Waiting for Durham
We wait and wait, but my guess is that only the lawyer who hid the CIA-asset status of Carter Page will pay any real price. I hope I’m wrong and that bigger fish get caught, but my faith in that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Trump
Sanders 2020 and Trump 2016
Looking at the 2020 Democratic primaries, it occurs to me that Sanders’ position in the Democratic field in 2020 is something like Trump’s in the Republican field in 2016. If you think that sounds bizarre, please hear me out before … Continue reading →
The Senate votes against removal
Along strict party lines, except for good old Mitt the Democrats’ hero. It is unsurprising but still astounding that with such a weak case – or rather, a non-existent case – every single Democrat voted for removal. Every one. Now, … Continue reading →
And then there was the non-handshake
The following quote is from commenter “Liz”. I haven’t done the research independently myself, but I found what she writes here fascinating, and I haven’t yet seen any reporter discussing this sort of thing: About that handshake, I found a … Continue reading →
Pelosi lets ‘er rip
I wrote about Pelosi’s paper-ripping stunt already, here. And I hate giving it any more attention, since attention was her goal. But I want to add a few things, including this NY Post cover (which I can’t seem to size … Continue reading →
Tonight’s the State of the Union address
You can discuss it here. Afterwards: As expected, Trump’s speech was the usual recitation of accomplishments during his tenure, which are many. Also as expected (by the right, anyway), he didn’t mention impeachment. As usual, there were a bunch of … Continue reading →
The peace deal: falling on deaf ears
At this point, unfortunately, Israel/Palestine peace plans are not enormous news for the simple reason that there’s no reason to believe that any such plan, however brilliant, could succeed. But Trump has tried to devise one, as have many presidents … Continue reading →
Iranphobia, Iranphilia, and the Jacksonian approach
Jonathan Schanzer writes on ending Iran’s fictions: Soleimani’s killing was, without question, the most consequential act of Trump’s presidency. It didn’t just punish Iran for the action of its proxies. After decades of the U.S. letting the Islamic Republic get … Continue reading →
Well, of course
Is there nothing the man can’t do?: You just knew that in an era of pathological Trump Derangement Syndrome, Democrats would blame Trump for Iran shooting down a Ukrainian airliner at Tehran airport on the night Iran fired ballistic missiles … Continue reading →
Trump and the Big Stick
Last night I did something I don’t often do – I watched a few minutes of television news coverage. In this case it involved what was going on in Iraq at the hands of the Iranians. I had planned on … Continue reading →
This is the sort of thing that got Joe Lieberman drummed out of the Democratic Party
Lieberman on Trump’s taking out Iran’s chief terrorist: “This is very clear from the Constitution and common sense,” former Senator Joe Lieberman said on Fox News, “that if a president decides to take action like this he doesn’t have to … Continue reading →
The aggression starts with Trump
How many people are aware that Trump’s threat to destroy 52 sites important to Iran was a response to a specific threat by Iran? Here’s what a prominent Iranian general had said just previously: [Gen. Gholamali] Abuhamzeh, commander of the … Continue reading →