LAST AMENDMENT

"IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE" A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WORTHY OF A PRIMETIME OVAL OFFICE SPEECH Untitled, Watercolor, 17" x 29", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van »

VENTRILOQUISTS AND THEIR DUMMY Owen Douglas Moore, Pencil on Paper, 2018** Without relying on a Mueller report or the likely indictments of Mr. Trump and/or »

2019: THE YEAR MR. TRUMP IS FINALLY HELD TO ACCOUNT? His Days of Cheating, Buying and Lying His Way Out May be Coming to an End »

CHRISTMAS DAY FIVE YEARS AGO Richard J Van Wagoner Those who follow my blog know I exploit my father's absence. Always filled with Christmas surprises, he »

CONGRESS' HOLIDAY MESSAGE TO THE FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: "You Signed Up for This. [Merry Christmas or Whatever. Oh, and F#$% You]" Rep. Meadows (R-N.C.) The »

TRUMP'S PICTURE POPS UP WHEN YOU GOOGLE "RICO," TOO Untitled, Acrylic on Panel, 12" x 16", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust* »

INDICTING A SITTING PRESIDENT: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE POLICY This policy is amended to apply only to sitting presidents against whom no probable »

COVEN UNCOVERED: THE TRUMP-RUSSIA CONSPIRACY TO ELECT A COMPROMISED PRESIDENT Untitled, Watercolor, 29” x 12.5”, Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 1990, Courtesy of Van Wagoner »

IF ONLY MR. TRUMP COULD DELAY GRATIFICATION . . . Untitled, Watercolor, 3" x 8", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** He Might Not Be »

GOTCHA, MR. TRUMP! Untitled, Pen and Ink on Paper, 11" x 10", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Lying to the American »

DEAR MR. WHITAKER UNCONDITIONAL LOYALTY TO MR. TRUMP REQUIRES SELF-DEBASEMENT. IT COULD ALSO SEND YOU TO A FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, IF SOMETHING ELSE DOESN’T LAND »

A MOCKERY: THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS YOUR PRESIDENT Untitled, Pen and Ink, 9" x 13", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust* »

A SPEECH A REAL PRESIDENT COULD GIVE Untitled, Watercolor, 29" x 21", Richard J. Van Wagoner, Circa 1970, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** If only… »

THE POWER OF IMMORAL CLARITY Sheparding, 46.5" x 36", Oil on Canvas, 1999, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust. Sheparding is »

HEY ANGRY LEFT-WING ARSONIST MOBSTERS, LET'S VOTE THE HOAXES AND BURN THIS RED SH%T DOWN Lake Powell Overnight (Glen Canyon National Park), Watercolor, 21.25” »

THE GOP'S OPEN LETTER TO DR. FORD Dear Ms. Ford: We are saddened, no angry, actually “the most pissed off” we have ever been in our »

AMERICAN CARNAGE (MY 100TH BLOG POST) "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." Donald J. Trump, January 20, 2017 Roadkill (originally titled Waiting »

A CYNIC’S MUSINGS ABOUT ‘ADVICE AND CONSENT’ IN THE WAKE OF McCONNELL’S DECLARATION OF WAR, RUSSIA’S ACT OF WAR, AND TRUMP’S SPOILS »

ANOTHER REASON SUPREME COURT JUSTICES (AND ELECTIONS) MATTER BLOOD SMEARED ALL OVER THEIR COLD DEAD HANDS January 1-September 19, 2018. https://www.google.com/maps/d/ »

THE "REPUBLICAN PLATFORM 2016" REVEALS THE REGIME'S AND ITS PARTY'S ABJECT HYPOCRISY AND UTTER FAILURE You Can't Make Up This Stuff The Republican Platform 2016 (“PLATFORM” »

HOW WILL REPUBLICAN SENATORS TREAT MR. KAVANAUGH'S ACCUSER Emergence, Watercolor, 21.5” x 29.5”, Richard J Van Wagoner, 1995, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust* »

PARDON MY COOPERATION Untitled, Watercolor, 29" x 21", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 2005, Courtesy Van Wagoner Family Trust** RATS: “I know all about flipping, for »

MAYBE MORE OF US SHOULD BE TAKING A KNEE Untitled, Watercolor, 21.5" x 29", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** This »

MR. KAVANAUGH AND CONFIRMATION BIAS Afternoon Pasture, Oil on Panel, 18" x 24", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Helen Bero- and Richard A. Van Wagoner* »

WRONG AGAIN, MR. TRUMP THE FOUNDERS LEFT THAT EXCEPTION OUT OF THE IMPEACHMENT CLAUSE Untitled, Watercolor, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Amy Lawrence** Telling Fox »

