So Far So Good

I am about halfway through principal photography and things are going really well. Our rather disappointing IndieGOGO campaign ended finally but thank you to the few folks who did support us. There may be something else in the same vein happening shortly - so stay tuned for that. (like anyone actually reading this.)

I HAVE A TEAM!

A wonderful woman named Jennifer Pfister from Cali (We don’t hold that against her) has jumped on board to help with RP / social media and just all around helping to shepherd this film to its successful end and afterlife. We also have some Gen Z social media interns helping with that side if it because in general I suck at it. So we are making some progress there.

I got an invite to VP Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project event this past weekend at the Javits. it was amazing beyond words and has given me the “positive” through line I was searching for. And all this because my mother was watching him on TV. This was not just a happy accident, this was joyous confluence of fate!!!! Say that ten times fast!!!

A Whole Lot of Nothing ... And Everyrthing

So, (I realized recently that I start a lot of my writings with “so”) my documentary path has taken me to Maine to follow the story of the Maine Lobster fishing industry and how climate change and global warming is effecting the lobsterman, their families, the economy as well as talking to members of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby (these folks are rockstars) about the actual boots on the ground of doing and getting things done regarding the effects of climate change.

My travels took me to the island of Vinalhaven. The single largest fleet of lobster boasts in Maine comes out of Vinalhaven. Lobstering is the way of life here and has been going back to the 1800’s. You would think that coming here would have been a jackpot for telling the human story I am trying to tell and normally you would be right. But unfortunately it was a jackpot for someone else and not in a good way.

To make a long and horrific story short, A reporter who shall not be named spent the summer with the folks of Vinalhaven a few years ago promising a documentary type story about the hard working lobstermen of Vinalhaven, What she delivered was a hatchet piece insulting the town, calling them drug addicts and hooligans, and money hungry. Making them out to look like what she wanted for her story and not what they really are. She won an award for the bullshit she published. The end result is that the good people of Vinalhaven are now very wary of talking to any outsiders and particularly documentary filmmakers meaning me. I get it, and I can’t blame them. I got a lot of good info - not as much as I wanted - off the record which I will include in the film, as well as tons of beautiful B-Roll as the town is stunning. That will have to suffice for Vinalhaven’s part in the film as that is all I got and I have a low life, propaganda writing, disgraceful yellow journalist to thank for that.

So Thank You P.O. low life extraordinaire.

Rising Tides - 2/19/24

So … 2024 is the year it all changes. Well let’s hope so. So once again while searching hi and low of another documentary project, an idea fell into my lap from an article in the New York Times, Apparently the Peconic Bay Scallops, that’s out on Eastern Long Island, the childhood home of “Me” are dying before they can be harvested. This caught my eye and after doing some deep diving of my own, figuratively not literally it appears this is a thing. But not just on Long Island but the Blue Crabs down in Baltimore (a treat I have a serious fondness for) and the Lobsters up in Maine are all getting knocked around as a result of climate change and global warming. This led to my new documentary Rising Tides - 2024 The year it all changes.. .

I began principal photography last week, and am heading down to Florida on Wednesday then I will be traveling to Maine then Baltimore and DC to tell this Epic tale. - Stay tuned for my video blogs from the road. They should be less depressing than the Trump ones. .. Well then again. …based on the subject matter,.. maybe not.

Fast Forward..

So it’s almost two years later and thanks to Adler and Associates Entertainment; our little film is available on Amazon, Tubi and a few other places .The response from people who have watched it has been rather overwhelming. We are working towards it being picked up by PBS.

And Waiting.....

Well… We got into one documentary film festival so far and rejected by an odd New Jersey-centric Jewish film festival. I will not hear back from the other twelve I submitted to until early spring.

I never heard back from the distributer after two rounds of emails claiming he was was excited to watch it. I could feel the excitement dripping off him.

Moving on.

I got in touch with the distribution company that handled Rescue and Annie’s World (though we never finished that deal because we ran out of money and could not afford to pay for the deliverables.). They are interested in the film and unlike other companies they are a known quantity and have treated me well in the past. Hopefully we will have a deal in the next few days. Crossing my fingers.

The general response from all who have watched it is that it is very well done and an important film.

