Better late than never. John Kelly was still Chief of Staff when the government shutdown began on December 22 and his last day of work was January 3, so your guess is as good as mine whether he tried...
By now you know that Brett Kavanaugh believes in expansion of presidential power and that he doesn't think that a sitting president should be troubled with minor annoyances like subpoenas or indictments, that s/he should be above it all....
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-Screw You, Trump) drew a line in the sand after Donald Trump threatened to gut federal funding for "lawless" and "anarchist" cities that "fail" to curb violent protests. Cuomo said that Trump is "persona non grata"...
Shit just got real   Anonymous Look, we all know that things are not always what they appear to be. Five short years ago, many of you here thought that I was capable of stringing two coherent sentences together. Wrong-o. Three short years...
This is certainly an interesting turn of events. Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden hammered out the basic parameters of the debt ceiling deal, which has been written about here and elsewhere. The deal is a compromise. Republicans wanted big...
What a difference a day makes. Adam Schiff has always stood up to Comrade Cheeto, but as of today he’s doing it with the full weight of being Chair of the House Intelligence Committee. https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1060274075178844160 He’s letting Trump know that a...
Donald Trump breaks laws like the yous and mes crack eggs, open mail, i.e., we don't think about it. We just do it. Today he really outdid himself. He sent out both his batshit manifesto declaring the "old Republican Party...
Stupid is as stupid does   Mama Gump I wrote an article a day or so ago about the GOP autopsy report of 2012. In it I wrote that the second most important thing the GOP needed to do was to...
There has been a number of responses to the debacle on Monday where Donald Trump betrayed the U.S. to Russia.  My favourite response so far is from Rep. Adam Schiff. Adam Schiff points out the necessary issues, which makes me...
You know, Der Gropinfuror really should stop calling it a “witch hunt.” At last check, small as it is, Trump still had a teenie-weenie, so he really should be referring to Mueller’s investigation as a “warlock hunt.” There’s no doubt...

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