Author: Stable Genius

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Trump: If Dems win in 2018 midterms, they’ll impeach me

A Quinnipiac poll released on Thursday shows that if Democrats win control of the House, more than 70 percent of their supporters want them to begin impeachment proceedings. via Trump: If Dems win in 2018 midterms, they’ll impeach me Guy who ran on a promise of an extra-constitutional jailing of a political opponent is upset… Continue reading Trump: If Dems win in 2018 midterms, they’ll impeach me

Sean Hannity Isn’t A Journalist And Fox News Isn’t News

Sean Hannity Isn’t A Journalist And Fox News Isn’t News

Sean Hannity remained Fox’s strongest Trump backer. An early supporter during the Republican primaries, Hannity’s boosting on air went into overdrive once Trump took the White House.

Also: water is wet, night is dark and gravity makes things fall to earth.

A Culture of Violent White Guys

The Multnomah County Republican Party, aka the Republicans of the county that includes the city of Portland, Oregon, voted last June to use members of the paramilitary groups the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters as private security for their events. via A Culture of Violent White Guys This should be a far bigger story

Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive

This is the same president, after all, who tapped to be the chief scientist at the Agriculture Department a talk-radio host who is not a scientist, named a brain surgeon to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development and floated the idea of his personal pilot as head the Federal Aviation Administration. A party… Continue reading Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive

Unicorns of the Intellectual Right

while there are many conservative economists with appointments at top universities, publications in top journals, and so on, they have no influence on conservative policymaking. What the right wants are charlatans and cranks, in (conservative) Greg Mankiw’s famous phrase. If they use actual economists, they use them the way a drunkard uses a lamppost: for… Continue reading Unicorns of the Intellectual Right

GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO

The GOP’s signature tax law is projected to increase the national debt by $1.9 trillion between 2018 and 2028, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. According to the report, the tax law would cost the government $2. via GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO The whole point was… Continue reading GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO

A Scene From the 2032 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reboot

In 2018, the Republican president Donald Trump, in an effort to alleviate the effects of…anyone? anyone? the rust belt manufacturing decline, implemented tariffs on…anyone? anyone? steel and aluminum setting off…anyone? anyone? a trade war with…anyone? anyone? China, which had the effect of? anyone? anyone? was is successful? anyone? anyone? no it wasn’t…

EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change

On Wednesday, an internal Environmental Protection Agency memo was leaked to the Huffington Post. Under the guise of developing “consistent messages about EPA’s climate adaptation efforts,” the memo suggests a number of talking points the agency’s employees can use if asked about adaptation. via EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change… Continue reading EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change