Executive Dysfunction
Policy written in a mood. Satire on governing blunders, public spending, election machinery, foreign affairs, and decisions whose consequences arrive before the homework.
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Putin invades Ukraine. Trump asks to speak to Zelenskyy's manager.
Donald has reviewed the war in Ukraine and identified the problem: customer service. Zelenskyy keeps insisting on having a country, Putin has something to sell, and Donald would like somebody to explain why defending your...
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King Crumpled: the egg, the ego, and the bill.
Trumpty Dumpty gets the crown. His courtiers get the brushes. America gets the bill. An original rhyme and a sourced tour of the royal performance.
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Disaster relief is not a Trump loyalty program.
Trump's FEMA remark, his immediate retraction, and the Ohio warning: the complete exchanges, dated receipts, and why public relief cannot be a loyalty perk.
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Form 1040: income, deductions, and one more government question.
The accountant asks whether checking READ THE INSTRUCTIONS counts as reading them. Donald requests the executive version.
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Democracy is accessible. Please use the new stairs.
The Committee for Easier Voting cannot get anyone through the door. The chair calls it consensus and orders a plaque.
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Mailbox improvement kit: chainsaw, ego, no instructions.
Donald wants the mail routed through places that applauded him. The postal worker explains that addresses are compulsory.
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The $5,000 dividend comes with a very expensive if.
A $5,000 prize. A Republican-Congress condition. A $1.2 trillion question. Welcome to the presidential game show.
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The refund truck has excellent political navigation.
The clerk wants to return the refund. The political adviser wants gratitude in letters large enough to survive a television crop.
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Ninety dollars. Hold the check sideways so it looks bigger.
Donald works out how long to announce ninety dollars. The beneficiary works out what it buys. The beneficiary finishes first.
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Your tax dollars bought the commercial. You got no skip button.
You paid for the Trump commercial. You paid for the airtime. Somehow you still don't get a skip button.