Wolves in the Democratic Henhouse
In nineteen seventy-four, I reached three milestones in my life. In March of that year, I turned eighteen; ten days later, I registered with selective service—conscription ended in 1973, and … Read More
Category: WhiteHouse
Minerva @ Midnight: oral history of the bin Laden raid demonstrates the smallness of previous guy
Politico constructed an oral history of the bin Laden raid and it’s worth the read to get a sense as one can from on oral history, of the authenticity of … Read More
Biden announces sanctions imposed on Russia because of hacks and 2020 election interference
The Biden administration has disclosed for the first time that a Russian agent who received internal polling data from the Trump campaign in 2016 passed it along to Russia’s intelligence … Read More
“…it's time to end America's longest war*”
All US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 9/11/2021, ignoring the 1 May deadline set by previous guy. 2,500 troops remain. *“Wars with Native tribes from 1788-1890 count as … Read More
Minerva @ Midnight: Economy Deficit Disorder
More attention should be paid to an economy that might be in trouble this summer especially as there will be something, something military that will require US attention somewhere, somewhere. … Read More
Community Live Blog: First Biden Presser 1:15pm ET
CSPAN-TV is covering it live, among others. x Live this afternoon: President Biden is holding his first formal White House press conference since taking office. Special coverage from @NPR begins … Read More
previous guy keeping the grift going with more nonsense interviews
Lost relevance continues with more of the same Trump delusions up-chucking soon, signaled by the latest Big Lie interview with Fox News, likely leading to more revisionism. Unfortunately Trump’s memoirs … Read More
Dem senator wants Merrick Garland to probe possibly 'fake' FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh
Remember when Brett Kavanaugh was embroiled in controversy during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing and we all thought the powerful and seismic testimony of Christine Blasey Ford would move the … Read More
The last guy literally caused hundreds of thousands of people to die in a single year…
In Thursday night’s Biden speech, it was simply good not to listen to the narcissistic blather which we have had to endure for four years. “I promise I will do everything in … Read More
'Neanderthals' in Texas and Mississippi are victims of cancel culture, because right-wing socialists
Apparently Marsha Blackburn has a lot of personal knowledge of the lives of Neanderthals, even if they are extinct. Republicans are split on whether Neanderthal is an insult or a compliment. … Read More
White House doctor who said Trump could live to 200 was a bad, abusive boss, according to report
Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician turned member of Congress who once told reporters that Donald Trump could live to age 200 if he would just eat a vegetable, … Read More
Dear President Biden, we're also disappointed
Are we not distracted enough by bombing targets in Syria to know that the White House will do better than the “best path forward”. Pelosi indicates bill expected to pass … Read More
The Real Trial of the Century
From November 1994 to October 1995, the so-called trial of the century took place. It centered around murder, race, sex, athletics, and hero-worship. America was drawn to it like a … Read More
“Kevin McCarthy claims he's received private assurances Greene no longer wishes Pelosi death”
'GQP' – Republicans announce themselves as a Trumpist party We cannot ignore the growing threat of right-wing extremism and its enablers any longer. x “McCarthy claims he has received private … Read More
Trial by Wombat! Don't vote, it only encourages them.
Like the Geico ad with Captain Ahab seeking a parking space, the Trumpists are searching for that moment when the government magically gets overthrown. They stormed the Capitol to overturn … Read More
virtue/vice signaling: 1/6/2021 as the GOP LARP of the Trump era
Democracy is an afterthought for Trumpists. Whether it’s the “sense of style” or “good men knowing their limitations” the movie character of Dirty Harry played by Clint Eastwood resembles the … Read More
Trump will capitalize on his version of the “Office of the Former President”
“Office of the Former POTUS” (F-POTUS) has a longer shelf-life than Office of the President-Elect or POTUS*-in-Exile and isn’t Trump a branding genius. I recall the equally important "Office of … Read More
Psaki: Biden “has not spent a moment thinking about the color scheme of Air Force One”
Back to softball questions, even though Trump’s proposed color scheme simply repeats his private jet’s colors and is dreadfully boring, in fact an imitation of one of American and Delta’s schemes … Read More
That Lady Gaga black/red combo was not an accident. ‘The Hill We Climb’ is not the cliff we scale
There’s been considerable attention paid to Amanda Gorman’s poem at the Inaugural, and since I had 15 minutes to explain the last story on semiotics as a cultural analysis tool, … Read More
Community Live Bloggers. First Press Briefing of the Biden Administration.
