For example: I’m in the Oval Office. Democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for Border Security, including the Wall. You voted yes in 2006 and 2013. One more yes, but with me in office, … Continue reading →
Last Thursday I wrote a post on that subject, and today I see this from Lindsay Graham, which makes me think that the speculation in that previous post is probably true: “We’re fighting a war against ISIS. They’re still not … Continue reading →
I think this is bad news: Trump tweeting that we are leaving Syria has rocked the world…there has been pushback to Trump regarding this decision. Syria, as we all know, has been a cluster from the get go. But now … Continue reading →
James Comey seems to be in “what, me worry?” mode. Lat Monday’s statement of note from this wise public servant was as follows: Mr. Meadows: All right. So, when you saw [that the Steele dossier was funded by a private … Continue reading →
There won’t be a government shutdown over the issue of funding the wall. Did I think it would actually come to a shutdown? Probably not; the GOP has no stomach for it and Trump is savvy enough to know that … Continue reading →
Were Trump’s payments to Stormy Daniels via Michael Cohen a crime of any sort? Bradley A. Smith at National Review says “no”: …the law — following our common sense — tells us that the hush-money payments outlined by the U.S. … Continue reading →
Here’s how lawfare works when the FBI wants to get you: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who arranged the bureau’s interview with then-national security adviser Michael Flynn at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 — the interview that … Continue reading →
Here’s the law, according to Mark Levin. But there’s no guarantee whatsoever that the rule of law will prevail, when partisan politics are involved (which is just about all the time, lately). Levin makes five main points. The first is … Continue reading →
The fixer couldn’t fix it for himself: Before leveling his sentence, Judge William Pauley said “Cohen pled guilt to a veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct” and “lost his moral compass,” adding that “as a lawyer, Mr. Cohen should have known … Continue reading →
In his recent testimony before the House of Representatives, James Comey presented himself as being something like a sleepwalker—he remembers nothing, knows nothing, and cannot even speculate on things he was involved in, much less ones that involved others in … Continue reading →
One of the most disturbing things about the war on Donald Trump is the differential application of the law and the political nature of decisions to prosecute. Andrew C. McCarthy describes the situation thusly: The major takeaway from the 40-page … Continue reading →
No surprise here. By the way, the lede in that article is very poorly written. Or maybe it’s very well written, depending on what the writers were hoping to convey. Let’s take a look: Former White House chief of staff … Continue reading →