might be looking up, this seat was giving to a Democrat, just hope the rest of the America
following. Hopefully it will be a nighmare for the Repubician Party, which is following old Orange Uncle Donnie, where they all need to be, flushed down the drain. Hopefully, the people will be
woke when then they go to the poles. We all can't be sleeeping then. We all need and must get
out and do the right thing this time. Vote from all hte mountain tops of the United States. Let's
all stay free and safe from harm. We all owe that to ourselves and our families..
I think it’s a good idea for everyone to vote absentee then you know your vote will get there. Otherwise something could happen and you might not be able to make it to the polls (car trouble, sickness, weather, an accident, etc.).
Excellent analysis, Mary! So glad I subscribed!