Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m still not over 2016, and I‘m stress eating and nail biting as we await next week. I still managed a few chunksters in October. #octoberrecap

I bailed on the book about 70% into the book. I subscribe to the author‘s YouTube channel and it just seemed to be a further extension of his channel. I wished he had done something a little different than what he does on his channel. #2024 #nonfiction #politics #americanpolitics #bookreview

And now the discussion… When I think of tax reform, I think of something for the greater good. This typically involves lowering taxes. However, as Trump has said, tax reform could raise taxes. I want to know what does tax reform mean to you?

Quote and discussion time starting with the quote…

“If there‘s a fire you‘re trying to douse, you can‘t put it wout from inside of the house. I‘m in the cabinet. I am complicit.” #thedivider #susanglasser #peterbaker #hamilton #trump #presidenttrump #ushistory#uspolitics #politicalscience #history #thomasjefferson

I think one of the issues with Trump is he was very “America first” which is okay, but he focused too much on domestic issues instead of international and domestic. He failed to study up on international issues and policies which led to the disastrous decisions and conflicts he had with his secretaries and generals. #donaldtrump #thedivider #peterbaker #susanglasser

This memoir is well written and processes her life and policies that she is willing to discuss. I have profound respect for her and liked her more after reading her book. I found her to be intelligent, vulnerable, and a hard ass. Since I agree with her on many topics, I love her lines in the sand of things she won‘t compromise.

Everyone on Trump‘s staff agreed with everything he said to the point of where cabinet meetings looked like something out of North Korea. Other than the obvious of getting fired, what could have happened if someone would have just said “no?” #thedivider #donaldtrump #peterbaker #susanglasser #no #politics #politicalscience #history #americanpolitics #ushistory #alternatehistory #whatif #cabinetmeetings

I found what I read about Roy Cohn to be interesting, I also did my own research as well. I really want to know what happened to his wife. I tried to see if he had gotten divorced at one point but couldn‘t find any information anywhere. I‘m more interested as to when he contracted HIV and if he could have passed it to his wife. I would assume he did not, but it is interesting. #thedivider #roycohn #lgbtqhistory #history #donaldtrump #law

I should have posted this question first, but I want to know as we talk about Trump‘s success, how do you define success?