It’s now been a few days since a white nationalist gunman took the lives of 22 people in El Paso and there are any number of things that we could discuss. I’m inclined to focus on Mitch McConnell’s continued refusal to bring House Resolution 8 to a vote in the Senate, but I really don’t […]
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As some Republicans begin to stand up against Trump and McConnell on white nationalism and gun control, the fight shifts to Walmart and the corporations underwriting Trumpism
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Amy McGrath, Andrew Ross Sorkin, assault rifles, assault weapons, Ben Sasse, domestic terrorism, Doug McMillon, fascism, Georgetown, gun control, gun laws, H.R. 8, Joaquin Castro, John McCollister, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, Michael R. Turner, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, money in politics, Nebraska, Nebraska Republican Party, NRA, Ohio, open carry, Parkland, Poway, racism, San Antonio, universal background checks, Walmart, white nationalism, white supremacy 69 Comments
Donald Trump didn’t drain the swamp, but he’s filling the shithole
My intention was to spend my time this evening researching changes to the Medicaid program announced today by the Trump administration that will give states the ability to refuse Medicaid to any individual who is not either working, going to school, acting as caregiver, or participating in some sanctioned form of “community engagement”. But, then, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Africa, anti-immigration, border security, border wall, Central Park Five, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, El Salvador, FOX News, Haiti, immigration, Joe Arpaio, Medicaid, racism 194 Comments
With the release of Trump Jr.’s Russia emails, and plausible deniability significantly more difficult to come by, some Republicans are beginning to abandon ship
Every morning I wake up and tell myself that the Donald Trump Jr. story line can’t possibly dominate the headlines yet one more day, and yet here we are again. After yesterday, when the President’s eldest son admitted to having accepted a Russian offer “of potentially helpful information” about Hillary Clinton, I didn’t think it […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ben Sasse, Charles Lindbergh, Clementine, collusion, David French, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., fake news, Hillary Clinton, Jared Kushner, Natalia Veselnitskaya, National Review, Paul Manafort, plausible deniability, Ralph Peters, RIS, Rob Goldstone, Russia, Russian Intelligence Service, treason 19 Comments