Reading time – 3:51; Viewing time – 5:59 . . . ♠ Investigations The past week was busy: – Paul Manafort was convicted on 8 criminal charges. – Michael Cohen plead guilty to multiple felony charges. – Michael Cohen also accused the President of directing him to commit felonies. – Allen Weisselberg, the longtime CFO… [read more]
Reading time – 4:02 . . . Last week the Distractor-in-Chief issued an official Presidential policy statement. Of course, it came via tweet, wherein he boldly declared in all capital letters, The Iranian leader was so thoroughly cowed by the President’s capital letter tweet that he replied that all Iranians are “unimpressed.” And so go… [read more]
Reading time – 2:59; Viewing time – 4:06 . . . Here’s Jax definition of populism: Mob behavior gussied up with a slick political cover. Trump’s base is entirely populist, calling for extreme reaction to any issue and blunt force solutions to all problems. Think: Muslim ban; kidnapping children; building a $38 billion wall; embracing… [read more]
Reading time – 2:15 . . . It’s time to focus on Trump’s policies and policy actions and what they mean to us. “America First” is more a campaign bumper sticker than a strategy, so that’s not a helpful guide. All I’ve been able to find are Trump’s various tactics to accomplish . . . … [read more]
Reading time – 2:38; Viewing time – 3:13 . . . You’re horrified at those nursing babies being ripped from their mothers’ arms by I.C.E. agents. You’re speechless and apoplectic at the same time over kids who have literally done nothing wrong being put into shelters that you know full well are jails. You may… [read more]
Reading time – 3:39; Viewing time – 5:22 . . . Question 1 In 2012 President Obama signed the Executive Order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – DACA. He did this both because it was the right way to treat these folks and because the Republican Congress was dedicated solely to opposing anything Obama… [read more]
Reading time – 2:10 . . . In a recent conversation, a friend wondered why working-class voters vote for politicians and support policies that are at odds with their own interests. It’s my belief that these voters don’t think through the situation. All they recognize is that a program of small government and low taxes… [read more]
* Bupkis – Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance. Reading time 1:17 . . . Who doesn’t want the nuclear capabilities of homicidal, fratricidal uncle-cidal Kim Jong-un eliminated? So, the upcoming summit between Kim and Trump has everyone’s interest and hopes for success, with success defined as ending North Korea’s nuclear threat. Sadly,… [read more]
Reading time – 3:21; Viewing time – 4:23 . . . The discussions drone on, with the current outrage over Trump’s cowardly firing of Rex Tillerson. I say cowardly, because apparently Trump tweeted the firing to the world hours before Tillerson found out about it from a third party. In other words, once again Mr…. [read more]
Reading time – 3:19; Viewing time – 4:36 . . . When I see or hear behavior that stands out, one of my first responses is to wonder what’s behind that. For example, when Donald Trump demands a military parade and faintly lauds the Nazis in Charlottesville and insults Gold Star Families and imposes import… [read more]
