Trump extends Secret Service protection to his adult kids and top admin...
In a final “up yours” to the American taxpayer, supposed billionaire Donald Trump signed an order extending round-the-clock Secret Service Protection for an additional six months to Donald Trump, Jr,...
View ArticleCan Trump run out the clock on the stimulus bill?
Under Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution, If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law,...
View ArticleTrump personally called GOP members of the Wayne County canvassing board
Trump personally called GOP members of the Wayne County canvassing board after their meeting at which they first voted not to certify and then voted to certify. www.freep.com/… After Trump’s call,...
View ArticleTrump went to the Oval Office yesterday ... or not!
Once again demonstrating that they’re the gang who couldn’t even lie straight, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow went on CNBC this morning and said that Donald Trump was feeling so good that he...
View ArticleBiden/Harris should turn the tables on Trump
Donald Trump has co-opted the White House Rose Garden for him and his wife to speak at a frankly and explicitly political event. Mike Pence is doing the same thing tomorrow night with Fort McHenry...
View ArticleTara Reade's lawyer was a big Trump backer in 2016
The strange case of Tara Reade’s allegations against Joe Biden keeps getting curioser and curioser. AP reports that Tara Reade is being represented by attorney Douglas Wigdor, who just happens to have...
View ArticleCovid-19 hits small town America hard
Try to watch Rachel Maddow’s show from earlier this evening. She describes what’s going on in Blackhawk County, Iowa (Waterloo/Cedar Falls), and includes footage from medical professionals there. I’ve...
View ArticleTrump preparing to throw Modly under the bus
Poor, stupid Acting Navy Secretary Modly. He was too stupid to learn from the example of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions that the concept of loyalty down is utterly foreign to Donald Trump. And mark my...
View ArticleTrump wants to bring back the business entertainment rip-off
In the guise of helping the restaurant industry recover, Donald Trump wants to restore the deductibility of business entertainment expenses. Until 2018, this may have been the biggest rip-off for the...
View ArticleTrump has apparently managed to intimidate the FDA
In a letter dated Saturday, but only released late on Sunday, the FDA announced that it had issued an emergency use authorization to use chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate from the...
View ArticleWhen statistics are too exact, they're almost certainly lies
This morning, the head of FEMA couldn’t even give a rough estimate of how many masks, ventilators, or other supplies or equipment have been sent from the national stockpile. This afternoon, Donald...
View ArticleThe USNS Comfort apparently won't be ready for weeks, but there are alternatives
According to reports, the USNS Comfort, the hospital ship homeported in Norfolk and that Trump promised to send to NYC, is undergoing significant maintenance and won’t be able to deploy for several...
View ArticleI don't understand why Congressional Republicans are still supporting Trump
Donald Trump’s many failures in handling this pandemic aren’t a matter of Republican vs. Democrat, or liberal vs. conservative. They’re a matter of Donald Trump having the emotional maturity of a...
View ArticleTrump does it again
We all know now that within 24 hours after Robert Mueller’s testimony to Congress, Donald Trump flexed his power by making the phone call to the President of Ukraine. Now, within 24 hours after...
View ArticleAbout that Proposed Citizenship Question on the Census
If Trump somehow succeeds in getting his precious citizenship question inserted into the 2020 Census, I think consideration should be given to a massive refusal to answer the question. After all, while...
View ArticleA question for Elizabeth Warren supporters
As I understand it, Elizabeth Warren is proposing a 2% tax on wealth per household that exceeds $50 million. This seems to be pretty much based upon what Thomas Piketty proposed in his book, Wealth in...
View ArticleTrump adds another area of claimed "expertise" about which he knows nothing.
Hilariously, in a since-deleted Tweet, Donald Trump has now proclaimed himself an expert on the rules of horse racing. He’s got complaints about the decision of the stewards to disqualify the apparent...
View ArticleTrump and an armed robbery
A number of years ago, my wife and I were driving through Washington, DC returning from vacation. We stopped at a combination convenience store/gas station operated by an immigrant couple. I stayed...
View ArticleAccording to Trump, the U.S. has never been a country.
I just heard him say it again, and it drives me nuts. According to Donald Trump, if we don’t have a wall, we don’t have a border, and if we don’t have a border, we don’t have a country. There has never...
View ArticleTrump's "Three Dog Defense"
Donald Trump’s explanation of payments on his behalf to silence women about his affairs with them reminds me of a story sometimes used to devastating effect by lawyers representing plaintiffs in...
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