On 11-20-23, the Washington Post penned an article of "Vulgarities, insults, baseless attacks: Trump backers follow his lead", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

"Some of them have increasingly suggested to voters that the former president’s behavior is a problem." (Quoted the WAPO article)

If mischief-inciting miscreant qualifies as Presidential material, and you've missed all the obvious signs of embryonic fascism, or the character traits of mental (and moral) illness, then go ahead and take Trump at his word.

After all, his words are little but an immature, crass and mendacious theater.  And he's very proficient at that at least, and little else.

     On 11-14-23, the Washington Post penned the article: "Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

There seems to be no lack of evidence that Trump and his cohorts made a concerted effort to compromise the legal voting process in Georgia. But this extended period of time accumulating more, and better evidence continues to frustrate those of us who want an accountability, not more titillating looks at Trump's book of horrors. We need a courtroom conviction, not a continuing media expose'.

    On 11-12-23, the Washington Post penned the article: "Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

Be aware of what Hamas really is. It's not an organized army from an organized country. It is a gang of middle eastern thugs belonging to no organized government with no parliamentarian authority to appeal or transact with. There's is not to perform a representation of the Palestinian state, and they behold to no authority but their own secret plan of cause and effect. They are a criminal element of uncontrolled chaos. And they have no method of finance other than from those countries who desire to promote their secret plan of cause and effect for their own agendas.

Actually, there's is an element not unlike our own internal terrorist organizations similar to the Hell's Angels.

   On 11-8-23, the Seattle Times penned an editorial for: "Google owes news outlets at least $10 billion yearly, study estimates" | Brier Dudley, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Bravo Mr. Dudley. You have certainly raised this reader's awareness of the secondary impact for how search engines, cyber information and consumer sites are influenced from the newsprint media. And the impact of lost revenue from advertising suffered primarily by the print media because of them.

Yes, when I stop to think about it, there are dozens of cyber inquires I make based on your newsprint industry. Like inquires for definitions of new words I see in print. Like on-line ordering of that book from the latest top read lists. Like inquiry to a locally positioned news source to find out more about a sketchy report by my news source. And it goes on and on.

And of course, the biggest impact of all. That cyber story is either a reprint or an enhancement of a news story originally researched and penned by journalists of the newsprint media. Thus, I'm paying so much more for my newsprint's loss of revenue to sources that enjoy marketing advantage at their expense? Wow!

   On 11-2-23, the Seattle Times penned an article for, "Business bigfoots the Seattle election, but quietly this time", and on the date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

Let's face the inconvenient truth. The "Citizens United" decision by our Supreme Court did exactly what was intended. Opened the door to allow those with the gold to finance their rule. It took the politics out of the election process and substituted the ability to finance the marketing of a candidate without resorting to transparency, responsibility, and qualifications for the office they aspired to occupy.

   On 11-8-23, the Washington Post penned an article that: "FBI director didn’t accept new Md. headquarters decision (by the General Services Administration), sought do-over", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Recall that the GSA was the same agency that saw no conflict of interest in then President Trump's remodeling of the old Post Office building into an expensive hotel and restaurant venue in the shadow of the White House and Congress. And allowed the Trump Business Organization to self-provide their record of revenue that determined a GSA provision for sharing a percentage of profit.

Funny how it turned into a white elephant when he was voted off the DC island?

    On 11-6-23, the Washington Post penned the article, ‘Are you sitting down?’ The windfall (from Joan B. Kroc) that transformed NPR 20 years ago, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Your first mistake is associating personalities with the quality of news reporting. The public networks have always sought to provide objective, complete, and truth-based analysis of the news they report.

That results from the efforts of their editorial management and the written interpretations by journalistic staff. Of course, the value of its presentation depends on the airway's delivery to its listening market, but putting your faith of reliable news in the delivering source is the stuff of political illusion.

But it helps explain how for-profit broadcasters seek to create a cult market rather than a reputable listening audience. Or, as Soren Kierkegkaard said, "People demand freedom of speech as compensation for freedom of thought, which is seldom used."

    On 11-5-23, the Washington Post penned an article that, "Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term" and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Well, I'd like to offer a critical list of Trump's shortcomings, but I just can't bring myself to denigrate those who suffer from intellectual deficiency, immature judgmental skills, and mental illness.

For you MAGA folk, denigrate means to put down.

    On 11-3-23, the Washington Post penned an article that, "Students hated ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Their teachers (in Mikitio, WA) tried to dump it", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

The culture and class of a society is determined by the diverse path of an individual's educational readings and self-acknowledging writings. Not by the opinions of others who profess to understand their motives.

Social science (a highly opinionated venue) has already determined that the human mind is too complex for being categorized with total accuracy. And I'd dare say these comments stand in evidence, including my own.

    On 11-2-23, the Washington Post penned an article for "Local journalists arrested in small Alabama town for grand jury story" and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

When a newspaper with national news publication capabilities like WAPO gives coverage to such egregious incidents of governmental abuse, the only thing left to be said is, thank you for being on the side of unfettered transparency and accountability WAPO. Thank you for protecting our Constitutional rights.