There’s actually a White House press briefing at 7pm ET. Just in case you’re watching it live. MSM is comparing the use of press briefings already, considering the lies of … Read More
“There is always light, if only we're brave enough to be it.”
“Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into.” “A nation that isn’t broken but simplify unfinished” x WATCH: Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural … Read More
like the Trump health plan, Joe Exotic to be released with “100% confidence”
In even this instance there’s been nothing funny about the Trump presidency, but we are waiting for that pardon list. Jim Acosta has been a hero throughout this disaster of … Read More
Trump more concerned with the optics of being convicted by the Senate, as he cuts bait on pardons
No doubt there are Trump pardons, but the cluster falls close to the _____. Apparently Trump has been advised that the optics of guilt are greater exposure to his soon … Read More
Trump gets no Pentagon farewell, might still get 21-gun salute and a red carpet at the airport
“For weeks Trump had been laying the groundwork to declare victory on election night even if he lost”. All he’s getting is some troops, a band, and seven guns shot … Read More
Has the GOP ended the 170 year two-party duopoly
Trying to “hang” their Vice President and kill “their” cops may have brought an end to the 170 year two-party duopoly. Their GOP/conservative media has already made the split. https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/1347916990560808968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw What … Read More
bad optics for democracy continues, troop deployments in DC with authorization for 15,000 troops
Security measures in DC are about global and domestic consumption of the image of national security, lest the Russians and others think it’s like the troops needed for the coups at … Read More
National Review: there’s “no doubt that Donald Trump has committed an impeachable offense.”
It’s not so much “when you’ve lost the National Review…”, but the attempt to ensure that there might be an autonomous, conservative GOP rather than a Trumpist party. Aside from fanciful … Read More
Community Live Bloggers: Impeachment debate, House of Representatives.
For those watching it live, perhaps there’s something you’d like to share. x LIVE –> U.S. House: Debate & Vote on Impeachment Resolution Against President Trump https://t.co/hs4hOa7PcF https://t.co/UQdjoZAQHm— CSPAN (@cspan) … Read More
Peak Trump Unhingery: what took so long for so much posturing
Trump is at the end of the path to the bunker. The argument for the resignation of Trump and Pence’s pardon of Trump like Gerald Ford’s of Nixon remains still … Read More
“nihilistic death cult” incites mob that then attacks the Capitol, because Democracy?
Liz Cheney: “We just had a violent mob assault the US capitol … No question the President formed the mob, the President incited the mob, the President addressed the mob. … Read More
Trump’s best defense could be insanity or ignorance as he becomes exposed to criminal prosecution
“Trump at this point should welcome someone using the 25h amendment, an insanity defense is about all he has left.” Trump’s best defense could be insanity or ignorance. x 4 … Read More
Trump’s GA phone call was a significant attack on democracy; it's likely criminal as well.
Speaking of criminal behavior, protesters left placards and votive candles at Josh Hawley’s house, which he called vandalism by antifa. 4 criminal laws that Trump may have violated in his … Read More
more kayfabe: Trump threatens Lando Cotton and the 'Surrender Caucus', because Georgia hype
Because you shouldn’t pay any attention to the attempt to extort votes from Georgia election officials. Remember a current Trump delusion revealed by the latest tape kerfuffle is that because the states near to … Read More
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President in 19 days.
