Current Affairs – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Figuring Out Tariffs Is Crazy-Making

Aug 7, 2025

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There seems to be huge confusion and disagreement about exactly which country pays tariffs – Donald Trump insists the exporting country will be paying these taxes and repspected economists argue the importing country always pays the fees, which means the customer will likely be paying more for the product.

Why I Feel Connected to the Menendez Brothers

Apr 30, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

ct oI actually have felt a kind of a connection to Lyle and Erik Menendez ever since I was a panelist on the ‘Abuse or Greed’ Maury Povich show decades ago. I was able to discuss how it wasn’t just their anger about the years of sexual abuse by their father, but also the early…

The Presidential Meeting That Made My Skin Crawl

Feb 28, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The bullying that took place in the Oval Office between President Trump Vice President Vance and President Zelenskyy was an embarrassment and not worthy of the respect deserved by the office of the President of the United States.

My Mother’s Plane Keeps Crashing

Jan 31, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Responding to the horror of the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane crash where 67 people perished in the Potomac River, Donald Trump’s response before any evidence of the cause was to blame the 58 year-old Diversity Equality and Inclusion Act for hiring under-qualified people.

Why Do Political Campaigns Guilt-trip Us to Donate?

Nov 30, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Have you been feeling blind-sided into donating to certain political campaigns during this election cycle – blamed or shamed or guilt-tripped?

Election Campaign 2024: Rejections, Accusations and Psychological Projections

Sep 30, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Psychological projection is the tendency to unconsciously see certain traits in another person –– traits you cannot acknowledge them in yourself. These might include anger, sadness, fears, insecurities, vulnerabilities, and dependency. It might include your tendency to be stubborn or flirtatious or bad or too loud or pushy or competitive or controlling. have a tendency…

Why ‘Weird’ is Such a Loaded Word

Aug 31, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The word ‘weird’ brings back so many negative growing up memories of feeling ‘less-than’ and ‘different’ and unaccepted by peers. I used to compare myself and feel so self-conscious. Until I discovered some self-acceptance.and self-respect.

FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate – My Impressions of Theater of the Absurd

Jul 20, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

I found myself having some powerful personal reactions to the Trump-Biden Debate – mostly to the low energy of Joe Biden and to the unexpectedly outrageous lying and gaslighting by Donald Trump

The Pied Piper of Mar-a-Lago

Jan 31, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Reading descriptions of the most common traits of world-famous cult leaders it’s difficult to miss seeing the many similarities with Donald J. Trump and Trumpism – especially his exaggerated sense of power (entitlement) that allows him to bend rules and break laws.

Seeking Respect in a Dissing Kind of World

Nov 30, 2023

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Respect is the backbone of relationships — personal, workplace, and as we see now, political. Lately I’m noticing that respect has become frayed and tattered and torn and sometimes practically non-existent. Misunderstandings and hurt feelings and anger and resentment seem to be filling the space and there is barely room for connection.

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