A gunman opened fire at a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee, at 3:25 am Sunday. Six people were shot, including four who died and two others were injured. The Metropolitan National Police Department tweeted that a patron “wrestled away the gunman’s rifle” and that he was nude and fled on foot. “The man who wrestled the gun away is a hero,” Metro … Read More
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This week Trump became increasingly frantic about the fed raid on Michael Cohen, as innuendo swirled that Cohen could cooperate with federal prosecutors if indicted. Trump spent much of the week attacking James Comey, and teetering on firing Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller. Yet again this week, the national focus continued to be on Trump’s gyrations, with no visible efforts … Read More
Why The Nunes Release Of The Comey Memos Backfired
David Frum gets it right: It’s another familiar story that conservatives have built themselves a closed information system. The system generates and repeats agreed fictions, and people are rewarded according to their ability to internalize, repeat, and embellish these fictions. The system has revved itself into hyper-activity in the Trump years. And no Trump-era fiction has been more profoundly internalized … Read More
Risk Factors for 2018 GOP House Incumbents
The Cook Political Report: Multiple indicators, including generic ballot polls , President Trump’s approval ratings and recent special election results, point to midterm danger for Republicans. But without robust race-by-race polling, it’s trickier to predict individual races six months out. Are Democrats the favorites to pick up the 23 seats they need for a majority? Yes, but it’s still not certain which races will materialize for … Read More
DNC Files Lawsuit Against Russia, WikiLeaks, and the Donald Trump Campaign
It looks like Democrats, like the Republicans in Congress, want to take a look at what Mueller has. The Democratic National Committee is ready to take things to court. The complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton … Read More
Comey Memos Leaked
There was a time when Republicans were upset that Comey allegedly leaked his notes to his friend Professor Daniel Richman of Columbia Law School, who told the world about Comey’s meetings with Trump and how Trump asked for loyalty. It was questionable whether or not those notes were classified, and whether Comey had the authority to leak them after he … Read More
The 2018 Red Sox Are Amazing
The 2016 Red Sox are 16-2, just the seventh team since 1900 to win 16 of their first 18 games. The last two teams to start 16-2 — the 1984 Detroit Tigers and 1955 Los Angeles Dodgers — both won the World Series. Alex Cora is the only manager to go 16-2 in his first 18 games with a new team. Last … Read More
Rosenstein Told Trump He’s Not A Target
Bloomberg: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he isn’t a target of any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter. Rosenstein, who brought up the Mueller probe himself, offered the assurance during a meeting with Trump at the White House last Thursday, a development that helped … Read More
Jim Bridenstine Just Voted In As NASA Administrator
50-49. Unbelievable. A climate change denier. No space background. No science background. He has also spoken out on the House floor criticizing the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allowed LGBTQ members. He does have some administration experience — managing a small museum in Tulsa. But now he has a staff of 17,000 and a budget of nearly $19 billion (not to … Read More
Puerto Rico Disaster
CONFIRMED: There is a black out in Puerto Rico. The entire island is without power. There is “ZERO power generation at this point”, according to a spokesman. A fault was detected on the line 50700 which starts in Aguirre Central It may take 24 to 36 hours to restore power. The latest blackout prompted Gov. Ricardo Rossello to call on … Read More
Introducing The Navigator
Why do progressives lose when we should win more often? Some say it is because of the way we frame the issues when talking about them. For example, Trump supporters point to the stock market and say the economy is doing great. What is the progressive response that resonates better with voters? (a) The economy might be better in the … Read More
Will Cohen Sing Like A Canary?
Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of President Donald Trump whose home and office were raided earlier this month reportedly said, “I’d rather jump out of a building than turn on Donald Trump,” in a conversation with a radio host. But many in Trump’s circle are not so sure. Two sources close to the president said people in Trump’s inner circle have in recent … Read More
No More Castro
For as long as I have been alive, a Castro has been the leader of Cuba. That will no longer be. Raul Castro, who succeeded his brother Fidel as president in 2006, will remain head of the Communist Party, but will step down as Cuba’s President. Cuba’s National Assembly has elected Miguel Diaz-Canel to become president, meaning a leader not named Castro … Read More
Hannity Under Fire For Journalistic Ethics
… Or lack thereof. From Politico: Just hours after the raid on the office of Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Hannity inveighed that special counsel Robert Mueller had “declared war against the president of the United States.” But Hannity didn’t disclose that he, too, had received legal advice from Cohen. Hannity’s relationship with the embattled attorney was revealed during … Read More
Trump Goes Soft On Russia Again
Monday (left)Tuesday (right)Wednesday TBD pic.twitter.com/sxkWhRYJRv — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) April 17, 2018 Trump rejected, for now at least, a fresh round of sanctions set to be imposed against Russia yesterday, a course change that underscored the schism between the president and his national security team. Why did he do it? Here’s what a cynic might say… Sunday morning: Haley announces … Read More