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Morning Musings: Trump, Melania, and CNN Drama
The blurry lines between symbolic gestures and substantive policy have once again captured the nation's attention with Trump's flag burning executive order. Despite the dramatic headlines, the order doesn't actually criminalize flag burning or impose jail sentences - it simply reinforces existing laws about property damage and riots. This raises fascinating questions about why leaders issue such proclamations when they don't substantially change the legal landscape.
Media polarization takes center stage as Vanity Fair's potential Melania Trump cover story reportedly has staff threatening resignations. The magazine's apparent pivot toward more centrist coverage highlights the deepening divisions within cultural institutions. These tensions reflect broader questions about viewpoint diversity in media and whether publications can successfully navigate political differences while maintaining editorial integrity.
Perhaps most provocative is the ongoing debate about political speech and defamation. When CNN commentator Tiffany Cross described Stephen Miller as a "white supremacist" not as opinion but as "fact," she inadvertently opened a fascinating discussion about the boundaries of protected speech. Where exactly is the line between harsh political criticism and potentially actionable defamation? This intersection of law, ethics, and political discourse deserves our careful attention as we navigate increasingly heated rhetoric.
The episode concludes with a thoughtful reflection on facing fears - from the political courage needed to express unpopular views to the personal bravery required for physical challenges like completing a grueling mud run at age 50. What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Whether political, professional, or deeply personal, our moments of courage often define us more than our comfortable routines. Share your story and join the conversation today!
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Well, hello, good morning. It is Wednesday. I'm sorry, but I do not have much to bring to you this morning, except, you know, the flag burning thing. I have put a video out on X. I have put a video out on YouTube. I wrote about it on my blog at anamericanistcom.
Speaker 1:Y'all you can still burn Old Glory if you'd like. Y'all you can still burn Old Glory if you'd like, and you're not going to serve a year in jail. There is no wording about that in that executive order at all, about serving a year in jail. You still have your right to burn the flag if that's what you would like to do. Why you'd want to do that, I don't know, but you can. The only thing is is that you are. If you start a riot, if you cause other damage let's say you're out on the streets and you're burning the flag and it's another car and a car catches on fire or whatever then you're going to be charged with an already existing law or a charge, an already existing law that you broke. That's all. That's all. I don't know why he does this, donald Trump. I think he just makes it. I think it just makes him feel better to put out a proclamation and sign something with his legendary signature. I think that just makes him feel better, and he thinks it makes America feel better that he does that. I don't know, but it's whatever. Okay, we need to move on.
Speaker 1:Another thing that I did write about on the Victory Girls blog is Melania Trump. There are talks about putting her on the cover of Vanity Fair the new ownership or leadership, or editor, whatever you want to call it. So he's trying to lean more back to the middle instead of far left, and he is. He's a new person in charge there. I forget his name. I don't know how new he is, but he's fairly new and he's trying to woo and lure Melania Trump to be on the cover. And his staffers are freaking out. They're saying they're going to storm out and quit if they put somebody like her on the cover of their magazine. And to that I say go right ahead, don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. Bye, felicia.
Speaker 1:But we all know that these pampered little baby mamby-pamby people who have these cushy jobs at Condé Nast are not leaving. They're not going to walk out, they're going to pitch the little fit and then they're going to keep right on collecting that nice paycheck period. So I wrote about that over at the Victor Girls blog. If you'd like to go read that I guess people don't read anymore, I don't know. The Victor Girls does have a really good readership and people comment over there on the blog. She's been doing this for over 10 years so I guess it's taken her that long to get that readership built up. That's what I would love for people to do at my blog at anamericanistcom is to comment over there and share my content. But I did start a new YouTube channel called An Americanist. I deleted all my other stuff. The old one that I had under Carol Remarks gone Deleted it, all All the videos gone. I had like over a thousand subscribers over there gone. So I just wanted to start fresh, kind of with the same brand and all that stuff. An Americanist, all right.
