Expect some GOP to be triggered by this new information about intelligence produced during Trump’s term as “…it was used by the US Justice Department to…
Posts published in “2016”
Michael Flynn’s real time in the barrel goes back to the Mueller investigation with whatever Russian involvements Flynn had, as well as a variety of other deals…
As in 2016 there are key counties that will lead to victories. The NY Times identifies 20 of them, even if there could be surprises in…
Trump’s hoaxes and fake news have become so normalized as iterated false claims, that we cannot now admit his victory is anything other than horseshoes and…
Axios gives us a map of Trumpian sycophancy with the consistent “always Trumpers” in Congress as Trump goes back on the road to more super-spreader…
The Trump campaign goes virtual and now may attempt a national address to get more free media even after spreading the Trump virus at a fundraiser…
Other than delusions of victory, Trump is trailing and needs to win the debates. Yet Trump, as with his original 2016 plan, remains focused on surviving…
“Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.” Trump’s betrayal has come from a number of sources, and he’s going to spend more than…
The Trump Administration does not dispute that Dana Rohrabacher and Charles Johnson offered Assange a pardon from Trump if he would say Russia had nothing…
The real story breaking is the 2012 performance piece Trump created to “fire” an actor playing PBO. But the real transition will be leaving Donald’s house…
Reminiscent of the Londo Cotton “send US troops” fiasco, the NY Times editorial folks need some staffing changes like the USPS. A vendetta is not a sports…
So much for having things both ways. Disinformation flooding continues. x “Can Trump place Facebook ads that feature Nazi symbols? Yes… Can he spread lies about…
Pay no attention to another Trump attempt to violate the Constitution like a sex slave. The #TrumpVirus begat a #TrumpSlump. x It worked. Trump’s nonsense…
The problem of Trumpian logic and math is that epidemiology has too many syllables. A “99% US survival rate” for Trump is the rhetorical acceptability…
The real question is whether Republicans are really the “unnerved who have long enabled him but now fear losing power and forever associating their party with…
The latest Trumpian trope could be that the second COVID wave is Mexicans! The latest WH trial balloon is that COVID-19’s second wave is actually…
Month of disruption are ahead. and Putin possibly egging on Trump in the phone call on the same day as the St John’s photo-op does…
David Atkins attacks a “marxist” strawman in a Washington Monthly article, because moderates need to rationalize their reactionary acts. The after-action reports for 2020 should instead address the…
Trump represents a vestigial Reagan revolution, if not a fascist revolt beyond St. Ronnie, moving the media frame closer to autocratic dictator now ready to…
The question is whether the Senate can be flipped, and it depends on the POTUS candidate while holding the House. Turn-out must be by proportion more…
The year-round Silly Season continues and apparently there is a primary insurgency against Nancy Pelosi, as if we could have imagined Steny Hoyer holding Trump’s…
Roger Stone gets 3.3 years. With IMPOTUS acquittal, Congress's GOP declared themselves “Trumpocrats”
Roger Stone gets 3.3 years. With IMPOTUS acquittal, Congress's GOP declared themselves “Trumpocrats”
Justice gets done, despite the tweet-bleating of Trump and the intervention of Barr. The Trumpocracy’s court jester is sentenced to 40 months in prison (three…
The collusion of IMPOTUS and Russia continues while he waits for his trial. One area that will see greater problems as cybersecurity experts leave the…
The FBI has received Spanish wiretaps from an investigation of Russian money laundering through NRA that implicates Donald Trump Jr. Then there’s the money that…
Early in 2019 Bloomberg created a tech company / data operation hat now supports his campaign, although it could leverage the general election if he…
Philip Bump at WaPo decided to look at voters who disliked Trump and Clinton in 2016 and compared that group with those disliking Trump and…
“People’s beliefs and perceptions are shaped more by whatever the leaders of their own political tribe say than by ideology, history, or even their own…
A team of analysts at Politico found a small group of 200 accounts—specifically these guys—drove a “disproportionate” amount of racist and negative disinformation, over a…
I’m trying to look at the 2016 Election Results for TX and combine it with the the early voter turnout data in 2018 to get…
Reflections on Clinton’s historic achievement, superdelegates, and the fight against demagogue Trump
Reflections on Clinton’s historic achievement, superdelegates, and the fight against demagogue Trump
Originally posted at Eclectablog. On May 21st of this year, I was elected to be the male delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton for Michigan’s 7th…
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. Anyone making predictions about the outcome of the 2016 presidential race is on a fool's errand. The existence of a Donald…
By now, many news-aware folks here have likely heard that Bloomberg is officially declining to enter the 2016 Presidential race as an independent. That’s good…
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of…
Not that political party fund raising ever stops (just ask any member of the Democratic Party to show you their email inbox some time), but…
Hillary Clinton can add to her basic stage craft, to her inventory of vocal skills. As a public speaker she needs to reach beyond facts…
The story detailing their plans appears in the NY Times today: Evangelicals Aim to Mobilize an Army for Republicans in 2016 This is what you…
