Hypocrisy and Republican Liars
I’ve written too much about Republican liars. I just deleted three drafts because even I was bored. We already know all that. What our interest? Tell us how Democrats can change the system into something better.
Trump Proposes He Stop Paying Taxes
Come on! Who here is surprised? I finally saw a copy of Trump’s tax pamphlet. There’s even less there than the news reports imply. Almost all of it is campaign fluff: “Grow the economy and create millions of jobs.” What, by sheer force of will? “Provide tax relief to...
More Trump Stunts
More of the same. So far this week: Trump buses the entire Senate over to the White House for an extra-special, classified, North Korean briefing. Four people had to brief 100 people. And the Senate has a secure facility — a SCIF — that’s big enough for everyone, since they...
Report on the Senate’s Excellent Field Trip
And a good time was had by… um… well… the lunch lady looked kinda happy. Thankfully, Trump’s fancy Senate briefing on North Korea — the one that had me concerned yesterday — turned out to be just another empty publicity stunt. Thank god! I’m good with empty gestures. What scares...
Incompetent
I know I’m going to wear out that headline. Trump’s recent Executive Order to ban federal funds from any ‘Sanctuary City’ failed a court review. Decisively. The judge graded it quite poorly. Nobody was especially surprised. Sure, Trump’s a dingleberry, but more to the point, he’s deeply incompetent git. He...
Newest Distraction
What next? Frighteningly, this is not a rhetorical question. President Donald Trump is looking into another self-inflicted disaster. His reaction in the past is to do something horrid as a distraction. It’s worked well for him up until now, but the nature of manipulation means that each distraction has to...
Connecting the PsychoDots
Kind of explains things. The Daily KOS has an article that I think is worth attention, but before I give you the link, I have to include a quick warning: it’s not really as rabid as it sounds. The title (and bear with me) is “Open thread for night owls:...
Payments By Foreign Agents
Just in case someone was confused by my last post. Mar-A-Lago Gates As many sources have reported (was the Miami Herald first?), Trump met with two former Colombian presidents last weekend at Mar-A-Lago. They’d come to his club as members, or with another member. We don’t know how much Trump’s...
Conflict of Interest
Really, this isn’t hard. I may scream if I read another major media story about ‘possible’ conflicts of interest in the Trump family. Yes, there are conflicts of interest. This isn’t a question. You cannot serve two masters. If you work for, say, both the federal government and a clothing...
Consequences
Unexpected, sorta-good news.. . ALT_Immigration (@ALT_USCIS) is a Twitter site that comments on the US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS). They’re fun to read. After Trump’s inauguration, his administration famously shut down the official National Park Service twitter feed for continuing to say things that were… well, true. That left a...
History Lesson
Don’t you hate reminders of what you said when you were a child? Back in December, 2015, way back when Candidate Donald Trump first started bragging about banning Muslims from the USA, the Washington Post wrote that Ryan, McConnell denounce Trump plan to bar Muslims from the U.S: Republicans on...
Trump Anti-Doctrine
Why do we pretend Trump has a strategy? Trump hasn’t demonstrated any strategy beyond his own self-interest. Why do we insist on pretending there’s still a Trump Doctrine that he’s kept out of sight? If that’s true, he’s hidden it fantastically well. Trump is simply a big, greasy sack of...
A New Level of Lying
I don’t know why we’re still surprised. On April 11th, President Trump tweeted: North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A. — Donald J. Trump, @realDonaldTrump, Apr 11, 2017 Later that same day,...
Trump Distraction Succeeds
Trump Wins Again. Remember when Jeff Session was caught lying under oath during his confirmation hearing? Under no pressure, Sessions simply lied when he said he has no contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Completely unforced. Then Sessions went on the chat show circuit, trying to ‘explain’ himself, but every time...
Vice President Says Stuff
But was anyone outside South Korea listening? Vice President Mike Pence reassured South Korea that the United States fully stood behind the American commitment to defend South Korea from North Korean aggression. I’ve heard that South Korea officials were reassured by his speech, but who else really thinks Trump will...
Selective ICE Enforcement
Really, not racist at all. Interestingly, we get a lot of Russian kids working in the Washington DC area. They come over on J-1 visas to work here, work for minimum wages, and hopefully, see a bit of the real America. Everyone wins. The Washington Post reports that ICE immigration...
Beautiful Children Dead
This is the result of not knowing what you’re doing. The BBC reports that Syria bombed buses filled with refugees trying to flee Aleppo. There have been 126 dead so far, which included 68 children. A car or truck filled with explosives hit the convoy as they tried to evacuate...
Insane Congress
Trump threatens yet another new war. Congress? So Trump has committed an act of war in Syria and Afghanistan, and now he’s saber-rattling around Korea, just as China warns us that this is a terrible idea. That’s what, three acts of war in three different nations in roughly the same...
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