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Going Full Fascist

Friday, February 7, 2020

I suppose this was inevitable. For months, congressional Republicans have complained that the impeachment of Donald Trump was delaying important policy, repeating the mantra “get back to work.” Now that the impeachment process is over, they are instead pushing for new investigations in retaliation. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham essentially admitted this plan on Fox News […]

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Operation theocracy heating up

Monday, January 13, 2020

This is something that, so far as I am currently aware, is at least currently passing pretty much under the radar, as are so many heinous things from the current administration. President Donald Trump plans to introduce new guidance for expanding “constitutional prayer” in public schools. According to CBS News broadcaster Steven Portnoy, Trump’s schedule for […]

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Meanwhile, under the radar

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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 […]

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Really, this should stop

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Donald Trump wants tanks rolling through the streets of Washington on the Fourth of July. He envies his pal in North Korea, and he wants the tanks as a tribute to himself. That is the long and short of it. Anyone who tells you different is lying. In the print edition of this morning’s New […]

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Some speculation

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

I’ve been thinking a bit about Individual-1’s threats to declare a national emergency so he can build his wall. I’m not 100% wedded to this idea, but It occurs to me that it is a way for him to declare victory while essentially preserving the status quo. The reality is that any such declaration would […]

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Sounds familiar

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The New York Times has an articletoday about Hungary, which is an autocracy masquerading as a democracy. Other than a brief mention that Steve Bannon is a fan of dictator in all but name Viktor Orban, the article doesn’t draw any comparisons with these United States, but it’s awfully difficult to read the article and not […]

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Told you so, but it was easy

Friday, October 5, 2018

The Kavanaugh thing has unwound pretty much as I predicted, a fact from which I take no satifaction. I think it is entirely likely that future historians (if they are allowed to write honest histories) will date the final downfall of our form of government to this date. It is most probable that this Supreme […]

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We know he’s guilty, Josh

Friday, August 17, 2018

I have a huge amount of respect for Josh Marshall, but I have a bit of trouble with his post this morning entitled We know Trump is Guilty. We’re Having a Hard Time Admitting it. Josh’s argument on guilt is ironclad, a lot of it summed up in this Doonesbury comic from some time back: […]

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A little glimpse into the future

Thursday, June 28, 2018

  The news from the Supreme Court was bad on two fronts yesterday. The court ruled against unions, holding that a public employee could not be forced to pay union dues as it infringed on their first amendment rights. In addition, the sometimes sane Anthony Kennedy resigned. A few predictions. First, some of the Democrats […]

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A little added gloss

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

I think Josh Marshall has it pretty much right hereabout the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing Trump’s Muslim ban to remain in effect: Here’s what I take as the crux of today’s majority decision and one which I suspect may come up again in subsequent decisions given President Trump’s behavior … For our purposes today, we […]

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