Sure, everyone is knocking Michael Flynn for having unauthorized conversations with the Russians about sensitive topics, and then lying about it. But look on the bright side! He is (probably) a new record-holder! Everyone wants […]
Category: Trump
Overreach or Obstruction: Same Damage
Last week’s entry concluded with some inquiries about the apparent lack of awareness that the actions of “no-government conservatives” have consequences. Destructive actions have an annoying tendency of making things worse. What we’re about to […]
[PODCAST] Trump’s pick for Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos UNVEILED & REVEALED
LOLGOP and I started a podcast a few months ago and this week’s episode is solely dedicated to Michigander Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. Not only is Betsy DeVos completely unqualified […]
Mining disasters and Trump's pick for Sec. of Transportation
In 2001, Bush 43 selected his Secretary of Labor, a Taiwanese-American woman with a long history of involvement in conservative causes. Elaine Chao resigned her position in the Heritage Foundation to accept the cabinet role. […]
Pig Bones and Public Schools: Meet Betsy DeVos, Our New Education Secretary
How are pig bones like public schools? Dick and Betsy know! Just in time so everyone would be too busy peeling potatoes and baking pies to notice, Donald Trump tapped wife and daughter of Dominion […]
)))Anti-Semitism(((: When punctuation meets racism
There’s a lot of mention here at Daily Kos of dog-whistles and coded language. At times, that seems to verge on the difficult-to-believe; does the far-right really read so much into single words as we […]
Are There Other Options? Pt. 6
Specifically, [the need for closure] fosters the tendency to seize on information that affords closure and to freeze on closure once it has been attained. The need for closure, whether varied situationally or measured dispositionally, […]
Are There Other Options? Pt. 4
Now consider another related trait implicated in our divide over reality: the ‘need for cognitive closure.’ This describes discomfort with uncertainty and a desire to resolve it into a firm belief. Someone with a high […]
FAQ: Getting rid of Trump
I have seen a great many comments in several diaries lately asking whether there is any way for the Republican Party to, now, at this late moment, dump Trump. Or, conversely, what would happen if […]
What Convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich Taught Me About Hillary Clinton
With primary season at an end, it appears that Democratic delegates won’t come to their senses and nominate a candidate who can unite the party to defeat Trump. Bernie Sanders supporters who listened to months of […]
An Ugly and Dangerous Speech
Some have called it a fact-less speech, that is not strictly true either: CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump’s acceptance speech here was filled with Trump-like hyperbole and the kind of vague political rhetoric that is […]
FLASHBACK VIDEO – Trump on undocumented Mexicans: “They're great workers… great, wonderful people”
Originally posted at Eclectablog. An anonymous Eclectablog reader pointed me to this video from 2010 of Donald Trump talking to Larry King about undocumented Mexican workers working in this country. In a sharp contrast to […]
A reminder about Democratic unity: there's a whole world out there beyond dKos and it's happening
The bitter primary rancor at Daily Kos might, if you didn’t venture out into meatspace, make you think that Democrats are as divided now as they were in 2008. Facebook, at least my timeline, would […]
Rules are for Fools: CAN the GOP Dump Trump?
So, one of the questions that is on a lot of people’s mind lately is whether there’s any way that the Republican Party could somehow divest themselves of Trump at the self-declaredly Trump-themed convention in […]
It’s time for the nat'l media to show solidarity with the WashPo & other outlets banned by Trump
Originally posted at Eclectablog. On Monday of this week, Donald Trump revoked the media credentials of journalists working for the Washington Post covering his events. This follows on the heels of his blacklisting of multiple […]
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 Congressional District. To say I’m proud to be supporting the […]
Donald Trump is playing the role of The Mule from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy
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 Trump candidacy is a disruptor. It creates such chaos and […]
Violence and Misogyny Win Presidential Election
A Presidential candidate who makes flippant jokes about women. Complete with an especially horrific rape joke. Campaigns on explicitly extra-legal solutions to crime problems. Is repudiated by just about everyone else, but the voters keep […]
Another Possible Scenario
Say both Hillary and Trump win their respective nominations. As we all know Hillary is very/extremely business friendly. Will the Corporate interests and the elite line up behind Hillary? I think they will, Trump is […]
Message To The Front Page. Dear God, Give It A Rest.