So there’s that…

And now ... The Waiting

The odd and horrible reality of being a filmmaker. and a documentary filmmaker no less, is that once the movie is done, like really done, well so are you. Yes there are film festivals to submit to and distribution leads, that usually lead no where to chase and trying to let everyone you know that you would like them all to go out and tell everyone they know that your film needs distribution without sounding too desperate;

This is where I am at. I don’t not have a concrete vision for my next film nor do I have any solid distribution leads for my current one. I am in fact waiting to hear back from a particularly well known distribution company that specializes in distributing and selling Jewish - centric films. You would think my film would be a perfect fit for this company. It’s hard not to be negative after twenty-five years in the business and not having the best of luck getting my films out there.

I am still crossing my fingers and trying to be positive and hoping for a quick sale so we can get it out there while it is sill relevant.

11/1/21

No longer on the road.

In fact the film is done. Short of a final very expensive sound mix, the film that was in my head is now finished and sitting in Final Cut waiting for distribution.

This was a very long journey and the film I set out to make in January is not the film I actually made.

There are a number of reasons why this is so.

Firstly, no documentary film ever ends up being what you set out to make because docs are inherently driven by real life and reality and we don’t control those. Also, the premise you start with doesn’t always hold water as you get deeper into the interview and production process.

Secondly, as you learn things (which is the point of making a documentary) other avenues of story, events and ideas start to emerge which often leads you down some previously unconsidered paths.

For me, very early in the actual filming process, it started to become clear I was moving beyond my initial premise, but also it was becoming about my own personal journey making it. I didn’t realize it until I got home and off the road. Initially I had considered getting a narrator for this film to to set up story lines and scene transitions. At some point ( I think it was the Saturday morning in Charlottesville) I realized that I was the narrator and that it was my story and my questions that would fuel this film. This theory bore itself out once I started the edit.

So the film I thought I was making was not, the film I didn’t know I was making turned out to be the finished project. I honestly could not be happier. It is without a doubt the most important film of my career and it’s baring itself out based on the reactions and feedback from everyone who has watched it and is trying to help get it out there.

I will continue this blog as I navigate the chaotic waters of the distribution process.

And then onto the next project … whatever that is

Friday 4/16/21

It’s been about a month since I began shooting the documentary. I’ve done a bit of traveling in that time; twice up to Massachusetts and this current trip to Montana and Chicago. The production side of the project so far has been beyond my most optimistic hopes. I have managed to get amazing people on board, the interviews have been captivating and informative; and I see my film coalescing right before my eyes. 

Tanya, who started off as subject for my film, has without a doubt become a life-long friend, has inspired me and has also made me think about myself and where I am in my own life. More on that as we progress. 

A few more days in Chicago then flying home for a handful of days before leaving for four weeks. 

While I know that getting ready to hit the road and going full scale into production will take a few days of organization. I want to make sure I get some time in with Phoebe and Beth before I go. There is something about the subject matter of this particular film that has made me more aware of the time I want to spend with my family and how important and fleeting that time is getting as my kids grow up. 

The time outside of Brooklyn has also reinforced my desire to be out of NYC for good. As a life-long New Yorker and hereditary Brooklynite that is a hard thing to say but I really want to live in a place where the people are pleasant, not on top of me, a place where I can create, whether its filmmaking, playing music or Blacksmithing without the hustle and bustle of city life. I understand we are constrained by Phoebe’s remaining years in High School, so I will deal with the time as best I can. 

I have also come to value my “Jewishness “ even more through out these few weeks of interviews. Not that I was not “Jewish” before and I have always been proud and Jewish and have raised my daughters to be so as well. However, I think taking on this project and putting myself out there on the public frontlines, I am ramping up whatever criticism, anti-Semitism and hate that is going come my way from making this movie, and I am ready to welcome it, because as Cameron says to Ferris at the end of the movie “I have to take a stand”. I know many Jews would like it all to go away and sweep it under the rug, but that has never been me and now I am putting my money, my time and myself where my mouth is.

Being on the road by myself has also been interesting food wise. With the ability to choose whatever I want, I really thought I was going to save money by eating mostly fast food with occasional nice dinners. After three weeks of being away in various places, I have come to the conclusion if I do that, I will weigh nine hundred pounds with an A1C of 4000. 

