Might be good ‘shrooms. I remember, listening to Trump’s speech, wondering if he was living in some cocaine-fueled delusion: Dying industries will come roaring back to life, heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need. Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve....
Can You Be Both Pro-Trump and American? And here’s a quote from Trump’s speech to Congress: It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources...
I can’t believe I’m about to write this. I find myself almost awash in truly excellent news coverage about the dishonest and corrupt Trump administration. Not only is Trump himself despicable and openly evil, his minions have been really amazingly corrupt and venial. Time and again, his nominees have perjured...
The post-speech people are talking to Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) from the Finger Lakes region, which I call something close to home. Asked about how Trump can restart industry and create all the new jobs we need, and the $1 trillion infrastructure bit, Rep. Collins was stuck with tariffs and...
It’s hard to know how the speech worked. It’ll probably be well received by his base, since he didn’t trip over his tongue, and even waxed poetic at the end. At least as poetic as you can be talking about immigrants as “vicious, murdering criminals”, as Rachael Maddow characterized it....
Trump Talks about strongly supporting NATO. And then swears that money is starting to pour in from our partners. He conflates that money with respect from our partners, as if they are the same thing. He talks about respect as measured by the money our partners provide. NATO payments have...
Oh, Jeez. He introduces a widow of “a warrior and a hero, battling against terrorism, and securing our nation.” It’s Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens, the Special Forces guy who died on the Seal Team 6 raid in Yemen. You remember? That raid that Trump authorized over dinner, and...
“We must break the cycle of violence.” The murder rate is growing, he almost says. “This is not acceptable.” Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to attend a safe school, and to have access to a high paying job. But to create this...
He hits his infrastructure bill. One Trillion Dollars! So Doctor Evil. Then he moved one. “I call on our people to repeal and replace Obamacare!” So much for being hard to do. It’ll all be better, cheaper, faster, without inconveniencing anyone. Good luck there. But it’s not like he’ll be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
Did the New York Times spike the article? In the printed version of today’s New York Times, the paper did have an article about the DHS investigation on risk from immigrants and refugees. According to White House announcements before the study was complete, it was supposed to conclude that Trump’s...
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