Mike Pence has offered to take a polygraph. Quick. Rush a device to his side. No – there’s no chance whatsoever he’s the senior official who wrote the anonymous New York Times commentary that branded his boss petty, amoral, and consistently acting in ways “detrimental to the health of…
DetailsThe curly-haired tot bows his back and looks away, as if to attempt an escape. The woman, attempting a hug, quickly grows agitated. “I am your mommy, papi,” she says in Spanish. He squirms to get away. “What is wrong with my son?” she sobs. …
DetailsLet’s acknowledge that Ted Cruz got something right once upon a time. It happened in 2016 — when he called Donald Trump a “pathological liar” and a “sniveling coward.” Now? Cruz will hug him tightly to his chest in a few weeks when Trump goes to Texas…
DetailsOf course Donald Trump colluded. He knew what soon-to-be National Security adviser Michael Flynn was doing when Flynn met with Ambassador Sergiey Kislyak to discuss easing sanctions placed on Russia for attacks on our democratic system. Who else would ease those sanctions? Ivanka? Of course Trump…
DetailsTed Cruz, the man who went to Washington to make waves, is feeling an undertow back home. The militantly self-assured Mr. Cruz went to Washington to splash salt water in others’ faces. Now he squints into some nasty spray. Could he be the first Texas Republican to lose a statewide office since 1994? The odds…
DetailsJames Hansen was stunningly prescient. Thirty years ago, 1988, the NASA scientist testified to Congress that the planet would warm 1.9 degrees by 2017. So, how close was he? You judge. NASA figures show global temperatures climbed 1.6 degrees since 1988. Yes, that’s what one calls truth, as opposed to what…
DetailsAh, fake news. In determining that Russian actors went on a social media disinformation rampage in 2016, analysts cited many markers. One was that bogus pro-Trump, anti-Hillary posts featured “language patterns that indicate non-native English and consistent mistranslation” of our language. Not to throw anyone off the trail, but that could either be Russians or…
DetailsPlease shut down the government, Mr. President. Don’t make it an idle threat this time. You say that you must have that wall. Without it you won’t permit any government. So go ahead. Let’s go with that. We are inside 100 days from an election that is going to retire many in your legions of…
DetailsNobody wants a convention of Trumpsters. A convention of Republicans, maybe, but not — well, let Charlotte, N.C., City Council member Larken Eggleston explain it: “If it were Mitt Romney or damn near anybody besides Donald Trump,” he told the Los Angeles Times, inviting the national GOP convention would be a slam dunk. However, not…
Details“During the past year the wildest accusations have been given banner headlines and ready credence as well.” – Richard Nixon, 1972. “The Fake News is working overtime.” – Donald Trump, 2018. Mr. President, we now have indictments that would link the Russian government — not the fat person you imagined on a bed somewhere —…
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