Looking back at historic events and people involved, putting it in context and attempting to evaluate those people and events with modern understanding is history. That is literally what history is and what historians do. Statues aren’t history. The story of why those statues are there, what they meant for the people who put them… Continue reading Why don’t Republicans know what American values, history and culture are?
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TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was convicted in 2007 of lying to investigators and obstruction of justice following the 2003 leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, though no one was ever charged for the leak. President George W. Bush later commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but didn’t issue a pardon… Continue reading TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
Trump saying he should not talk to them if they don’t “treat you right. Anyone who has been following Trump the past few years might still be shocked by this but I am not. To quote Adam Serwer in the Atlantic: There are not many Trump scandals. There is one Trump scandal. Singular: the corruption of the… Continue reading Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
They never thought it would effect their lives. So Foxlandia dismissed as a hoax. Now that it may effect them, they call it a crisis.
“Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham accused the news media of whipping up “mass hysteria” and being “panic pushers.” Fox Business host Trish Regan called the alleged media-Democratic alliance “yet another attempt to impeach the president.” But that was then. With Trump’s declaration on Friday that the virus constitutes a national… Continue reading They never thought it would effect their lives. So Foxlandia dismissed as a hoax. Now that it may effect them, they call it a crisis.
NPR Story on botched COVID-19 demonstrates the Single Scandal Theory of the Trump Administration
From NPR’s Fresh Air “Secretary Azar has not always given the president the worst-case scenario of what could happen. My understanding is he did not push to do aggressive additional testing in recent weeks, and that’s partly because more testing might have led to more cases being discovered of coronavirus outbreak, and the president had… Continue reading NPR Story on botched COVID-19 demonstrates the Single Scandal Theory of the Trump Administration
Rubio's Statement on the President’s Impeachment Trial is Incoherent Nonsense
If Rubio’s goal was to get voters to vote without knowing what the president did, thereby being unable to hold the president accountable, is there anything Rubio would have to do differently?
I think I know why 70% of Republicans want Bolton to testify.
The gap between GOP voters who want John Bolton to testify (70%) and GOP senators who want witnesses (somewhere between zero and 4/51) can be completely explained once you consider that GOP voters think Trump is innocent because they believe the Fox news version of events and GOP senators know he is guilty because they… Continue reading I think I know why 70% of Republicans want Bolton to testify.
David Brook’s Stupid Opinion in The New York Times
Is David Brooks suggesting we hold random twitter commenters, late night hosts and salad bar denizens to the same high standard that we hold the president? Or did he just rush to meet the deadline and come up with the most lavy BOTH SIDES argument ever? Democratic leadership in the House have actually had really… Continue reading David Brook’s Stupid Opinion in The New York Times
Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime
Remember when Bush43’s administration argued for Waterboarding and everyone thought that was the rock bottom for the GOP? Or when all those people critical of Obama’s drone war were totally OK with Trump escalating it again? Well those same people are against calling out war crimes if it makes dear leader look like a war… Continue reading Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime
We already know they are willing to abuse national security for partisan politics.
Since long before he was a politician, he’s lied frequently and even written in multiple books about his profound belief in the value of lying as a means to get ahead. And he’s good at it. After his Atlantic City casinos went bust, he successfully duped a bunch of mom-and-pop equity investors out of their… Continue reading We already know they are willing to abuse national security for partisan politics.