Don’t listen to any lizard people this year. x Greetings from the White House. Trump appears to be tweeting and watching OANN from the Oval Office this New Year’s Day. … Read More
23 days of idiocy remain, and Rasmussen wrongly quotes Stalin to promote a Pence coup
Trump cannot still win simply because an alternate universe presents different electors while he litigates in this one. Only feeble stunts remain. Even the Trump DC hotel has conceded the election, … Read More
Trump forfeiting the security deposit on the White House “Are you still a believer in Santa?”
“Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?” Trump’s pardon spree is a series of corrupt gifts, administrative vandalism on the way out of the … Read More
Trump's fascist facade declaration that Biden can undo with a stroke of his pen.
We’re now at the end of the road where Trump imagines that he can affect future architectural style in federal buildings. And of course he wants an airport named after … Read More
Remember Trump's crime spree by the theft of information as tall as the Washington Memorial
There will be plenty of memorials to the Trump reign, but the most significant one will be the betrayal of democracy. It raises the matter of Washington Monument sized piles of … Read More
former MI governor Granholm tapped as Energy head
Unlike one of her predecessors, who had numerous connections to the Trump impeachment and its hinky relations with the Russian oligarchs, Jennifer Granholm will combine clean energy policy and economic … Read More
Russian hacking group APT29, or Cozy Bear, is behind new hacks of US Treasury and Commerce
“The hack is seen as so significant that a National Security Council meeting was held at the White House on Saturday over it, according to Reuters.” Because having at Commerce, a … Read More
Tom Vilsack led USDA for both terms of the Obama administration. He's back.
Tom Vilsack returns to the position he held during the Obama administration at USDA. Why hasn’t the pandemic compelled a rethinking of factory farming. Changing trends toward sustainability must show … Read More
As U.S. COVID deaths approach 300,000, Melania unveils the new White House tennis court
December 7, 2020 — a day which will live in tennis history! Big news, dead Americans! You have a new White House tennis court to look down on as you … Read More
if “Defund the Police” makes you reach for your pistol, Cops are now bigger crooks than criminals
#PoliceThePolice Civil asset forfeiture is manifestly unfair, loaded with perverse incentives, based on a legal fallacy and opposed by an overwhelming majority of the public (once they know what it actually is). … Read More
probable cause and a 'bribery for pardon' investigation involving the White House
There was a partial unsealing in the DC district court involving a bribery for pardon scheme several months ago. Lots of redaction in the document, and it’s unclear who was involved other … Read More
Trump's goading toward war or Iran's waiting for a new nuclear agreement after January
Trump really wants Iran to do something stupid before he leaves office, whether it’s a terrorist strike by proxies or something, something Revolutionary Guard attack. x If killing Iranian general … Read More
as Trump is my witness, I thought turkeys could gather “in homes and places of worship” today
Because “freedom” means having the right to kill the grans at Thanksgiving 1978 — WKRP in Cincinnati: The "turkey drop" episode. Forty live turkeys were dropped from a helicopter onto an … Read More
OANN loses its place on YouTube because of COVID-19 misinformation, not its disinformation
You’d think they’d be penalized for all that disinformation, but in regard to the Trump de-election campaign, that will continue. You take what you can get in the marginally deregulated media universe, … Read More
Remember that Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary can address some of the Trump sweetheart deals
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be nominated as Treasury Secretary. Remember that Trump though Mnuchin lifted some Russian sanctions during the Mueller investigation on one Russian oligarch in particular, … Read More
Ivanka gets angry because Dad reduced his tax exposure
More of the same criminal behavior as Ivanka gets hit with a connection to Trump tax fraud. What else seems new. Darn nepotism. Then again her father did take a … Read More
Can President Jim Crow pardon himself like a turkey
Trump could try to pardon himself, but it is more likely that he could resign and VP Pence could pardon him, much like the ceremony on Tuesday, live and domestic. … Read More