Look, I know you just love talking about Donald Trump and the Republican Party. I get it, really I do, they are fucking nuts, fine, great. But my god, if you just glimpse at it, […]
The Decline Of The Two Main Parties
From Gallup Around 30% are registered Democrats. Around 26% are registered Republicans. Around 43% identify as Independents, a record. A hint, many of this 43% is not in the center to be triangulated over. One […]
“Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him.”
That title is a direct quote from Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, responding to allegations of marital infidelity. Now, I don’t know whether the claims by the National Enquirer are true. For that matter, I […]
Republicans Could Be About To Self Destruct
They could be on the verge of actually creating a third party through sheer stupidity. If they dump Trump at the convention he will for sure run as a third candidate in the general election, […]
Authoritarianism On Display Pt 2
Authoritarianism is not a new, untested concept in the American electorate. Since the rise of Nazi Germany, it has been one of the most widely studied ideas in social science. While its causes are still […]
Authoritarianism On Display Pt 1
As we showed in our analysis of the Clinton/Obama primary fight in 2008, in our book, as well as in analysis of election data from 2010 and 2012, what distinguishes Democratic from Republican voters among […]
Trump has taken a leaf out the European Extreme Right's Playbook
Mix hatred and with a good dose of fear and then pretend the result has nothing to do with you. His recent rhetoric is from the Front National of Jean-Marie Le Pen and not that […]
Partisanship: The Bottom Line
We may view ourselves as belonging to certain groups with what we perceive to be clear boundaries and conditions for inclusion. But in the end, we each share an arguably common set of political and […]
Bloomberg declines to run; aides essentially admit plan to sandbag Sanders
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 news for Team Blue; although Bloomberg’s been a member of […]
Primaries, shmimaries: How the Republicans might win the Presidency
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 Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then […]
What did you expect?
With the establishment marginalized on the right by the Cruz or Trump crisis where do you think they will turn? By the establishment I mean, the serious money, the superPacs, dark money, corporations and their […]
Trump Is A Buffoon, A Demagogue and A Wazzock
Sometimes one has to agree with British Members Of Parliament Donald Trump was branded a racist demagogue, a buffoon and a “wazzock” in the British parliament as MPs debated whether to ban the Republican presidential […]
Dear Mr Trump: Europe's Article 10 and Freedom of Expression
Sorry fellahs, but the precedent has been already set In its statement on Wednesday, the Trump Organisation said the UK would “create a dangerous precedent and send a terrible message to the world that the […]
Mich. GOP State Dir. of African American Engagement posts hideous Islamophobic meme on social media
Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. That guy up there is Wayne Bradley (or “Wayne WB Bradley as he calls himself), the Michigan Republicans' State Director of African American Engagement. He runs the GOP office in Detroit that opened […]
Female photographer on Facebook proves that everyday misogyny is a real thing
Originally posted at Eclectablog. There are two things that worry me most about Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and the national, even international, megaphone it gives him. The first is that he's so outrageous that he […]
No I'm Not Going To Join In
I have decided to avoid the discussion of you know whom, about you know what, on DKos completely. I have also decided to avoid it all together on other diaries as the comments cannot be […]
Will The GOP Dare To Kick Trump Out? Ha.
Even the right is beginning to realize that Donald Trump is a fascist. He also happens to be the GOP’s front runner for their primary by a considerable margin. Will they dare kick him out, […]
Are You A Journalist, Advocate Or A Propagandist?
< p class=”is-empty-p”> A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information. A journalist's work is called journalism. A journalist can work with general issues or specialize in certain […]
Donald Trump to Detroit autoworkers: you make too much money
Originally posted at Eclectablog. Donald Trump's “Let Detroit go bankrupt” moment? Donald Trump has something to say to Detroit autoworkers: you make too much money. Talking about U.S. vehicle manufacturers moving production to Mexico in […]
