This Conservative columnist slammed Donald Trump as a coward and accused him of singlehandedly transforming the Republican Party. But it is the words of the commenter that got to the essence of who Donald Trump is. New York Times Conservative columnist David Brooks wrote a piece that blasted Trump for the tenor of fear he is… … [Read more...] about The best description of Trump ever written & its author is just your common man
Can Trump separate fact from fiction?
WASHINGTON -- The most worrisome moment for me in a very ominous week was not President Trump's bizarre rant about crowd size, his bogus claims about election fraud or his moves toward bringing back torture, blocking refugees and provoking a trade war with Mexico. The most troubling moment was when he spoke about the weather. "It was almost raining," the new … [Read more...] about Can Trump separate fact from fiction?
Donald Trump’s Political Bubble
Seeing through a political bubble is akin to seeing through glasses. Glasses distort light in order to make things clearer. A political bubble also distorts, but it makes things less clear. People inside political bubbles think they see the outside just as it is, but they don’t. Instead, they see distortions. For example . . . Bryan Dean Wright has a message for … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Political Bubble
Keeping Score: Congress on the Trump Executive Order
Updated 01:20 Pacific Monday 30 January What has your Senator said about President Trump's Executive Order that bans immigration from seven Muslim countries? If he or she is a Republican, it's crickets on Twitter. Lots of chatter about abortions, though. Early Sunday morning (4 am Pacific), there were only two exceptions in the Senate and two in the House. In the … [Read more...] about Keeping Score: Congress on the Trump Executive Order
Thousands protest Trump immigration ban
Update 29 January 14:00 Thousands protested Saturday and Sunday in more than two dozen cities, many at airports, in response to President Trump's executive order banning people from seven countries. Notable in San Francisco: Google co-founder Sergey Brin. https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/825304944400093188 Meanwhile, federal judges in New York, Virginia and … [Read more...] about Thousands protest Trump immigration ban
“A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump” a must read (BOOK REVIEW)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This review is being posted again due to recent events. A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissim in the Era of Donald Trump was written before the election -- but boy is it needed to be read now. It's a thoughtful volume comprised of contributions by psychiatrists, doctors, psychologists-- and a notable storyteller-author-clinical-psychologist that'll be read … [Read more...] about “A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump” a must read (BOOK REVIEW)
Cartoon: Keep Calm
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US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Order Limiting Immigration
President Donald Trump's executive order limiting immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries led to widespread confusion as refugees, green-card holders, students and workers holdings visas were detained at U.S. airports or barred from getting on international flights on Saturday. By Saturday night, a federal judge in New York had temporarily blocked the Trump … [Read more...] about US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Order Limiting Immigration
Trump’s Casual Cruelty
Embed from Getty Images Dylan Matthews explains how Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim countries is nothing more than a political stunt for his followers on vox.com. The reasons for Trump’s ban on refugees could not be more feeble, and could not be more petty. It serves no actual security purpose. You have a better chance of … [Read more...] about Trump’s Casual Cruelty
Trump’s Actions Turn a Quiet Saturday into a Day of Chaos (UPDATES)
UPDATE VI: McCain and Graham: Trump order may become 'self-inflicted wound' in terrorism fight Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said they fear President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration “will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.” “Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast … [Read more...] about Trump’s Actions Turn a Quiet Saturday into a Day of Chaos (UPDATES)
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Is There Method To Donald Trump’s Madness?
"What’s the method in Trump’s madness?" That is the title of a commentary by Washington Post opinion writer E.J. Dionne, Jr. Dionne writes, "He [President Trump] has now put his presidency behind a lie, that 3 million to 5 million illegally cast ballots cost him the popular vote. He went further Wednesday, despite widespread criticism, even from within his own party. In a … [Read more...] about Is There Method To Donald Trump’s Madness?
Trump Brings Shame to U.S. With Policy Based on Fear (Guest Voice)
Donald Trump’s "extreme vetting" plan to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists,” is a policy based in fear, rather than facts. The ban suspends immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days and suspends all entry of Syrian nationals indefinitely. This means the fixers that have saved my life in the Middle East for the past two… … [Read more...] about Trump Brings Shame to U.S. With Policy Based on Fear (Guest Voice)
But wait a second
But wait a second Radical Islamic terrorists, we don’t want them here, says the POTUS. Agreed, Mr. President and thank you so very much for protecting us. But wait a second. Name me one country which does. And I hate to break it to you that radical Islamic terrorism is our baby. Do wars in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, and Iraq, ISIS, ring a bell. And now we close our … [Read more...] about But wait a second
Will the Men in the White Coats Drag Trump Away?
Check out the 25th Constitutional Amendment. A vice president, working with a "majority of either the principle officers of the executive departments, or of such body as Congress may by law provide," can remove the president for being "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." Even the craven enabling Republicans would do well to read that provision, because … [Read more...] about Will the Men in the White Coats Drag Trump Away?
Cartoon: Steve Bannon
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Spatters from the rotating blades
Week One: Pillaging is hard these days. Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare Mike Debonis / Washington Post — PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The … [Read more...] about Spatters from the rotating blades
Trump signs plan to temporarily shut nation’s door to most refugees
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive action Friday that aims to temporarily halt the nation's refugee program and usher in the most sweeping changes in more than 40 years to how the U.S. welcomes the world's most vulnerable people. The White House has yet to release the text of the signed document but a… … [Read more...] about Trump signs plan to temporarily shut nation’s door to most refugees
One of History’s prophetic voices…
History does not repeat itself although sometimes it seems that way. However similar events of the past and events of the present may appear, the people and times are different. But sometimes history gives us prophetic voices with words that reach beyond the the past and touch the present. One hundred seventy-nine years ago today, January 17, 1838, Abraham Lincoln gave the … [Read more...] about One of History’s prophetic voices…
People around the world are helping the US save its climate data
Michelle Murphy is a professor in Canada, but her research on the Great Lakes depends on water quality data collected by her neighbors to the south. Specifically, the US Environmental Protection Agency. “Without EPA data, you are blinded," Murphy says of her work studying chemical emissions into the Great Lakes. She’s concerned that EPA data that’s… … [Read more...] about People around the world are helping the US save its climate data