Speaker 1:The other thing that I have to talk about is this Stephen Miller thing from the Daily Mail. I tried to look for things here to bring to you from the New York Post. I couldn't find anything decent and fun to talk about because it's all gloom and doom, murder, rape, just horrible things that are happening out there, and that's not what I want to bring you? I want to bring you unusual and strange stories, sure, but something that's not so deep and heavy, and also stuff that people aren't already talking about. Okay so this Daily Mail article a leading MAGA loyalist oh I can't say it, loyalist is urging Stephen Miller to sue a liberal CNN guest for defamation. Okay so, turning Point USA leader Charlie Kirk wants Miller to call a lawyer after CNN panelist Tiffany Cross called the White House aide a white supremacist. Cross, a former MSNBC commentator, joined CNN's Newsnight show where she went after Miller being a brainchild behind Donald Trump's crime crackdown in DC. Like that's a bad thing. Does she know what she sounds like? I'll take JD Vance. Do you hear yourself right now, margaret? I mean, I know that's not her name. Do you hear yourself, tiffany? Why do you want? Why are you bad-mouthing the people who want to crack down on crime? I don't get it. I don't think they realize what they sound like when they say this. But anyway, back to the article.
Speaker 1:Anytime that we play something from stephen miller, it would be journalistic integrity to point out that he is a white supremacist and he is the brainchild behind this policy. Cross told cnn host abby phillips during a panel discussion. That's not my opinion, that's an actual fact. And for him to purport lies from the Oval Office as a white supremacist, it should be pointed out. Wow. So my question is I'm not a lawyer, I don't know the difference between defamation and free speech. I mean, I know what free speech is, but how can you prove? How do you prove? I don't even know what defamation is. I think defamation and libel are also go hand in hand. I think there's obviously a difference. But what can? Could he sue her for defamation? I't know, I don't know much about defamation. Or is this just her free speech, calling him a white supremacist? I don't know. I don't know. Somebody help me out here. For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. Miller said you have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They're wearing their watches again. They're wearing jewelry again. They're wearing purses again. He continued, but this chick called him a white supremacist. Wow, I mean, people do that all the time. But that was really pointed to him. I mean, really, let me read it again. Anytime we play something from Stephen Miller, it would be journalistic integrity to point out that he is a white supremacist and he is the brainchild behind this policy. And then she says that is not my opinion, that's an actual fact. And for him to purport lies from the Oval Office as a white supremacist, it should be pointed out. Maybe that's the paragraph Charlie Kirk is talking about, where she said it's not my opinion, it's a fact. I would like to see your facts there. Miss Tiffany, little puddin', babe darlin' there. Wow, cnn's Tiffany Cross called Stephen Miller a white supremacist last night on live television. Why? Because he's helped architect a crackdown on DC crime. That's saving mostly black lives.
Speaker 1:Kirk wrote on X. I hope he sues her for defamation. Earlier this month Trump signed an executive order. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know all that. So I mean, can he sue her for defamation? I need to look up def definition defamation and see what that really entails. And how do you prove that? I mean what? I don't know? I'm confused. I need help on that.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I guess we need to move on to the question of the day. Real short episode here, all right. Question of the day is okay. Here it. What is the scariest thing you've ever done? Well, I don't know what mine would. I don't know what my answer would be. I have probably several. I have several. Uh, having children, like actually the physical part of it, I mean not, no, look, I had two c-section, but still that was kind of scary, right. Uh, going in there getting sliced open, having a, you know, they're even being pulled out of you. Yeah, I think it would be more scarier, the real way, when you have to push one out. That would be even scarier. Luckily I didn't have to do that, all right, so the other things would be. My man, I did a lot of things, scared. I just did it anyway.
Speaker 1:I know this sounds, this seems silly, but probably the mud run. I did Not mud. Was it called a mud run? The mud run I did it with my sister. It was, you know, several years ago, but I was still, you know well into. It was late 40s, maybe early 50s, because I'm 58 now. So it was maybe five, six years ago, maybe seven years ago. So I was 50. Let's just say I was 50 years old when I did this mud run. It was only a three miler, I think. Maybe it was. Yeah, I think it was only three miles, but along the way you had obstacles to do, and let me tell you they were rough and muddy and dirty, but I did it. Oh, that was scary. There's been so much of other things too, but yeah, all right, I can't think of anything right off the top of my head anymore, but that's my question of the day for you what's the scariest thing you've done? All right, got to go.
