Not quite live-streaming here, but I’ve got a DVR, I’ve got a really strong drink, and I’m watching damn Trump. First, he’s reading from the teleprompter, not off the cuff. Not yet. Is it wrong to be disappointed? Trump started with a pretty good unity message. I’m sure someone wrote it for him. He seemed unsure about many of the phrases, and he went back...
I know it’s hard to get upset with Republican hypocrisy, but why is it, I wonder, that the GOP is so set against free trade, almost across the board? If a question comes up, they dependably support monopolies, oligopolies, and any carefully protected and entrenched industry. There’s no industrial protection they won’t defend. Sure, they’re responding to their corporate overlords. Citizens’ United has corrupted the...
I was looking through Trump’s CPAC speech, when I read this section of the transcript. He was in the middle of his “Might makes Right” part (might have been “Peace through strength”, or “Tall, yet short”. I forget.) At the same time, we fully understand that national security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get...
Wilbur Ross is, among other roles, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus PCL, and the bank’s majority shareholder. The Bank of Cyprus PCL is a murky, closed back that is reputed to be a favorite of Russian oligarchs. Since the second largest shareholder is, in fact, a close friend of Putin and one of those oligarchs, that’s a...
[Update: in his address to the Joint Session of Congress, Trump actually led with a mention of the Kansas shooting. He didn’t go anywhere, but it was still good of him to mention it.] I mean, who knew being a good example was that important? Every president has walked a careful line on moral issues, gently suggesting anodyne advice that’s so obvious and boring,...
I was reading a White House briefing transcript, when Spicer took an early question from: “Roby Brock with Talk Business & Politics here in Arkansas, the home of the rowdiest town halls in the nation.” Really, that intro should end in an exclamation point. I was hooked. Anyway, Roby Brock asked whether Jeff Sessions would start prosecuting marijuana possession in states (presumably including Arkansas) where...
I’ve been reading the 2016 Republican Party Platform. So you don’t have to. I’m not pretending Trump believes any of it, but I do expect at least a handwave at principles from actual, practicing Republicans. So, start at the beginning: We believe in American exceptionalism. We believe the United States of America is unlike any other nation on earth. We believe America is exceptional because...
Listening to Rep. Tom Cotton (R-OK) talk on Meet The Press is pretty frightening. Chuck Todd asked Rep. Tom Cotton whether he’d been asked to speak to the press. He said ‘no’, but added: SEN. TOM COTTON: Chuck, I generally try to refrain from much comment about what’s happening in my work on the intelligence committee or the armed services committee, because I want to...
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