From Stephen Miller, who is a senior adviser for policy to Trump: n 2016, President Trump ran against Washington’s “deep state” and “permanent bureaucracy,” said Miller, and they remain so angry that they are lying, leaking, and attacking the administration’s … Continue reading →
Clinton and Trump are both white guys, when last I checked. But many Democrats called the Clinton impeachment and trial a lynching, despite the fact that due process was strictly observed and the Starr report had listed evidence of actual … Continue reading →
…but not for more of his party. Actually, it was somewhat of a trouncing for Trudeau, although with all the parties involved he managed to be re-elected anyway: Not only was Trudeau’s Liberal Party forced by voters to accept a … Continue reading →
In a recent thread I mentioned that Beto O’Rourke lied about how leftist he was when he was running against Cruz for the Senate, and that he’d been following the principle “Lie until you get in power, and then do … Continue reading →
The latest: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major setback on Saturday as the country’s parliament voted to delay the Brexit ahead of the October 31 deadline. Lawmakers voted by 322 to 306 in favor of an amendment that … Continue reading →
I wonder what the limits of propaganda are. That is, how many of the people can you fool how much of the time if your propaganda is relentless enough and complete enough? I think it depends on whether people perceive … Continue reading →
No, I didn’t watch. Actually, that’s not true. I watched – that is, I was on an airplane the whole time, and the person next to me was viewing the debate on her little TV screen, listening to it with … Continue reading →
A year ago, right after the terribly destructive fires in northern California, PG&E was heavily criticized for not having cut the power sufficiently when the winds blew. Now they are criticized for cutting the power when the winds blow and … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting take: But one thing no one is looking at is the position Trump is in, with no prospect of support or even reasonable collaboration from the House of Representatives. For the sake of the Americans in uniform … Continue reading →
I have grown very cynical. So Rand Paul’s call to investigate the four senators will probably go nowhere: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called for a probe into four Democratic Senators on Sunday over a letter that they sent to Ukraine … Continue reading →
Josh Chavetz is a law professor at Cornell, and he has written an opinion piece in the NY Times entitled “The House Can Play Hardball, Too. It Can Arrest Giuliani: Two ways that Democrats in the House can match the … Continue reading →
The latest is that the so-called whistleblower (who is really a leaker, IMHO) worked with Joe Biden during the Obama administration. That seems odd, because the allegations of the whistleblower have the potential to hurt Biden as much as they … Continue reading →