Trump lies again
Our so-called President used Twitter to lie again last night. He Tweeted the following: xIt is a disgrace that my full Cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our...
View ArticleA Plea to the Ossoff campaign
There is a point of not only diminishing returns, but NEGATIVE returns, when your supporters’ email boxes are flooded with multiple pleading, begging, increasingly desperate pleas for funds EVERY...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump asked Comey to end Flynn investigation
The New York Times is reporting that after a February meeting with Comey and other intelligence officials, Trump asked Comey to stay behind and asked him to end the Flynn investigation. They are also...
View ArticleTrump Jr.'s "modified limited hang-out"
Well, so much for the "there's no evidence of collusion" argument, since Donny, Jr. yesterday ADMITTED that they were trying to collude with the Russians. His first story was that the meeting with the...
View ArticleThis is what Christianity is all about to me
The pastor of my church has been doing a series of sermons this summer on compassion. Yesterday’s installment was on "Loving the Stranger" and focused on the responsibility of Christians to refugees...
View ArticleIs Trump trying to foment an anti-Muslim pogrom?
It’s difficult to come to any other conclusion after reading 3 tweets from far-right British politician Jayda Fransen, the acting leader of BritainFirst. Just how odious is Ms. Fransen? In 2016, she...
View ArticleGrassley and Graham recommend prosecution ... of Christopher Steele
Well, Charles Grassley and Lindsey Graham recommend prosecution of somebody in connection with Russian attempts to subvert American democracy. The person they recommend be prosecuted is Christopher...
View ArticleThis is what speaking truth to power looks like!
During the campaign, Donald Trump claimed to be a Presbyterian, even though he is apparently not a member of any Presbyterian church and seems completely unfamiliar with his supposed faith. Here is a...
View ArticleJulian Assange: Trump's Defender
Donald Trump has an interesting new defender — Julian Assange. Yep, the same Julian Assange who has spent the past several years holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London hiding from the law.Today,...
View ArticleThe proposed new USDA "America's Harvest Box"
It’s been widely reported that Trump’s proposed budget would substitute a new USDA “America’s Harvest Box” of non-perishable food for a major portion of the SNAP (“food stamp”) benefits of any family...
View ArticleTrump attacks Sessions again on Twitter
Again this morning, the 3 year old in the White House took to Twitter to attack his own Attorney General. This time, it was the following: xWhy is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to...
View ArticleTrump declares trade war on our closest ally
Trump seems to think his steel and aluminum tariffs are going to harm China. The problem is that they will do even more harm to our neighbor to the north, and our closest ally, Canada. Does Trump...
View ArticleAt least they're not TRYING to blow up the world
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was, I guess, trying to be reassuring when he said, about Trump’s tariff decision, “We're not trying to blow up the world. There's no intention of that,"...
View ArticleTrump "body man" must have some real dirt
According to an article on Politico, recently fired Trump personal aide and “body man” John McEntee may soon be rehired. According to reports from numerous news sources, he was fired because his...
View ArticleMark Penn must really hate Hillary!
I guess not being hired to run her 2016 campaign after he did such a wonderful job of getting her the nomination in 2008 must have left a bitter taste in his mouth. That’s the only explanation I can...
View ArticleBREAKING: Manafort jury has apparently reached verdict on 17 counts
The jury sent a question to the judge, which was how do they complete the verdict sheet if they’ve reached agreement on only 17 of the 18 counts. They also asked for a clean copy of the verdict sheet....
View ArticleTrump issues a revised Pledge of Allegiance
Here is the text of the Presidential proclamation issuing the new Pledge of Allegiance:I, Donald Trump, the greatest President in the history of the United States, the greatest leader in the history of...
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...
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 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...
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