So, my plan going forward will be to eat meat once a week maybe twice. Eat as much salad, fruit and vegetarian food as possible, especially when it comes to snacking, drink lots of water (Going to buy two cases to throw into the car)  and really try to keep an eye on any and all opportunities for exercise. All these hotels have Workout rooms and treadmills, I am going back to my 30 minutes of walking every day. I need to not come back to Brooklyn as fat as house and unhealthy.  

If I can do this then the five days in Key West will be my reward to go crazy.  

From a production point of view, this trip was a good ring out and problem-solving trip and it gave me a good idea of what gear and data storage we need going forward. Actual production is the only way to really figure that out and I am glad I had the opportunity this past week. I have made many movies, including two docs by myself. What is interesting about this one, is that I have such clear idea of what I want from each of my interview subjects, and how each of them fits into the over-all film, my abilities as an experienced director is letting me spend more time on the interview then trying to figure out what’s next. Many people think that you don’t actually “Direct” a documentary, but that is incorrect. You don’t direct it like you would actors, but the questions you choose, how and where you choose to shoot, how you edit it all together to make the best impact, is very much direction. As far as this film goes, it’s all in my head now, I can see the film, and that is when I know I am on the right track. Who would have thought that twenty three years after my first film, I’d be sitting in a hotel room in Chicago, making the most important film of my life. 

Not me. 

Saturday 4/17/21

Had a nice sort of off day. Slept in and had a great brunch of amazing chicken and waffles at RHP. It was recommended by Bruce. I am going back tomorrow morning for shrimp and grits. 

Took a drive around Chicago. The field museum was a bust, there was no parking and if there was parking it was $30. I did have an authentic Chicago hot dog. I remember Paul Hilts describing them to me. It was really good. 

Went to Graceland Cemetery in search of Harry’s Open Grave. I looked for the Inez statue but had no luck. Got a few decent cemetery shots. 

Started to make my travel lists for next week. As I think of stuff I add it to the list. Ordered the second SSD and the second SL60 from Adorama, the 8T drive from OWC and a small rig mafer Stud clamp from Amazon. 

I am having issues getting iphone footage from the iphone to the Macbook Pro because of the big sur update. If I can’t solve this I am going to have to bring my mac mini on the road. 

Going to drive into Skokie tomorrow and try to speak to some people as well as shoot some B-roll. Gonna use the ProMist  and see how that works. 

Giving more thoughts to eating while on the road. It might be wise to pick up stuff when I get to a city (sandwich stuff, salad Stuff) so I have options right away. I should go through the vegetarian book and look for things I might like to eat. Also Rotisserie chickens are super cheap and they have them in almost every market. I can get two lunches at of one chicken.

Monday 4/19/21

So I made it home in one piece. Which amazingly enough, considering I only lost one face mask as far as I can tell, is a miracle. All my gear made it back to Brooklyn and all the footage as well. 

I spoke to Beth about my plans for the road and she agreed it was a very good idea. I unpacked, downloaded all the footage to my main drive so now we have triple redundancy. The tiny Mafer clamp and the sure mic for the iPhone showed up today. Both work as expected I just need to chop some more out of this phone case for he mic to sit flush and not fall out. 

More gear coming tomorrow. When it does I will rearrange the lighting box for just lighting and grip. The sound will go back into it’s travel box also the batteries and charging station, they have their own box. The hard drives have their own case as well. This wasn’t feasible for the flights but working out of the car this will be optimal. 

I can’t believe I am going back on the road in five days. It’s not enough time at home. I got to cook dinner with Phebes, I taught her how to make Baked Ziti. Wednesday I am teaching her how to make Linguini and Clam and then Thursday night wings. 

Beth and I spoke to Mitch about the upcoming Pennsic - Light and it looks like Mitch and I will share my booth and not set up our camp at all except for our sleeping tents. I just reached out to Sara, they are not doing the event so I will need Magnus to send me the canvas in a box. 

I also told Beth that when I get back I want to spend more time with her. I got a subscription to Discovery Plus and it has a bunch of stuff we like to watch together on it, so we will make time to do that. 

Sleep has taken me and I feel the drool starting. 

Off to bed. 

Tuesday 4/20/21

Woke up and my back decided to take a holiday. Pretty bad. Got very little done today. Luckily I had not planned to do much today other than recuperate. The second SL60 and the second SSD card showed up as did the 8T drive. I believe I am all set gear - wise. 

