Unnecessary Cruelty Like most people, I usually have a mix of reasons for stuff I do. Sometimes they’re all true, and sometimes the reason I hold up is just a front for another, less defensible idea. Watching Trump’s horrible immigration crackdown in action, I can talk about the impossibility of deporting 11 million people, or the terrible cost of each of his comic book ideas. […]
Damn. I hate changing my mind. The New York Times has an editorial today: The Pope on Panhandling: Give Without Worry. I know I do that judgemental thing. “They’re just scamming me. How do I know they really need the money? What if they spend it on drugs? Why should I get that guy money, and not everyone?” Pope Francis’s answer is easy: don’t worry, […]
Principles Denied Scott Walker has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times: Against Protests, Republicans Must Stand Strong. First issue. No idea, have I, why the Times, the word order mangles. Are they closet Star Wars geeks? Second, I have no idea why Republicans lie so casually. Maybe they think if they repeat the same lies often enough, people will at least be more comfortable […]
NYTimes Asks the Big Election Question I think a New York Times opinion piece by Tim Wu today is on to something. In How Donald Trump Wins by Losing Tim Wu suggested that the chaos and constant spectacle Trump spins off every day isn’t from him trying to do stuff. He doesn’t seem to care about that part of the Presidency. Instead, Trump wants everyone’s […]
It Won’t Change Anything. I know it sounds dour, but it’s true. We now know that Pence did something almost like Hillary’s email mistake. But he did it using terrible, terrible security. He did used AOL for what may be criminal goals, and certainly to hide what he was doing as Indiana Governor And he got hacked. And he hid the fact.
Irony-Free Zone? I know we’ve become inured to hypocrisy, but here we go anyway. According to the IndyStar, then-Governor of Indiana Michael Pence used an AOL account for some government business. He sometimes discussed sensitive government actions, including Homeland Security issues. This isn’t exactly the sin that Pence excoriated Hillary Clinton for, during Trump’s Presidential campaign. It’s much worse.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jared Kushner also met with Russian representatives before the election. This was in a meeting with Michael Flynn. The administration didn’t release this. Flynn didn’t say so out loud. Kushner didn’t tell anyone. The FBI, which obviously knew this, didn’t say anything, even when Jeff Sessions perjured himself when he said that didn’t happen, either. And Trump left his […]
FBI Becomes Part of the Scandal Jeff Sessions lied during his confirmation hearing. He did talk to the Russian Ambassador several times. The FBI monitors the Russian Ambassador 24 hours a day, including his phone calls and everyone he talks to. The US Attorney General knows this. So why on earth didn’t the FBI mention before now that Jeff Sessions had lied under oath to […]
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