An Easy Mark
Monday, March 31, 2025
‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated Something fun - learn about Don Rosa.
In Other News...
Thursday, March 27, 2025
DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target
A Can of Worms
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
The problems associated with this Signal fiasco are too many to count; but let’s try. It was probably a violation of the Espionage Act. It was probably a violation of the Presidential Records Act. It endangered the lives of U.S. military and intelligence personnel. It gave our adversaries greater opportunities to spy on us. It further damaged our credibility with our allies and likely made them more hesitant to share information with us.
Accountability? Hypocrisy? Pick a Noun.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
The flaming liberals at The Bulwark list the people on the Signal message chain that had hissy fits about Hillary Clinton’s email server. Among them: Marco Rubio (Secretary Of State) Stephen Miller (White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and United States Homeland Security Advisor) Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense) John Ratcliffe (CIA Director) They also point out that on 14 March Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence and also on the message chain) tweeted that “Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.
But Hillary's Emails!
Monday, March 24, 2025
From The Atlantic: The Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
Earlier, in explaining why rates were being kept unchanged, Powell described the uncertainty faced by Fed policymakers as “unusually elevated.” With overall sentiment sliding due to policy “turmoil,” prices are projected to rise faster than previously expected at least in part, and perhaps largely, because of Trump’s plans to impose duties on imports from U.S. trading partners, Powell said after the Fed announced it had held its benchmark overnight rate steady in the 4.25%-4.50% range.
Fed in no rush to cut rates; Trump disagrees
“We now have inflation coming from an exogenous source,” said Powell, using a term economists employ to describe an outside shock, in this case tariffs that could, if Trump follows through with all his plans, lift the average tax rate on imports to levels not seen since the Great Depression.
There Are Dangerous Nuts Out There
Friday, March 21, 2025
“It is unclear how many other people whose Social Security numbers are in the documents and are also still alive. The Washington Post reported that data of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others was made public.” Released JFK files reveal Social Security numbers of former staffers “It’s absolutely outrageous. It’s sloppy, unprofessional,” said former Trump campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, 80, whose private information was included in the release.
Tennessee Brando talks about Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
Jennifer Rubin writes about Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
A plain-spoken, fearless politician with a twinkle in his eye
Crazier than a shithouse rat.
The Deciders
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
You may have seen the news stories about Elon Musk reversing government cuts after personal appeals from lawmakers. That’s problematic in part because it opens the door to favoritism, not to mention crony capitalism. But on a larger level, the fact that these cuts are occurring at all raises constitutional questions. Speaking broadly, if Congress approves it then the Executive Branch has to spend it. The Trump Administration isn’t doing that, and the republican majorities in the House and Senate aren’t holding it to account.
“We Want to Put Them in Trauma.”
Friday, March 14, 2025
Meet Russell Vought, Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was also a major contributor to Project 2025. Remember Project 2025? During the campaign Trump claimed to know nothing about it. He got up to speed quickly. Here’s the kind of person we’re dealing with. His words, when discussing dismantling the federal government: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.
Stupid Isn't Partisan
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Gavin Newsom has started a podcast. Guests have included Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon. This is a dumb idea. Adam Kinzinger summed it up well. I’m probably closer to Newsom on most issues, but I have a hell of a lot more respect for Kinzinger. Federal Worker Emails Elon: Week 2
What? You Believed Me?
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
“So, when I win, I will immediately bring prices down.” - Donald Trump, 15 August 2024 Trump promised to bring down egg prices on day one. Now, he’s sharing articles telling people to ‘shut up’ about it. Don’t worry, though. The Secretary of Agriculture has a plan. Trump Admin Says Americans Should Farm Chickens to Combat Egg Prices Federal Worker Emails Elon
Damn Hippies
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Do you know about The Bulwark? Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: The Bulwark is an American conservative, anti-Trump news and opinion website launched in 2018 by Sarah Longwell with the support of Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes. It initially launched as a news aggregator but in 2019 was revamped using key staffers from the recently closed The Weekly Standard. We’re not exactly talking Mother Jones or The Nation here.
You Can't Tell Me What to Do
Monday, March 10, 2025
In 2000, the United States declared that measles was eliminated from this country. Why? Vaccinations. Simple. Of course, all it takes is a pandemic to convince some people that they shouldn’t do something because they think the government is trying to make them. (Spoiler: it wasn’t.) As of 9 March, measles cases have been reported in at least 12 states, mostly in western Texas and New Mexico. Two people have died.
Up Next: The Department of Transportation
Sunday, March 9, 2025
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge “WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.
Time to Wake Up
Saturday, March 8, 2025
I’ve been doing this on and off for a few years. I started in 2020 when the pandemic hit and moved to another site when we seemed to be past that. Keeping up with it started to become a grind, though. I had locked myself into a structured daily format that was getting tiresome to maintain. I was also frustrated with the software I was using; it was too cumbersome. I tried to keep going, but I kept falling behind and telling myself I would catch up.