Month: May 2017
The thing about Rodrigo Duterte is that for an authoritarian like Trump, he says things that Trump would like to say himself but can't yet. And you know President Pussy.
Your major WaPo evening scoop of the day: Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition.
I know some of you are aware of this comment from new Republithug Greg Gianforte, but I think we have the Republican retirement plan summed up in a nutshell. Gianforte.
Like the filibuster on Supreme Court justices, Republicans destroying the blue slip process by which senators have effective veto power over federal judges from their states will suck at first,.
As we've discussed before, the most determined nothing-matters-Democrats-are-always-doomed Eeyores like to cite Sam Brownback winning re-election after destroying the state. The obvious problem with this is that he was re-elected.
Michael Dorf's assessment of Comey (and Rosenstein) is brilliant: Another problem with the idea that Rosenstein was taking one for the team is that people with reputations for integrity often.
Damn fine coffee! The owls are not what they seem! That gum you like is going to come back in style! We're going to do things a little differently this.
Alec MacGillis has a superb piece about Jared Kushner's predatory capitalism. It should be read in full, but Jamelle Bouie summarizes and adds context: Kushner’s company is relentless in its.