Donald Trump campaigned as the “Law and Order” candidate. Not a big surprise, since every Republican before him positioned themselves as the same savior. And, like the Republicans that came before him, he’s shown a… unique vision of what that means in practice. So far, that’s included Trump firing all the US Attorneys. Including, just by accident, the US Attorney (Preet Bharara) who had suggested...
Republicans won their power by changing political wars into cultural conflicts. I can’t begin to tell you if it was an intentional plan or just dumb luck, but every election these days is more about winning than any actual goal I can find. People seem to buy that, anyway. There’s a huge investment in winning, but all the effort ends at the election. Once a...
President Donald Trump speaks at press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 9, 2017. (Erie News Now) Oh, Lordy. Trump still feels inadequate about his election. Again. Why can’t he act like most conservative Americans? Donny. Just go out and buy yourself some big pistol, maybe an assault rifle. Fondle them a bit, load and unload, then swagger in manly...
I can’t claim I thought of this, but once my wife mentioned it, I had to agree. Unless Trump was wearing a bugged carnation in his lapel, he doesn’t have tapes or recordings of the Comey conversations. The dinner was in the President’s residence, not the oval office. I kind of doubt the President’s personal staff were drilling bugs into the historic woodwork. But…. Imagine...
Yesterday, James Comey called President Donald Trump a liar. He did this in sharp,, specific detail. He cited his contemporaneous documentation and the people he spoke to at the time. Comey was specific, detailed, and damning. Today, Trump responded to Comey’s accusations, saying everything Comey had said was a lie. Trump wasn’t especially specific about his counter-charges. And yet Trump (and his sleazy lawyer) were...
This is a paraphrase from Paul Ryan as reported in the Washington Post: [Rep. Paul Ryan] added: “I would just say that of course there needs to be a degree of independence between [the Department of Justice], FBI and the White House and a line of communications established. The president’s new at this. He’s new to government, and so he probably wasn’t steeped in the...
This Oct. 11, 1991 file photo shows University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. HBO says that Scandal star Kerry Washington will play Hill in a film about the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo) Lots of people have compared the Republican questions for James Comey yesterday to the 1991...
The Comey testimony had so many bombshells it’s hard to summarize it, but I wanted to touch on Sen. John McCain. He was listed as an ex officio member, which means he isn’t a voting member, but they let him ask questions. He was the last questioner. The most charitable interpretation I’ve got is that the GOP leadership shipped him in to tar Comey. I’m...
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