My answer is, probably not. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are asking the FBI to investigate allegations (made by them) that Christopher Steele, author of the famous/infamous Trump dossier, may have lied to federal authorities. The basis for these allegations? Well, they aren’t saying. And Politico’s Kyle Chene, reporting…
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Never-Trumpers, learning to lie back and enjoy it
You can’t blame anti-Trump conservatives—well, you can’t blame them too much—for squirming under the pressure of having to constantly agree with, you know, liberals that Donald Trump is a continuing disaster and disgrace to the United States of America, easily the worst man ever to occupy the White House, a man without honor or scruple….
Real presidents effectuate regime change
When did “regime change” become the mark of a “real” president? Well, not to keep you in suspense, but it was in the brief reign of George Herbert Walker “Bad Ass” Bush. While still a mere VP, Georgie wanted President Reagan to green light the removal of Panama strongman Manuel Noriega—basically a CIA “asset” gone…
Trollin’ Donald
The President of the United States is getting in a pissing match with the National Football League? And he’s cracking down on, you know, foreigners? Possible subtext: Please ignore the fact that I’m totally screwing up both health care and tax reform and God knows what else, not to mention all that Russia shit. Did…
Thank you again, John McCain!
Every Republican with a conscience—that is to say, all seven of them—must be down on their knees thanking John McCain for putting what is very probably the last, or at least penultimate, nail in the coffin of the Republican’s grotesque “ZombieCare” bill, so named because the only people who would benefit from its enactment are…
Mote and Beam Dept: WashPost does CNN
“CNN’s Russia story debacle came at the worst possible time for the network”, Paul Farhi reports for the Washington Post, describing the embarrassing collapse of CNN’s “exclusive” on a supposed Senate investigation of Wall Street bigshot/Trump insider Anthony Scaramucci’s supposed suspicious links with Russia: “When challenged on the particulars of the story, CNN acknowledged that…
Shorter Krauthammer: Comey, Schmomey! Let’s talk about Israel!
I think I’ve gotten into the habit of saying nice things about Charles Krauthammer. In my most recent post relating to Charlie, I went so far as to exclaim “Thank God for Charles Krauthammer! Pretty much.”. Well, that was then. Time to get nasty. In his post that prompted my exclamation of “Thank God for…
The wreck of the Fitzgerald: Responsibility, anyone?
It’s taken a while, but people are starting to wonder if the startling collision between the American destroyer Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal that killed seven American sailors might have been, you know, someone’s fault. Jonathan Soble, writing for the New York Times, manages to find a captain—not a U.S. Navy captain, of course—who’s willing…
Shorter Rod Rosenstein: “I’ve always been a pr*ck!”
That’s what 100 senators learned at a special, closed, “classified”1 hearing from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last Thursday. The House held a similar hearing on Friday. From what was leaked, it seems that “R-Rod” couldn’t stop talking about what a shit he is. In fact, we now have Rosenstein’s statement from the Friday meeting,…
The Vials of Republican Wrath
Over at the National Review, the often (though often not) “honest conservative” David French has an interesting post “Stop Making Terrible Arguments For Blind Loyalty”, complaining that he often hears pleas from “real Republicans” to be, in effect, as bad as the Democrats. As French puts it, the argument goes something like this: “The GOP…