Soon-to-be-outta-here Energy Secretary Rick Perry has certainly changed his take. A couple of years ago he labeled Donald Trump a “cancer on conservatism” and called on fellow conservatives to “excise” it. Now that cancer is divine. All praise. He says he’s told Trump: “Absorb…
DetailsI’ll take my shoes off to that. Whatever the Transportation Security Administration wishes to do. Done. Strip search. Check. Mouth scraping. Check. Hair sample. While it lasts. I’ll surrender all fluids. Body scan? I’ll stretch out on the conveyor and slide along with the tennis rackets.…
DetailsThe front-page teaser read: “Did Trump lie to Robert Mueller?” The mind reacted: What? Does Mueller have a television? Internet access? Does Mueller have ears? Can he compute linguistic signals? If any of the above, Trump lied to him just as he has lied…
DetailsThe GOP explanation, with an attempt at correct punctuation: “He didn’t do it, but if he did, it was perfect; but why should we believe he did it? This is all second- and third-hand testimony, except for the transcript you might have read, and anyway he was just…
DetailsWith markers of Trumpian corruption amassing like a superbug strain in a petri dish, the Republican motorcade arrives at a fork in history’s road. Ethical government? It’s thataway. Extending Trump’s reign? The other way. Honesty? Legality? Basic decency? They went thataway. Funny. I remember when the Republicans were all…
DetailsForever it will be my image of Election Night 2016. Homeward bound just as the polls were closing, I was passing through the placid and aptly named city of Loveland, Colo. Deep in contemplation about the fate of our nation, I was stunned as I arrived at…
DetailsDon't you know that every day when he looks at his morning news feed, Lindsey Graham wishes he could just send Donald Trump to boarding school until the noisy little irritant grows up? The South Carolina scion wouldn't have to go before the cameras on a sorry Tuesday morning, for…
DetailsBehold the new rallying cry of Donald Trump, his enablers in Congress and his evaporating coterie of con men. Just get over it. Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the latter three words after acknowledging that Trump withheld your tax dollars from Ukraine for political purposes. Mulvaney then used…
DetailsChief Justice Roberts: Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Donald John Trump. Donald Trump: I, Donald John Trump. Roberts: Do solemnly swear. Trump: Do smirkingly swear. Roberts: That I will faithfully execute. Trump: What is this “faithful” garbage? Roberts: The…
DetailsDoris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 book about how Abe Lincoln chose a Cabinet of intellect, integrity and independence is titled “Team of Rivals.” A good title should she ever depict the Cabinet of Donald Trump would be “Gang of Weasels.” Before getting to Individual 1 and the latest…
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