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Category Archives: Corruption

Who will document the atrocities?

I ran across this article on my RSS reader today, and it brings to mind something that really should be foremost in our minds: the multitudinous ways in which the present Administration, aided and abetted by the entire Republican Party, has perverted our government. The truly depressing thing is that not only does this abuse […]

Meanwhile, under the radar

If I were a Republican consoling another Republican about the unraveling of the Trump administration, I’d probably start off by telling him or her to “always look on the bright side”. After all, while the impeachment drama holds everyone’s attention, it’s even easier for the ideologues operating in the bowels of the administration (and I […]

Nothing much to see here!

Here’s another one for the What if Obama (or Hillary) had Done it? file. A state judge ordered President Trump to pay $2 million in damages to nonprofit groups on Thursday after the president admitted misusing money raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his presidential bid, pay off business debts and purchase a portrait of himself […]

Is this a Quid Pro Quo I see?

It’s not illegal I guess, because it’s a Republican doing it, but I’d be willing to bet that the sainted Founding Fathers would consider it an impeachable offense: Donald Trump is showering potential jurors with campaign cash ahead of a possible Senate impeachment trial. As Politico reported on Wednesday, Trump is “rewarding senators who have his […]

Too bizarre to be true! We need an investigation!

There’s something happening hereWhat it is ain’t exactly clear   Today we learn this: Juul Labs announced on Thursday that it would temporarily halt online sales of flavored e-cigarettes like mango, products the company had already stopped distributing to retail stores as public outrage mounted over the soaring rate of teenage vaping. … The company’s decision […]

The Death of Irony

A long, long time ago..I can still remember..I embarrassed myself on this blog by misquoting Shakespeare, for I asserted that someone was hung by his own petard, when he should have been hoist by his own petard, whatever a petard happens to be. Today I risk misusing a word again, for is irony the right word in this context? Anyway, I’m […]

A good idea

A while back I made a modest proposal to the effect that Bill Barr should be disbarred. I am pleased to report that someone in Congress had the same idea (No, I don’t claim to have inspired him). Rep. Bill Pascrell announced last night that he filed complaints against AG Bill Barr in both Virginia and the District of […]

How to get rid of Kavanaugh (A fantasy)

Kavanaugh’s perjury is back in the news, and there’s some interesting speculation hereabout a way to get rid of Kavanaugh if and when we get a presidential administration that will back such an effort, not a sure thing even if the Democrat wins. (Squinting at you, Joe) Apparently, a few years ago, some right-wing law professors […]

It may not be much, but it’s the best we can do

This is rather amazing: If Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is to be believed, the U.S. State Department aided his efforts to pressure a foreign government to dig up dirt on Trump’s political enemies, according to a report from ABC News on Thursday. Giuliani claimed the State Department put Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak “in contact […]

Another in an endless series of modest proposals

It appears that William Barr is about to be held in contempt of Congress, but, this being an era in which our judiciary is now overflowing with rightwing ideologues, it is highly likely that it will take years for court battles to enforce the citation to play out, by which time he will either be out […]