The real story is the way Argentina greeted President Trump upon his arrival at this annual Kabuki dance. After all, here is what Trump said when China denied Obama the red-carpet treatment upon his arrival at the G20 summit in 2016: You see that? They have pictures of other leaders who are … coming down… Read more.
Archives for November 2018
Democrats Take House. Republicans Hold Senate. Not Quite the ‘Restoration’ Hoped For…
But this is enough to ensure Trump will finally learn that his lies, high crimes and misdemeanors have consequences. #Subpoena! That said, there’s no denying the disappointment that so many high-profile, anti-Trump Democrats lost to Trump-hugging Republicans. Those Democrats include Andrew Gillum for governor in Florida, Stacey Abrams for governor in Georgia, Claire McCaskill for… Read more.
US Midterm Elections: It’s All About Getting Out the VOTE (GOTV)!
So forget all the annoying ads, campaign rallies, and political bitching. Time’s Up! I have never used this forum to tell people to vote, let alone how to. But I never want to experience the feeling I had the morning after the 2016 presidential election ever again. It was an utterly gutted feeling of anomie,… Read more.
Trump Promised a Beautiful Wall. But…
He’s delivering an ugly barbed-wire fence. Oh, and Mexico still ain’t payin’! As three separate migrant caravans slowly made their way north through Mexico on Saturday, newly arrived US troops worked to lay a barbed-wire fence along the Texas side of the Rio Grande. … ‘I saw that beautiful barbed wire going up,’ Trump said… Read more.
Political Amber Alert…
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Migrant Caravan Has Mattis Abandoning Military Principles for Trumpian Politics
An infectious feature of Trump’s presidency is the willingness of so many to abandon professional and personal principles to serve his amoral and often helter-skelter political agenda. Two of his Jewish advisers, Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, demonstrated this in spades. No doubt you recall the moment Trump informed the… Read more.