This’ll be short. The indictment of Maria Butina outlines ties between Russia, the NRA, and the GOP. That goes along with recently disclosed ties between Russia, Evangelical leaders, and the GOP. If true, it helps explain the multi-million dollar surge in NRA political funding. Is this really the criminal enterprise it looks like? The NRA is the biggest Republican political contributor. Evangelicals and gun rights...
Just another day in the Trump shitstorm. In time-order: A vote for Democrats in November is a vote to let MS-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour into our cities, and to take jobs and benefits away from hardworking Americans. Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos – Republicans want LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 6, 2018 Always...
It’s weird. Everything President Donald Trump and his Republican goons are promoting are lies. All a lie; not even a bit true. Immigration, refugees, trade, policing, Medicare, Medicaid, all of it. Trump’s been making up what he sees as happy Republican lies for decades now. I’m assuming his base knows that, too. They’re not stupid people, and (all rumors to the contrary), the Republican base...
So, we’re looking at a new GOP that’s chosen to torture children for their political profit. That’s weird. Did they always do that, or is this something different? Trump, of course, is a coward who lies about the weather, for god’s sake, so he’s no measure. He denies the policy he announced earlier that day. His administration follows their deity and hysterically lie about every...
As I write, Trump is oozing over Kim Jung Un, declaring his undying affection for the mass-murdering dictator. The news networks are breathlessly covering every shift and burp as if each lurch was a significant historical milestone. Trump knew they would, and he’s preening. But me, I’m terrified. Trump is winging everything. I’d say that I don’t know what he’ll do, but I really do. We...
I admit, I watched Trump’s press conference at the G6 plus one. The liquor helped. It was bloody awful. How on earth did we elect this abuser to power? Trump acted like a deranged idiot. Republicans love posturing about how manly they are, which they seem to translate into “aggressive, selfish, and indifferent.” (Real Republican men are homophobes terrified of their sexuality. And women. And...
Here we go again. Look, I know it’s a crime in Illinois, but I’m still going to subject people to Trump’s tweets. I know they’re not pretty (or well punctuated), but they are surprisingly entertaining. The modern American President is just spinning away. Maybe he’s feeling especially vulnerable, but there is far too much free time in that man’s mornings. I thought he had a job? ...
Before we argue all the wonderfully lurid details of Trump’s latest ethical fiasco, it’s worth asking whether Trump is guilty. The answer is easy: of course he is. I mean, come on! The simple appearance of corruption disappeared out of his rear-view mirror long before he was elected. Trump isn’t even mildly guilty, he’s fantastically, hysterically, pathologically guilty. He’s “A new field of abnormal psychology”...