Summary of Barr’s summary: No further indictments recommended, no non-public indictments. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: expat.} Andrew C. McCarthy writes (and please read the whole thing): Trump antagonists [are now] clamoring for full disclosure of the special counsel’s final report. Mind you, when skeptics of the Trump-Russia investigation asked what the criminal predicate … Continue reading →
…it never comes out. The Russian collusion allegations have gone on about as long as the Trump presidency, the Mueller investigation nearly as long. These things, and the hopes they both reflect and engender, have sustained the left and never-Trumpers … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed—around the blogosphere in general as well as on some comments at yesterday’s thread about the twelve Republican senators who voted to block Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border—that quite a few people on the right … Continue reading →
I’m often struck by how artificial most politicians are when they speak. So little of what they say seems unguarded, natural, spontaneous, or sincere. Everything is strategic. That doesn’t mean that everything a politician says is effective as a tactic. … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of discussion about what Pelosi meant when she said this about impeaching Trump: But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling … Continue reading →
This was one of the known consequences of Democrats taking the House: A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump kicked off a sweeping new investigation on Monday with document demands from the White House, Trump’s … Continue reading →
…was the longed-for silver bullet to kill the monster Trump. I think it must be very frustrating for the left and the NeverTrumpers. If they truly believe the man is corrupt and an idiot (and I think that most of … Continue reading →
According to CNN, President Trump is using his progress in denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to distract from their fake news. pic.twitter.com/bM82jZyQRC — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 27, 2019 Actually, if you go to the CNN article that Adams is … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson has given a fascinating interview to Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker. The interview is well worth reading if only for the thesis that Hanson, a classics professor, offers about Trump: Do you feel that in some … Continue reading →
I have my doubts about this article. The author may be dreaming, or making much too much of some events that have much less significance than he thinks. But it’s certainly interesting, and so I bring it up for discussion. … Continue reading →
…or is it only the right that’s outraged? That’s a rhetorical question; I’m pretty sure of the answer, and it’s door #2. That in and of itself is disturbing, because it’s evidence of the fact that way too many people … Continue reading →