Last week Donald Trump fired off a flurry of tweets in defense of his longtime political guru, and now convicted felon, Roger Stone. Trump's Attorney Genuflect Bill Barr heard and obeyed the commands to seek leniency for Stone. Although Barr also made an obviously staged
Ever since Donald Trump delivered his Dystopian State of the Union address a couple of weeks ago, he has demonstrated his failure to grasp the consequences of having been impeached. He has embarked on a campaign of paranoid expulsions of perceived enemies from his own
It's time for another episode of Chopper Talk, Donald Trump's irregularly scheduled alternative venue for disseminating Alternative Facts (aka lies). Since the White House no longer holds press briefings, this is pretty much the media's only access to the President's festival of falsehoods (which they
Does Bill Barr have to sound like a mobster every time he talks? This is a nice community you have. It would be a shame if someone wrecked it. The Washington Post: “Today, the American people have to focus on something else, which is the
Natasha Bertrand and Daniel Lippmann have a piece up on Politico that suggests that drumpf may be using the Justice Department and the threat of breaking up Facebook to pressure Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg into allowing his campaign to publish bold face lies on the platform. Of course
We all thought this was over, but Donald Trump’s consigliere, William Barr, is determined to pave the way for a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Because … Donald Trump says so, apparently. Yup, that’s it. No other reason. Honestly, what other reason could there be?
A federal judge had to order Customs and Border Protection to allow doctors into migrant detention centers to treat and check on sick children. Again: The Trump administration has been so negligent and/or cruel, a court had to force it to let detained kids see
Much as Donald Trump joked that the specter of STD infection during the ‘70s was his own personal Vietnam, Attorney General William Barr is convinced war is hell — and on par with covering up the (alleged) crimes of a scofflaw president. In a speech
I hope I find it as easy to wear off of Robert Mueller as I did with beer. It shouldn’t be hard, I’ve had more than my fill, and it’s time to stop before I wake up on the floor with the cat scooping litter
Baghdad Blob* was on Meet the Press this morning to discuss the week in Trump insanity. Needless to say, this exchange was chilling: CHUCK TODD: Does [Trump] expect criminal charges, does he expect — he’s accused James Comey of treason. Does he expect Jim Comey to be
Only 370? Where are the rest of them? In a stinging rebuke to William “Low — No, No Lower … Lower” Barr, hundreds of former federal prosecutors have signed a statement asserting that Donald Trump would have surely been charged with obstruction of justice based on
As D.C. doctors finish suturing Lindsey Graham’s lips to Donald Trump’s regal buttocks, you might take a moment to recall that he was once one of Trump’s biggest detractors, as the following tweets prove … After Trump insulted John McCain’s service by saying he likes
The Washington Post’s editorial board is not pulling any punches in the wake of Attorney General William Barr’s craven, self-serving testimony today. In fact, according to the venerable paper, Barr has done no less than torch his reputation. Just a sampling: Mr. Barr has lit his
If you need another reason to vote (i.e., get the ocher arsehole out of office anon), here’s a good one, from page 390 of the Mueller report: Here’s the text version (emphases mine): A possible remedy through impeachment for abuses of power would not substitute
The bar has been set so low for this president that a damning report that can’t conclusively point to criminal wrongdoing is somehow being spun as a glorious triumph for Donald Trump and his skittering phalanx of swamp rodents. And damning it is. For this reason
See? It’s not just us. Politico: “The attorney general has created an environment that has caused a significant part of the public … to be concerned about whether or not there is full transparency,” U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton said during a hearing Tuesday
Donald Trump knows not to mess with Nancy Pelosi, and AG William Barr may soon learn the same lesson. Sure, he may look like he could star with Steve Bannon in The Picture of Dorian Gray (with Bannon starring as the putrefying picture, of course),
Now that Donald Trump and his playmates are just about done with their end zone celebration, it’s time to count the yellow flags on the field. And there are a heck of a lot of them. The latest? Robert Mueller will testify before Congress —
Give Republicans a victory, and they think they have “political capital” to gut the social safety net. Crooks and Liars has this link to the latest version of the Tigerbeat on the Potomac with regards Trump’s latest efforts to eliminate the ACA. Appears that Trump
The fix is in, folks. We have a rigged system, believe me. Business Insider: Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr told him he would send the special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Russia investigation to the
