I wonder if there’s a “Nixon rule” like Godwin’s rule: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nixon approaches 1.” Democracy, I’m told, isn’t just voting every two years. Our healthy democracy depends on layers of checks and balances, which in turn depend on a raft of democratic institutions. These institutions aren’t exhaustively defined, but most people agree they include...
Sorry I’ve been off the air for most of a week. There’s been so much urgent news, it’s hard to remember which bits are important. I’ll have something new soon.
Searching for love in all the wrong places? Now I’m hearing stories that, as well as keeping in contact with Michael Flynn, Trump is still talking with Corey Lewandowski, Paul Manafort, and maybe other people who he fired for severe ethical lapses, and who are targets and witnesses in federal prosecutions. Michael Flynn’s lawyer is already tried to shop out his testimony to Congress, for...
I can resist everything except temptation. — Oscar Wilde You know, Donald Trump is, like, the worst best friend ever. He makes all his loyal buddies go out and tell all their friends he didn’t do anything, then the next morning, he tweets everyone about how he really did it. I mean, what a douche, right? Except…. It’s funny, but there’s one guy he didn’t...
I love the word ‘fabulist’. When a reporter asked President Trump whether he urged Comey to ease up on the Flynn investigation, Trump denied that he ever asked then-FBI Director James Comey…. Oh, who really cares what new version of his personal fantasies he’s spewing out this afternoon? Even when he’s telling the truth, if feels like he’s lying. It’s always an act, miming feelings...
Did the Washington Post miss a bigger story in their transcript? Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy in 2006 The Washington Post rushed to publish their scoop about Kevin McCarthy talking about Putin paying Trump. I admit, it’s a really juicy quote; I’ve already written about it once. This is another example of the really good reporting out of the Washington Post and the New York...
Despite what they say, over and over, lying matters. The Washington Post reports that “House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump“. The article quotes House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) in a meeting of ‘GOP Leaders’, where he purportedly said: “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15,...
Making frowny faces at the TV cameras is not the same as ‘action’. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC). With the recent revelations about Trump, Republicans either reiterated their bland responses, or simply stopped answering questions. “We could do with a little less drama from the White House on a lot of things.” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). The intelligence sharing...
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