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Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test Eshman went on to pose, and then refute, what has become the most familiar objection to these stories, writing: “But it’s different now, you say. Miller’s forebears came here legally…” It is an argument that Megan Smolenyak, a former chief family historian and… Continue reading Untitled

Paul Krugman on Twitter

“It’s normal to feel that people you disagree with politically are offering bad solutions to our problems. But Trump has brought something new: his policy agenda is almost entirely directed at problems we don’t have – problems that exist only in his warped imagination 1/” Paul Krugman on Twitter The whole thread is worth reading… Continue reading Paul Krugman on Twitter

Steve Schmidt on Twitter

“TRUMP got taken to the cleaners because he is ignorant and monumentally unprepared. What did Kim Jong Un give up with regard to training his million man army ? 12,000 North Korean artillery pieces are locked , loaded and trained on Seoul. He learned Trump is a stupendous fool” Steve Schmidt on Twitter

Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say

SAN FRANCISCO — A concentrated campaign of price manipulation may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the price of Bitcoin and other big cryptocurrencies last year, according to a paper released on Wednesday by an academic with a history of spotting fraud in financial markets. via Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated… Continue reading Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say

The Democrats are Moving Left, and the Real Work is Just Starting

Do Democrats running for office for the first time have their act together when it comes to economics? Writer Ryan Cooper is skeptical, writing at The Week that “The Democratic Party is flying blind on economics. via The Democrats are Moving Left, and the Real Work is Just Starting The biggest story no one is talking… Continue reading The Democrats are Moving Left, and the Real Work is Just Starting

Cuntroversy: For Conservatives on Bee and Barr, Civility Is a One-Way Street

Conservatives are generally childish about culture; they enjoy TV and movies and, to some extent, books but become enraged when they turn on cable or open a novel — or just read about them on a right-wing aggregation site — and find messages of which they do not approve. via Cuntroversy: For Conservatives on Bee… Continue reading Cuntroversy: For Conservatives on Bee and Barr, Civility Is a One-Way Street

Trump Rips Up Papers When He’s Done With Them, Staffers Tape Back Together

The job of the records management analysts working in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House has changed considerably under the Trump administration, according to a Sunday Politico report. via Trump Rips Up Papers When He’s Done With Them, Staffers Tape Back Together This should be a bigger story.

Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign

Several prominent Russians, some in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle or high in the Russian Orthodox Church, now have been identified as having contact with National Rifle Association officials during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, according to photographs and an NRA source. via Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign This… Continue reading Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign