…the makers of Melania’s dress must be very very happy. It sold out immediately, and at over $2,000 a pop that’s not chump change (although it may be Trump change). I wish all the Melania-dress-buyers well, though, in wearing it … Continue reading →
Here’s Matt Yglesias: Picture Donald Trump on a series of calls with advisors and heads of government from around the region, and inside the NATO alliance, devising a constructive response to a coup attempt in Turkey. Good luck… …[T]o be … Continue reading →
Her anti-Trump comments seem to have struck a nerve. Ginsburg has now made an attempt at walkback: “On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” the associate justice said in a … Continue reading →
I have rarely felt so repulsed by Congressional testimony as I did yesterday on watching some of Loretta Lynch’s answers before the House. I used the word “answers,” but they were really the most astoundingly verbose double-talk I’ve ever heard. … Continue reading →
It’s often an empty exercise to mourn what might have been. One reason is that one can never know, because the road not taken is just that: not taken. We are free to imagine any “if only” that suits our … Continue reading →
Rumor has it that Chris Christie is being vetted as a possible Trump VP. Who woulda thunk it? Just about everyone. I’m still waiting for this move from Trump, though. And remember, you read it here first. To be a … Continue reading →
This article reminded me of something that hadn’t been in the forefront of my mind: the GOP convention will be held in three weeks. Three weeks. That’s pretty soon. So, who will come, and who will be speaking? Will it … Continue reading →
It’s not that he’s never criticized her before. But the speech Trump gave today focused on those criticisms. I’ve been expecting that to happen, because realistically speaking it’s his only chance—to ramp up the already-existent dislike and disapproval of Clinton … Continue reading →
Even though I’ve come to believe that Trump is a terrible candidate for the general election and would like to see him replaced by a viable conservative alternative, I take no comfort whatsoever in how poorly he seems to be … Continue reading →
…to Corey Lewandowski. NOTE: For those of you who don’t get the “buh-bye” reference, it’s from this 1994 Saturday Night Live sketch (I can’t find the whole thing to embed; this is just excerpts): [ADDENDUM: Here’s a link to the … Continue reading →
If you want to look at some depressing polls on Donald Trump, see this and this. Things can change, I know. It’s early, I know. But Trump’s abysmal showing in the polls against another weak candidate, Hillary Clinton, has been … Continue reading →
And yet, he is. It’s Donald Trump’s 70th birthday. I wrote a previous post on the advanced ages of the candidates; you can find it here.
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