“It’s the economy, stupid,” James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, offered as explanation of a rare defeat of an incumbent president in 1992. Three presidents and 24 years later, frustrated by the slow recovery after the Great Recession, some voters thought “a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘corruption’
November 26th, 2020 - 12:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why the Flynn pardon is a corrupt abuse of power
Best way to get a Trump pardon? By lying to protect him, and committing a crime in the process. Trump is arguably the most self-centered person on the planet over age two. He does nothing for anyone except himself (and, possibly, his immediate family, within limits) unless there’s something in[...]
November 7th, 2020 - 12:22 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
The many ways Trump hijacked public resources to help his campaign
“Trump used the White House both for the Republican National Convention ― even hosting a televised naturalization ceremony with the help of the Department of Homeland Security ― and as his final war room on election night. “Kayleigh McEnany, his White House press secretary, acted as [...]
September 14th, 2020 - 10:26 pm § in Politics
Will federal employees send my Christmas cards, too?
This article contains news and sarcastic liberal commentary. “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife asked State Department staff to help send personal family Christmas cards,” CNN reported on Monday, September 14, 2020. Toni Porter, an aide, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee[...]
Trump aide laughably warns of “leftist insurrection”
This article is news and liberal commentary. Which is almost amusing, because rightwing extremists have most of the AR-15s in circulation in this country. Also, consider the source, the notorious Michael Caputo (photo at right), a Roger Stone protege, whose ties to Russia were “so concerning&#[...]
September 12th, 2020 - 1:53 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
HAVE YOUR BARF BAG HANDY:
ICE sickened hundreds of immigrant detainees to provide muscle for Trump’s D.C. photo-op. This photo gave over 300 ICE detainees Covid-19. The explanation is complicated. To get the photo, Trump’s aides had to clear away peaceful protesters. The D.C. mayor wouldn’t do it with local[...]
Trump official wasted taxpayer $$$millions on image burnishing
This article is news with liberal commentary. Trump’s top Medicaid official, Seema Verma, paid consultants at least $3.5 million of taxpayer money for anti-Obamacare messaging and polishing her image, Newsweek reported on September 10, 2020. The money was used to get her on panels, podcasts, T[...]
September 4th, 2020 - 4:31 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Postal police block a Democratic congresswoman from seeing unprocessed mail
Postal police blocked a Democrat om the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Trump’s postmaster for slowing mail ahead of the election, from two Florida mail sorting facilities where employees say mail sits in bins. The congresswoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, wanted to inspe[...]
August 30th, 2020 - 7:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Russia
NYT says Rosenstein secretly limited Mueller probe
This article contains news and commentary Rod Rosenstein publicly ordered Robert Mueller to investigate “any links and/or coordination” between Russia’s government and the 2016 Trump campaign, but “privately told” him to “conduct only a criminal investigation,R[...]
April 3rd, 2020 - 1:37 pm § in Politics
GOP Senator’s insider trading scandal widens
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a wealthy finance executive married to the even wealthier founder of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, was appointed to the Senate by Georgia’s GOP governor to replace Sen. Johnny Isakson, who retired for health reasons, is potentially in legal trouble. No[...]