Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday appointed his wife, Mehriban Arif Gyzy Aliyeva, as first vice president. The implication for the Trump regime and Mr. Trump’s lies about his ties to the Putin kleptocracy are all too real. Like Melania Trump, Mehriban is a trophy wife, the bea[...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
February 21st, 2017 - 9:21 am § in America, Foreign Affairs
TRUMP ALLY APPOINTS WIFE AS VICE PRESIDENT
Patty Murry, Democrat Superstar!
WASHINGTON ― A few weeks after the 2013 government shutdown, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) compared the Republicans in the House to the preschoolers she once taught. To deal with a bunch of fractious, obstreperous 4-year-olds, she said, you need a plan. When Murray made her comparison, she was about[...]
February 16th, 2017 - 1:34 am § in Misc.
Rebuilding the GOP
Growing Cotton in Iowa An ambitious young senator offers a revealing glimpse of a post-Trump Republican Party ECONOMIST.COM Read More about Tom Cotton[...]
February 10th, 2017 - 5:18 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Is fascism taking root in the US?
Historians have been divided over whether to describe Trumpism as fascism. Excerpted text from essay by Rachel Shabi author of Not the Enemy: Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. Reaching for the term “fascist” isn’t about applying the ultimate insult, so much as preparing for t[...]
December 13th, 2016 - 6:01 pm § in Misc.
On Trump: He won the election because people, like myself, are tired.
Jamie Lee Can I tell you all that not one Russian, or a Russian representative, ever called me or sent me a piece of mail or contacted me through any social media to sway my vote toward Trump? It never happened! I voted for Trump, and I don’t care who knows or who gets mad […][...]
A FACEBOOK DIALOG ON STANDING ROCK
Mary Anne Campbell I just heard from a client who trains her horses in North Dakota. She has another side of this story from the other people who live in this community. While I absolutely stand with the principles being defended at Standing Rock, I think it’s very apparent this year that [...]
Should Our Ballots Be Private?
Our religious community is hosting a “ballot party.” We are invited to bring our ballots, stamps, voters’ pamphlets and political propaganda. The session will have a “master of ceremonies” to guide the discussion. When WA went to mail-in ballots, I worried, “What [...]
Would Trump’s Son In Law Get Into the UW?
WHY THE UW MATTERS Jared Kushner, husband to Ivanka Trump and now the apparent consigliere of the Trump White House, was admitted to Harvard, but he might not have been accepted at UW. Over at FACEBOOK, UW President Ana Mari Cauce glows with pride that our university ranks among the top 20 in [...]
How many Black athletes would kneel for the game?
Im sorry, but not standing for the Star Bangled Banner is something kids do at high school assemblies to protest injustice they learn about in their social studies classes. While I do applaud and admire Colin Kapernick, San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, who has taking a stance against “the op[...]
When Trump Bans the Real Media