DAY 1290
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A 'Sweet Dog' Confronts the Trump Catastrophe
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PHOEBE WAS REDUCED TO TEARS at the sudden return of Barack Obama to the public spotlight, as the former president gave a stirring eulogy at the funeral of the civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis. The former president's appearance was a reminder of the enormous - and frightening - differences between Obama and Donald Trump. While Obama was arguing for stronger voting rights, Trump the same day was undermining them by suggesting this year's election be postponed. Read more at her blog by CLICKING HERE.
THE TRACKER
PHOEBE
Phoebe is widely regarded as a "sweet" dog. It's what a veterinarian wrote when he first examined her after she was brought to Rhode Island from Missouri at age 6 months, and it's the first thing people say when they meet her on the street.
She came to Newport in 2012 to live with her humans - The Nice One and The Grouchy One - at age 2 and would have remained blandly non-political but for the threat Trump poses to democracy and the planet. What could an ordinary citizen do? She wasn't a fetch-the-ball type and hardly a guard dog. But she could write, and so she started a blog, of which she's the principal author.
She came to Newport in 2012 to live with her humans - The Nice One and The Grouchy One - at age 2 and would have remained blandly non-political but for the threat Trump poses to democracy and the planet. What could an ordinary citizen do? She wasn't a fetch-the-ball type and hardly a guard dog. But she could write, and so she started a blog, of which she's the principal author.
IN MEMORIAM
Cat, a cat, was Phoebe's co-author. He died Nov. 14, 2019. His contribution was to keep the liberal and often over-the-top Phoebe sensible and on course, making sure she focused on results. He is remembered in every posting, and missed.