Got to speak to Darlene (my adopted sister) tonight for the first time in a long time. IT was great. We make each other laugh and we can talk about stuff. We are going to talk a lot more regularly and hopefully once we are past the Covid we can go up and visit and they can come down and visit as well. 

Tomorrow is gear packing day. I am breaking out all the road boxes and getting all the gear in their proper boxes. If I get it done tomorrow then if there is something missing, I have two days to sort it out. 

Tomorrow is also basic shopping day, I need to go to Stapes to pick up cases of water. I need to pick up utensils to have on the road. 

I have also been doing more thinking about life when I get home. Beth and the kids are going to be my primary focus. 

Wednsesday 4/21/21

So this was a good day. 

I got all the gear packed into individual production boxes which will make setting up so much easier. Between all my silver cases, the old pelican case and the new lighting case (which took a serious beating on this last trip I am good to go. 

 Lets talk about the case for a second. As cheap cases go ($79) it’s well made and good to go. Whats not good to go is airline travel. The plastic feet which are just dying to be grabbed when loading in and out were held on with rather light rivets. This broke on the first leg of the trip. So now all that is holding them on is the fabric that is it riveted to. The bottom of the case where the zipper is has been worn down from being dragged. If this case just stayed in the car or on the dolly when I bring my gear into set up a scene, it would be fine and it will be fine. However fo the next round of production flights I am going to have to invest in a pelican case fo the lighting rig and possibly for camera and sound as well

That aside I am all geared up. Shopping tomorrow and last looks on Friday. 

North Carolina and Atlanta are turning into busts. I found a good story in Greenville North Carolina, where up until last year there was no hate crime legislature on the books. The Rabbi in Greenville is originally from NY and then went Cali. So his perspective of living down there should be a good addition. 

Thats it for tonight

Thursday 4/22/21

So today turned into an interesting day. I decided that because Atlanta and NC were really turning out to be a bust I would re-jigger my trip. It’s not hard to find anti-Semitic events in the South and I did just that. So from Charlottesville I am heading down to Charleston SC to cover an event from last July in Marion Park. I have reached out to a journalist and an Activist down there. I hope to hear back from both. Then on the the way to Montgomery I am stopping in Greenville which did not have any hate crime legislation on the book until January of last year. I reached out to a Rabbi in Greenville. 

Lets hope something comes of this .

Shifting gears, a friend of Mitch’s who runs part of the Florida Renn Festival just fired his blacksmith and he is trying to get me the gig. The kicker is, his friend Peter knew Adam from back in the day and apparently saw Ten Thousand Movies. Crazy small world. This would be an amazing seven week gig working weekends in Florida in the middle of the winter. Can’t beat that with a stick. I will be hanging out with him when I get to Florida. 

Tomorrow is the last day to get everything ready to go. Then it is off to PA Saturday morning and on to Baltimore. 

I can’t believe we are here. Time flies. 

Oh and Jest might be coming home early due to covid. 
YAY

Saturday 4/24/21

So this was a pretty good day. I got on the road to PA pretty much on time. Got to Columbia and had some food and spoke to mom.. Got to Lewisburg by 12:30. Took about a half hour to get set up and of course there has to be one thing that doesn’t work. The 9v in the mixer died and of course I can’t find the one 9v Lithium I bought for that. So direct into the camera went the mic. On the upside, I mounted the Moza on the small tripod with the new mic and it worked amazing. 

John gave me an amazing interview and we got it done and I was out of there and off to Walmart to pick up two 9v lithium batteries. 

Next the plan was to find a Hotel on the way to Baltimore to crash, it took until 6:30 to get to a Hampton Inn in Shrewsbury PA. 

Contacted Sean from FFG and as it turns out he will be around  when I am heading back through Atlanta so I will stop there for lunch and shoot some video while I am there. 

So it begins. 

Baltimore tomorrow. 

Monday 4/26/21

So not long after  wrote my journal last night it occurred to me to reach out to my ever reliable FCP community to address my shuttle dilemma and wouldn’t you know, they came through with flying colors once again. The answer to my shuttle problem was the Apple Magic Track Pad. So I went on Amazon at about 12:30 last night and ordered it to be delivered next day. Free shipping on prime, so the whole thing was $103 including Tax. 

It felt great to solve the issue and off to bed I went. 

I was up around 6:30 so I decided to get out of bed and hit the Gym. On my way out the door I mentioned to the desk clerk that I was expecting a package some time this afternoon and off I went to LA Fitness.

