20+ hour, 3+ min ago   (224+ words) So, at the RNC midterm “convention” last week, Trump did the following: Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (801+ words) Good thing the war will be over right after the mid-terms! I mean, who could have predicted that a protracted conflict in the Middle East would affect oil prices? And yet, CNBC reports: Brent crude oil tops $101 to close at…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (855+ words) Illegal immigrants and certain, unspecified others would be excluded. POLITICO (“Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America“): The Trump administration proposed a sweeping overhaul of how people in America are counted in…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1102+ words) Buying a stairway to heaven? NYT (“Trump’s Dubious Midterm Pitch: Keep Us in Power and Everyone Gets Cash“): President Trump took the stage at his convention on Wednesday and spoke for nearly two hours about the need for midterm voters…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (348+ words) Reuters (“25 years after 9/11, Americans fear domestic extremists more than foreign attacks, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds“): Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks focused U.S. fears on threats ​from abroad, Americans are now considerably more worried about attacks by domestic extremists…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (535+ words) Because America is better than Mexico. Obviously. So, the President sent this gem out on his privately owned, for-profit social media platform last evening: It was accompanied by this clever video snippet: And this map appeared on the official White…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (582+ words) As is often the case, the Dumbest Timeline and Meanwhile in North Korea collide. Defense News reports: Trump-class battleship program will cost $275 billion, CBO report says. The Trump administration in December announced its intention to build a new class of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (519+ words) Trump is trouble for the GOP. To follow on from my post from yesterday, via Politico: ‘We’ve told them he cannot come’: Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail. So far, they haven’t settled on a unified…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (784+ words) Horrible, ridiculous, unConstitutional and a Dark Day for “Justice” according to Legal Scholars. Our dear leader posted this on his family-owned social media platform last evening: The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) Some good news for a change. This magical notion seems to forget three things. To add to #3, he barely won at a moment that was globally bad at the ballot box for parties in power. None of that list is…...