CONSPIRACY: PROSECUTION MADE EASIER Cheri and Rob's (my brother/editor's) backyard in the Skagit Valley. The river is just beyond the closest set of trees. Last »

THE NONSENSE SPEWING FROM MR. TRUMP'S DEFENSE TEAM Untitled, Watercolor, 8.75" x 10.5", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Doing »

MANAFORT’S CASE IS SIMPLER THAN HIS LAWYERS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE Untitled, Watercolor, 11” x 21.5”, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner »

CUSTODIAL SEX Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 2001, Courtesy Van Wagoner Family Trust** EXPLOITATION, UNDUE INFLUENCE, COERCION, MANIPULATION Seems »

SURREPTICIOUSLY RECORDING (AND BANKING THE GOODS ON) MR. TRUMP MAY HAVE BEEN THE ULTIMATE ACT OF SELF-PRESERVATION Untitled, Charcoal, 22” x 30", Richard J Van Wagoner, »

FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: A CASE STUDY The Poet, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust* »

ETHICS ANYONE? . . . ANYONE? . . . . . . ANYONE AT ALL? Untitled, Watercolor, 15" x 21.5", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** In the face of »

ABOUT FACE: "A Turn So As To Face The Opposite Direction" As I watched and listened to Bill Maher joust with Ben Shapiro Friday night, my »

THE (DIS)PROPORTIONALITY OF TRUMP'S INFESTATION (EX)TERMINATION Untitled, Woodcut, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** There ought not be all that »

CONGRESS SHOULD NOT NEGOTIATE WITH A TERRORIST* The Sub-Text of Trump’s Immigration Policy: Indiscriminate Damage, Both Direct and Collateral Kelly, Oil on Masonite, 16" x »

IN RUSSIA’S FAVOR TRUMP AND HIS ENABLERS ARE SOLIDIFYING THEIR WELL-EARNED PLACE IN HISTORY AS TRAITORS TO THE UNITED STATES Slate’s Slow Burn podcast, »

WARNING NOTED—AND PROTECTED At the margins of Utah PRIDE 2018 Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . . . Protecting the margins at Utah »

PATRIOTISM IN THE AGE OF TRUMP Untitled, Watercolor, 21.5 x 29.5, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy Van Wagoner Family Trust** “Acting New York Jets »

UNCLUTTER 7 Please enjoy these paintings and photographs of scenes from national and state parks in Utah. I just returned from spending three days, much of »

COHEN'S ADVENTURES IN THE CESSPOOL OF UNCONDITIONAL LOYALTY Untitled, Watercolor, 21” x 28”, Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 2005, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** HIS »

MICHAEL D. COHEN, PERSONAL ATTORNEY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ANNOUNCES: “I DECLINE TO ANSWER ON THE GROUND THAT MY ANSWER MAY TEND TO »

NO MR. COMEY, IF IMPEACHMENT IS WARRANTED, THE COUNTRY MUST NOT AWAIT THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE MR. TRUMP’S ONGOING FITNESS FOR OFFICE Still »

RISK/REWARD OF THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF A LAW OFFICE: BEST EVIDENCE OR ESCAPE HATCH FOR THE DEFENSE? MAYBE BOTH The Poet, Oil on Canvas, »

WHAT DOES 'LIKE' MEAN TO YOU? MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN TO 'LIKE'? MY EXPERIENCE WITH FACEBOOK Untitled, Oil on Panel, 24 x 36, »

"ON REFLECTION, IN THE SPIRIT OF HOLY WEEK," I AM RESURRECTING "CHRIST, CHRIST, CHRIST . . . ." WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, REMAINS RELEVANT Christ, Christ, Christ . . . ., Watercolor, 21.5" x 29" »

KIDS THESE DAYS March For Our Lives SLC, March 24, 2018 My two favorite signs which, unfortunately, I did not capture in photographs, were: MY TEACHER »

CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT 'PREAMBLE: REPUBLICAN PLATFORM 2018' SUBMITTED BY HOUSE GOP LEADERSHIP Dear Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Co-Chair Bob Paduchik, and Honorable Members of the National Leadership, The »

GREEN WORKS 2—HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY Untitled, Watercolor, 29" x 21", Richard J. Van Wagoner, Circa 1970, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** As mentioned »

"TRUMP AND UN WALK INTO A BAR" The Pedestrian, Oil on Canvas, 32" x 48", Richard J Van Wagoner, 1986, Courtesy Helen Bero-Van Wagoner and Richard »

THAT THE RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY CHARGE WILL LIKELY NEVER BE TESTED MAY BE PART OF ITS GENIUS Untitled, Acrylic on Panel, 26.5" x 35", Richard J »