It was great! Not too crowded, I treadmilled (ya I know it’s not a word) for 30 minutes while watching my would be GF Briana Keiler and avoiding watching Rand Paul on the Fox News and Friends on the screen two doors down. 

Oh and the have a pool. Tomorrow morning it’s treadmill and Pool.  YAY. 

I did hear back from Josh and it looks like it will be best for him to do his interview Wednesday afternoon after Howard’s which works for me. He’s working on some other Rabbis as well. That will give me tomorrow to record some VLOG video and catch up on all the VLOGs I shot since Massachusetts and get those up on the web. 

My mom said that there were 4 synagogues desecrated up in Riverdale yesterday, I am going to look into that and probably follow up when I get home. 

I did pretty well on food today. I had a Sausage / Egg / Cheese on a chibiatta from Panera and then a Crab Fest at Captain James Landing.  I bought some Atkins bars for snacks. 

I designed a structure for the Blacksmith shop at FLARF and Peter apparently loved it. He would like me to take on a local female apprentice, Mitch informed him that I have had a number of Female apprentices and would be most happy to do so. This is going to be amazing. 7 weeks in Florida in the dead of Winter being a blacksmith, what could be better, I am starting to think about stuff I can make and sell. Kilt pins of varying sizes and shapes. Dragon head bottle openers, Kilt needles etc. 

I am also thinking about a metal mug strap shaped like a dragon. Still working out the design and details on that. 

Well that’s it, good day interviews will happen and got a lot done. 

Bed time. 

Sunday 4/25/21

Another long day. 

As it turned out the Josh’s synagogue was on the way to my hotel in Baltimore so I made a stop there to see if I could speak to Josh about a time for interviews. Luckily I met a nice fellow in the parking lot who works with the Hebrew School and he called Rabbi Josh, who as just about to give a major congregational talk or speech or something. He said he got my email and would email me when he was done. 

Twelve hours and counting without a response. 

I think this guy is shining me on but I’ll give him until Tuesday. 

Then the hotel. 

Another Raddison without a parking lot and another additional $30 a day for parking. I decided to jettison that reservation drove out to White Marsh and got a room at the Hampton Inn. 

After getting all I needed ( a few trips to the local Walmart and anther trip tomorrow) and I am good to go. One unfortunate thing that came up is that my editing shuttle isn’t compatible with the new IOS. So that sucked. 

One of the bonuses of this hotel they have a deal with LA Fitness next door and all you have to do is show your room key and you can go work out there. So, I will be hitting the treadmill there tomorrow morning. 

Thursday 4/29/21

So I missed a few days. 

Wednesday was amazing. Two great interviews and Beth and I figured out how to save some money by reworking the trip. I wound up saving money on 5 hotel rooms. 

The next twelve days will be a whirlwind of driving and spending no more than two or three days in any one place. 

I feel good about where we are. Whats left ahead of me is mostly Anti-semitism related. 

On my way back to Mitch I am going to see Sean at FFG and bring some lunch and do a short YouTube video while I am there. 

The best news is that we are locked in for FLARF 2022. Peter and his crew seem to have their act together and he loves my ideas for the new redesigned Blacksmith shop. I’ll be able to sell my stuff out of Peter’s booth and he wants me to make handles for his mugs  Seven weeks in Florida in the middle of the winter, while my folks are down in Florida at the same time.  This is going to be amazing. 

Heading to Charlottesville tomorrow. I hope I can check into my hotel a day early.

We shall see. 

Friday - Saturday 4/30/21 - 5/1/21

 6:30 am  Saturday morning May 1st 

It’s May Day, and May wine, and May I please go home, for the Brier rose, before the rose and neither grows alone. 

So, I forgot journal last night. So I am making up for it here. 

Long trip down from Baltimore to Charlottesville. However I did get to drive through the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Chancellorsville battle fields as well as nice little stop in Fredericksburg. I got some nice shots there. It was weird being there without Paul. The last time I was there we were on our December battlefield jaunt while the DC sniper was picking people off. I miss him and I should give him a call while out here on the road. 

Love this hotel. Nice people pool and Gym which I will avail myself of this morning. 

This morning I will be heading over to where the March happened and shoot some B-Roll. I will probably do a cold open myself and see how it is. I liked the one I did for Whitefish, I just need tor brush up on the facts. 

