It’s the money, stupid.
The number one political issue is money. Money is the root cause of political corruption. We need to fix that first.
I Claimed Trump Was A Psychopath, Turns Out He Isn’t Smart Enough
No collusion! There was no collusion, none, no collusion. Notice Trump rarely recalls who he supposedly colluded with, but instead claims across the board, no one colludes with him, except maybe Twitter, they just LOVE Trump. As we all suspected, he isn’t smart enough to conspire with anyone vaguely intelligent (except Treasury Secretary Mark Mnuchin). Nor are even modestly clever psychopaths jumping to bring Trump […]
Ethical Test for Republicans
Attorney General William Barr suggested during his Senate testimony that President Donald Trump has the authority to suspend any investigation if he chooses. Barr doesn’t say this, but that same argument implies in reverse: Trump could also begin an investigation into anyone he chose as well. Imagine that. Barr has suggested no limits, implying that our President could commit any crime without legal penalty. (He’s […]
Please stop wasting our time on lies
Why do otherwise smart people waste so much of their talent on obvious lies? Worse, why do they want to waste our time with them? Is this some parlor game I missed? I have things to see, places to do, noses to pick, that kind of thing. Why are they still wasting our time? It should matter if someone lies to you. And we already […]
I’m Your Scary Pretty Girl
I have a message for Republicans. I’ve been watching the conservative hate machine chewing on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez like she’s a doggie toy. I have to say, it’s disturbingly Freudian. Conservatives struggling to mash AOC into their ‘scary pretty girl’ mold. Not submissive or deferential enough for you? Too strong? More importantly, I can’t figure out why none of you are embarrassed when every official Republican […]
The New Dust Bowl
Here’s a weird thing. Big changes are coming. We know that they’re coming; we’ve been watching the buildup for decades. It’ll be big and wide with lots of moving parts. In this post, I’m just looking at one possibility that scares me, both for what it might become, and how we’ll act if it does happen. Imagine if there was a new Dust Bowl. President […]
The Media Pretend to Believe Trump’s Panicked Lies
OK, look. Why do most of the big news sources spend so much time carefully evaluating Trump’s ‘diplomatic failure’ with Kim Jung Un in Vietnam? They dissect Trump’s goals, his actions, his assumptions, and so on. Why are they so determinedly credulous? It’s not like many people believe Trump’s version of what happened. We all know Trump panicked and bailed. President Donald Trump met with […]
Republican Reality Check
OK, here’s my reality check. Republicans love trashing Michael Cohen. I can’t blame them, but after a point, it gets old. They attack the messenger, and yes, he’s an unreliable narrator, but there’s a problem. If you’re a lawyer, you trash the evidence, but then you present your counter-argument. That never happened. None of the Republicans so dutifully and energetically attacking Cohen seem to disagree […]