Right now I don’t have several free hours to take on the task of trying to sort out the confusion in this story, as evidence by the first three headlines listed at Memeorandum: —From the WaPo: “The State Department’s entire … Continue reading →
There’s been a ton of chatter and mockery about Kelly Conway’s use of the phrase “alternative facts” to describe Trump press secretary Sean Spicer’s initial statements about attendance at the Trump inauguration. Here’s a piece at The Hill by Jennifer … Continue reading →
It’s gotten so that I can hardly stand to look at the news. Now, the regular readers here know my opinion of Donald Trump. Let’s just say I’m no sycophant. I criticized him harshly before the nomination (a nomination I … Continue reading →
To me, Trump’s inaugural speech was congruent with his prior message, and mainly struck notes of populism and nationalism. What else would anyone expect? He hammered on the idea of government during his administration as listening to and being responsive … Continue reading →
The steady drip-drip-drip of the “Trump is so unpopular” message goes on. I’ve already dealt with the issue at length recently, so I’ll not go into it in depth again right now. However, I’ll add that—unlike Donald Trump—I don’t think … Continue reading →
During Obama’s 2008 campaign and for the entire near-decade that’s passed since them, the press has almost-uniformly adored him and been his willing handmaiden and booster. With Donald Trump, it’s a bit more complicated. And that’s putting it mildly. At … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was talking to a friend of mine who’s a political moderate and who wondered whether I was starting to feel sympathy for Trump. “No, not at all!” I protested. “I’ve never felt any sympathy for him, and he … Continue reading →
I’m not going to write much more about the Trump “dossier” story today, because I think it’s been beaten to death by now. I’ll simply add that it’s served its purpose. I would wager that most of the people I … Continue reading →
Well, it’s not as alliterative as saying it about Fox News. But check this out. Recall as you read it that CNN claimed earlier today that Trump had been briefed by the intelligence community on memos alleging that the Trump … Continue reading →
And it’s not even subtle about it. An error of this magnitude and type is no “error’ at all: A CBS Radio News report on the horrific black-on-white torture case in Chicago falsely implied that the victim was black and … Continue reading →
Lots of news today about the Russians, the 2016 election, the hacking, and the leaks. The Russians celebrated the Trump victory. The DNC refused to give its servers to the FBI for an investigation. Trump says it’s a politically motivated … Continue reading →
…with so much big news going on today, we have some news about bigness from Politico. I kid you not. And they’re apparently serious, too. What new revelations about size are forthcoming? I shudder to think.
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