Embed from Getty Images Most recently, Robby Mook was the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, a position that obviously requires many talents. But in light of the misses that led to the outcome, I'm not sure I'd put Mook on my team if my odds of winning an election going in were 99-1. Admittedly, I'm just an arm-chair quarterback. I've never … [Read more...] about For Team Clinton, All Ducks Were Not In A Row
Obscure company reaps $27 million from Trump email campaign
John Yob, the controversial wheeler-dealer of Michigan Republican Party politics, scooped up millions of dollars through a contract with the Republican National Committee that benefited the Donald Trump campaign, so much so that Yob now lives in an ocean front mansion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Washington Post has a fascinating story today about a tangled web of GOP … [Read more...] about Obscure company reaps $27 million from Trump email campaign
Is 2016 America facing an 1860 moment?
One of the hardest things to do as a historian is to capture the raw drama of a moment in the past, all the while knowing how the story ultimately ends. Whatever era it is we study, historians weigh the hopes, fears, plots, contingencies and personalities of people at a certain place and time against the longer term structural changes and cultural subtexts that these same … [Read more...] about Is 2016 America facing an 1860 moment?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blows It Again
The nominees are out for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class. And once again one of the most deserving potential nominees is nowhere to be found. Of course you could cast an online vote for The Cars if you like. They’re one of the 19 nominees. So is Joan Baez. Now I love Joan Baez, but c’mon, she’s no rocker. For reasons unknown to rational humans one name never … [Read more...] about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blows It Again
Cartoon: Make Russia Great Again
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Why a Trump presidency inspires fear
WASHINGTON -- The CIA's finding that Vladimir Putin's Russia actively intervened in our election to help Donald Trump explains why many of us are not simply disappointed or unhappy that Trump won. We are genuinely alarmed. And Trump's cavalier response to these fears only deepens them. When The Washington Post revealed the CIA's conclusions about Russia, Trump's … [Read more...] about Why a Trump presidency inspires fear
(Update) Air Force One Deserves More Than a Tweet
Update: The Boeing Air Force One contract may have just become competitive. In a tweet directed to Donald Trump, the Ukrainian state-owned Antonov, producer of the world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov-225 Mriya (Dream) cargo plane, has offered to build Trump’s Air Force One. Here is the tweet: “@realDonaldTrump May be it is better to consider #Antonov aircraft as … [Read more...] about (Update) Air Force One Deserves More Than a Tweet
We must know if Russia tipped the U.S. presidential election (Guest Editorial)
Just 27 days ago, in what was essentially a Paul Revere midnight ride through cyberspace, the director of the National Security Agency announced that the United States is Russia's play toy. "There shouldn't be any doubts in anybody's mind: This was not something that was done casually, this was not something that was done by chance,… … [Read more...] about We must know if Russia tipped the U.S. presidential election (Guest Editorial)
Trump can’t wait to sell out his base
WASHINGTON -- "Watch what we do, not what we say." At the beginning of Richard Nixon's presidency, that's how Attorney General John Mitchell explained the way reporters could best understand what the country was about to experience. It's also good advice for understanding the administration of the billionaire phony populist who will assume the presidency next … [Read more...] about Trump can’t wait to sell out his base
How Schumer and the Democrats are preparing to fight
WASHINGTON -- As of Jan. 20, Chuck Schumer will be the most important Democrat in the land. But spend a few minutes with the incoming Senate minority leader and it's clear where the real power lies. I was interviewing the New York Democrat last week when he paused to take a call. It was about an event scheduled for the next day to highlight a new initiative tallying … [Read more...] about How Schumer and the Democrats are preparing to fight
Cartoon: Trump’s War on Government
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President-elect Trump may have a black leading his media machine (Guest Voice)
President-elect Trump may have a black leading his media machine by Jordan Cooper After the Inauguration of our 45th president Donald J. Trump, America will have an opportunity to experience the first minority (African-American) to be the White House's Press Secretary. In the 1940s Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first black woman to attend a White House Press … [Read more...] about President-elect Trump may have a black leading his media machine (Guest Voice)
Cartoons: Russia helps Trump
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When Robots Reign: Getting Along with Robo Sapiens
A Philosophic Fiction: Part 3 of 4 An Eye for an Eye… Rob: If the Game of Selves were stable, the response to an act of predation wouldn’t be to demand “an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.” Instead of retaliating, the goal would be to quell fires before they spread. But the Game of Selves is not a game of that sort. It is inherently unstable. A single aggrieved party can … [Read more...] about When Robots Reign: Getting Along with Robo Sapiens
Trump: Bush With a Twist
Donald Trump is using a variant of the George W. Bush governing philosophy. The problem faced by both GOP administrations is the party's signature policies (tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, increased defense spending) are unpopular. Bush disguised this with centrist rhetoric to cover hard-right policies. Trump is using splashy, populist-sounding jobs deals (e.g. Carrier) … [Read more...] about Trump: Bush With a Twist
Compromised: Mitch McConnell Knew Russian Hackers Were Helping Elect Trump
Compromat. Get used to this Russian word, for it contains the full meaning of last night's bombshell report about Russian election hacking. We must learn to use it early and often, especially when discussing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Russia's role in the hacking and publication of internal Democratic Party emails has been known and widely… … [Read more...] about Compromised: Mitch McConnell Knew Russian Hackers Were Helping Elect Trump
Democrat Vs. Democrat
Barbara Boxer favors fish over Californians. Diane Feinstein favors Californians over fish. That is the takeaway from The Hill story "Senate Dem blocks own bill over California drought language": "Retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer was expecting to score one final legislative victory with a major water resources package just before the holidays. But the California Democrat … [Read more...] about Democrat Vs. Democrat
America’s trench warfare is more alarming than Trump’s cabinet choices
America’s slide toward a hardline regime headed by an impulsive Donald Trump is consternation enough. Now the losing side’s trench warfare against him is giving far greater reasons for alarm. During the election campaign, the American model of liberal democracy was held to ransom by mesmerized voters in thrall to Trump's dramatic disregard for facts and reasoned thought. … [Read more...] about America’s trench warfare is more alarming than Trump’s cabinet choices
Military Weekend: ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…’
One can clearly tell Christmas is getting nearer. Not only are the days getting shorter, the nights colder and the children growing restless, but also our service men and women are jumping into action as they always do around this glorious time of the year. Here is a member of the 144th Fighter Wing at an event for members of the deaf community in Fresno, Calif. Air … [Read more...] about Military Weekend: ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…’
Cartoons: Putin’s Puppet
Putin's Puppet by Clay Jones The people who spent eight years screaming the loudest about being patriots and shouting “I want my country back” are the first to turn a blind eye and allow a foreign nation to commit terrorism on us and manipulate our democratic system. That’s the equivalent of treason. The CIA has assessed that Russia wasn’t just trying to destroy … [Read more...] about Cartoons: Putin’s Puppet