Stop Pretending: We Already Know the Truth
Americans are waiting for evidence about Republican corruption, even though we already know the answers. What does it say about America that we’re not willing to defend it?
Don’t Compromise on blackmail
The partial federal shutdown is now at a month, and we sit, frozen and complacent. President Trump insists on $5.7B for his wall. The Democrats insist that the idea is insane (which is correct) and that, while they’ll compromise on almost any other aspect of border security, they won’t pay...
No, the Truth Won’t Matter
Robert Mueller will eventually deliver the Special Council Office report in the next few months. Heck, might drop in weeks. Democrats everywhere want to know the dirt, but we’re worried that our new Attorney General might not let the full truth come out. If we want the Truth, we might...
Congress Should Help Launch Trump’s Star Wars Border Wall
We are at a federal governmental impasse. We have nowhere to go. Our 2-sided government decays to the point where neither side will budge an inch. Ever. The entire government train has stopped, all for Trump’s Wall. Time to call it. Like a marriage that’s reached an end, both sides...
The Media and Poor Reading Comprehension
(I borrowed the image from an excellent article in Mother Jones: It’s Time for Journalism to Stand for Something.) Here’s a surprise. Apparently, despite publishing hundreds of thousands of words every day, the Washington Post and the New York Times show poor reading comprehension. I thought they’d be better, but...
Trump Alters Official Federal Record
This is very bad. The White House is scrubbing embarrassing information from official US records. They took the time to alter a transcript, deleting a critical question. It’s time for us to pay special attention. Remember last week’s horrific press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir...
Bizzaro Trumpland
We keep calling Trumpland the new Bizzaro world, but it’s more literally true than we admit. It doesn’t just appear that Trump does the opposite of everything sensible. Trump attacks the American democracy, complaining about how unfair it is that its… um, fair, and might target him or people he...
Silly Questions about Congressional Oversight
OK, this is crazy enough. Nobody (or so we’re told by Republicans, Democrats, and the media) knows what happened during Trump’s private meeting with Vladimir Putin. How could we know? Trump made sure there weren’t any staffers or stenographers in the room. Trump deliberately eliminated every person who would normally...
Another Day in Trumpland
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 –...
The Cake is a Lie
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...
Republicans Torture Children
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...
Trump’s Newest Photo-Op
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...
Trump Deranged
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,...
Trump Conspired with our Enemies
We already know that Trump’s presidential campaign staff — including his adult children — conspired with agents and groups from Russia, China, and the UAE to influence the American presidential election. While it’s hard to quantify that influence, we don’t have to try hard. The voting difference in the key battleground...
Trump’s Favorite Lies
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 Trump Guilty?
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...
Will America be able to fix the Republican corruption after Trump fails?
Are Republicans in Congress covering up malfeasance by the Trump administration? Are they blocking investigations of corruption because they might be committed by Republicans, at the same time using the instruments of our government to attack their political opponents? Are they hiding evidence of illicit coordination between Trump’s election campaign...
President Trump will hurt America by breaking the Iran nuclear treaty
Trump seems increasingly likely to decertify Iran’s compliance with the Iranian nuclear deal. The deal is good for Europe and good for the US, but it was a something Obama touched, so Trump wants it to die. And he can, simply by decertifying Iran’s compliance. You can see Trump’s trigger-finger...