Mounting a Ban by Clay Jones The chances of you being gunned down by a radical Islamic terrorist in North America is pretty slim. The odds of being butchered by a radical conservative terrorist with a gun are much greater. This was proven Sunday in Quebec City, Canada. There’s just so much irony that during President Trump’s illegal executive order to ban Muslims from … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Mounting a Ban
Gorsuch Nominated To SCOTUS
United States President Donald Trump announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. As the likely next justice on the high court, his nomination was likely to bring up questions about his background — including his net worth. Gorsuch, 49, serves on the 10th circuit court of appeals in Colorado. He's the… … [Read more...] about Gorsuch Nominated To SCOTUS
Surprise, GOP: You should’ve taken Trump literally
WASHINGTON -- Hey, Republicans: Ready to take him literally yet? Two days after the election, I spoke with Grover Norquist, a conservative tax activist who had made peace with the prospect of a Trump presidency. Expressing confidence that Donald Trump wouldn't attempt the crazier promises made during the campaign, Norquist said Trump's supporters knew to take him … [Read more...] about Surprise, GOP: You should’ve taken Trump literally
Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence, Until…
Matthew Yglesias assesses the Trump administration's start on vox.com. For liberals alarmed by Donald Trump’s election, there is something heartening about the revelation that the new president has no idea what he's doing. His rollout of new travel restrictions aimed at offering a constitutionally, economically, and diplomatically viable alternative to his campaign pledge of … [Read more...] about Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence, Until…
Cartoon: Big Love
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Kim-Jong Trump
The following is my reply to the letter sent by Senator Al Franken to his constituency. Dear Senator Al, I wish I could agree with you that "This is not our country." Unfortunately, it is, or at least a part of it. We know far better now than we did a few months ago that our electorate is divided in profound ways. During the recently completed campaign, Trump praised the … [Read more...] about Kim-Jong Trump
Travel Ban Rollout Only Continues Inherent Weaknesses In Trump Team’s Communication
Line of the Day: "Trump has done the impossible: He's gotten a bunch of New Yorkers to go all the way to JFK when they don't have to." - Mark Agee The chaos resulting from Donald Trump's Executive Order banning refugees from certain countries has dominated the news. But the implementation - this fly by the seat of your pants if you will, is indicative of the disorganization … [Read more...] about Travel Ban Rollout Only Continues Inherent Weaknesses In Trump Team’s Communication
Huge Nickname Shakeup!!
January 31, 2017 Note to readers: This is the latest entry in Super Baby DonDon’s diary. The series imagines that President Donald Trump has the emotional make-up of a five-year-old and confides his deepest thoughts—such as they are—to Andrew Feinberg, and to readers, every day. In his private moments, he always thinks of himself as Super Baby DonDon. I guess you’ve … [Read more...] about Huge Nickname Shakeup!!
The Bannon Show
>While the press and most Americans were focused on the Trump ban on immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a move of potentially greater significance to the nation appears to have slipped under the radar for the most part. The press has focused on Trump’s rushed order that took many government employees by surprise, and its effect on families, and American … [Read more...] about The Bannon Show
Trump fires Acting Attorney General
Embed from Getty Images President Donald Trump has fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to enforce his executive order on immigration -- in an incident some have already likened to Richard Nixon's infamous 1973 "Saturday Night Massacre": President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal … [Read more...] about Trump fires Acting Attorney General
Cartoon: Muslim Ban
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Obama Throws Support to Protesters Against Trump Immigration Ban
Former U.S. President Barack Obama has broken the unwritten Washington rule against criticizing his successor, to throw his support behind the protesters opposed to President Donald Trump's ban on immigration from seven Muslim majority countries. His spokesman Kevin Lewis says Obama is "heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the … [Read more...] about Obama Throws Support to Protesters Against Trump Immigration Ban
First Journalist Kill
January 30, 2017 Note to readers: This is the latest entry in Super Baby DonDon’s diary. The series imagines that President Donald Trump has the emotional make-up of a five-year-old and confides his deepest thoughts—such as they are—to Andrew Feinberg, and to readers, every day. In his private moments, he always thinks of himself as Super Baby DonDon. It is with great … [Read more...] about First Journalist Kill
What a Beer Has to Say to Mr. Trump (Update)
Update: Long before Trump came up with the harebrained idea of possibly imposing a 20 percent tariff to pay for his Wall, he was already making the building of the Wall a cornerstone of his campaign. Just like, last week, the Mexican Modelo Group answered Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, with a video (below), last May Aeromexico created a powerful video … [Read more...] about What a Beer Has to Say to Mr. Trump (Update)
Cartoon: Trumping Liberty
Trumping Liberty by Clay Jones During the presidential campaign Trump promised to ban Muslims refugees from entering the United States. He was flaky on it for the rest of the campaign but just a little over a week into his presidency, he lived up to it. Trump issued an executive order banning refugees from seven nations strife with terrorism. A funny thing about … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Trumping Liberty
A disgraceful exercise in cruelty
WASHINGTON -- President Trump's refugee ban and travel restrictions are a disgraceful exercise in cruelty. They do nothing to make us safer -- and may, in fact, make us less safe -- but they punish Muslims, and that is his whole point. Fear and loathing of Islam was one of Trump's campaign themes. He appealed to those who wrongly see the fight against terrorism as a … [Read more...] about A disgraceful exercise in cruelty
Democrat Congressman: “Trump is not normal.”
During a 01/27/17 interview on an Arizona radio station, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said about President Trump, "This man is not normal. He is not acting normal and there is nothing at this point that he has done for me that has proven that I should work with him and I don’t think that’s going to change." Here is a news flash for Congressman Gallego: President Trump … [Read more...] about Democrat Congressman: “Trump is not normal.”
Shutting up is not an option
WASHINGTON -- Let me begin with a word of thanks to Stephen K. Bannon, the chief White House strategist. With a single interview, he dispelled any illusions that normal or productive relations with the media will even be possible under the Trump administration. True, the new president's modern predecessors in both parties all tangled with the media. And the claim that … [Read more...] about Shutting up is not an option
Cartoon: Muslim Ban and U.S.
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Cartoon: Donald Trump and Mexico’s Pena Nieto
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