Excellent Zoom meet last night with Mitch and Peter. All questions have been answered and we are locked in and officially members of the Clan and the Highland Trading Company. I think I will make some money at this as well as have a lot of fun being Cian of Clan MacInnes, 

Looking forward, I think I am more than halfway done shooting what need for the base of the film. I think I have everything I need with regards to the Orthodox questions. Now it’s getting the Anti-Semitic events documented and finished my interviews in NY and Massachusettes. While I am at Mitch’s I will start deep diving for all the multimedia stuff I am going to need. 

That it for now … 

Later that night.

I seem to be developing a little cold/cough luckily there was some DayQuil in my bag so I should be able to sleep.

Speaking of which I am exhausted. 

Today was one of those days that I want to remember in all its detail so I am going to try write it all out. 

 I got up early in anticipation shooting the B-Roll for Charlottesville. Two stops I knew I needed to make. Emancipation park and the street where Heather Heyer was murdered. 

The park was interesting. It was where the incident started by the Lee statue. BLM was painted on the statue and his sword was painted red. It was pretty significant and I got a lot of footage of the statue and the park. 

The next stop was the street where Heather was murdered. I checked my GPS and it was only a few blocks away. Through My research of the incident I saw pictures of the street and the street sigh that says Heather Heyer Way. So I got in the car and drove to where the it says it was. I was shocked as I made a right turn onto the street and right there was the street sign, it took me by surprise. I tried to park near that because I thought that was the block but there was no parking so I kept driving down this narrow street looking for a place to park. I finally got to the end of the block and it hit me like a ton of bricks, This was where it happened. I saw the graffiti on the walls the memorial scarves and ribbons, and to my luck there was a spot right at the end of that block. 

I needed to take a moment because I didn’t expect it all to be right there. 

I got out  of the car and put the camera rig together. As I walked over to the wall,  I saw another person with a serious camera rig. I walked over and we sort of eyed each other up, as in this climate you never know what side of the argument people are on. So very friendly I asked “Hey so what are you shooting, they said , “A documentary”. I said “Me Too, What’s yours about” and they asked me “What’s yours about?” In a way it was funny but it underscored how closed up people can be. So I told them what mine was about and they told me theirs was about hate crime in America. They were actually shooting for someone else. So we chatted and shot the area together for a bit. I gave them my card and hopefully at some point I can hire them to shoot for me. 

Now, the wall. 

The experience of being there was humbling and powerful. It’s one thing to see the pictures and see the video. To stand there where it happened is devastatingly palpable. I compared it to out of towners seeing Ground Zero for the first time. It was emotional, horrible and horrifying. To think about what happened in that narrow street. This will stay with me forever . This is why I am making this film. This is how I will call out the cowardly scumbags who act as a group because they have no guts to act on their own. The piece of shit who Murdered. Heather will serve 421 years in prison. The scumbags who marched and egged this  piece of human filth on deserve to be there right with him. 

I am angry. 

I’m drained

I want justice and I want change. 

Maybe my movie will help get us there. 

And then again maybe it won’t. 

Sunday 5/2/21

End of a long long day. 

I had to bail out of Charlottesville. The aura, the vibe of the place was making me physically ill. That has never happened to me before. I am begining to realize that part of the documentary is my personal journey making it. The whole story is personal and as I get deeper into the Hate and intolerance and anti-semitism that I am recording in my film. It is definitely taking its toll on my psyche. Much more than I ever imagined it would. 

I headed down to Petersburg Battlefield to visit the crater, I thought that would make me feel better, but it didn’t. I shot some Charlottesville wrap up video in the park I think it was pretty poignant. 

Drove another hour or so and got a hotel in Emporia VA. Nice people. TV doesn’t work. They are giving me a break on the hotel room. 

Gonna hit the road early to make up some time down to Charleston. 

That it for now

Tuesday 5/18/21

So…

Monday Monday Monday

The interview with Gail Levine was beyond anything I could have hoped for. She talked about going from a liberal to a conservative Republican to a social liberal and fiscal conservative. She talked about the legal ramifications of Trumps current legal situation and her conclusion were rather disturbing when it comes to Trump being convicted. 

The we went to visit the Donald. 

We drove to Mara Lago and I got out of the car and shot video of the whole place and then we were very politely asked to leave the premises by the Secret Service.  

I am so pleased …