Nude photos of Mrs. Trump, recently published in the New York Post, raised some questions regarding her immigration status at one time, before she married Donald Trump. If true, Trump may have literally married an undocumented worker who lied to enter the country under false pretenses and then failed to disclose that lie when later getting a green card and eventually … Read More
What Atrios Said
This is great: WHEN TEXAS SECEDES…. The conversation with Uncle Sam will be something like: You aren’t going to close your military bases, are you? Well, yes. You aren’t going to close the borders and enact border checks, are you? Well, yes. You aren’t going to require visas for Texan patriots to visit the US, are you? Quite possibly. You … Read More
Trump Supporters Are Really Really Ugly
On Thursday evening, New York Times Washington editor, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out a link to a Robert Kagan editorial in the Washington Post. Kagan’s editorial explained the relationship between what’s happening with Trump and fascism. It’s a common — and common sense — argument, i.e.., that patriotism becomes nationalism becomes fascism, with the rise of a charismatic figure with no regard for laws or … Read More
Not For Nothing, But We All Know The Wall Is Stupid, Right?
Just in case you had doubts…
Is Trump Knowingly Lying About His Immigration Position?
Mmmmmaybe. There’s a rumor going around, encouraged in no small part by this article, to the effect that Trump was talking off-the-record with a New York Times reporter, and what he said called into question whether he would stand by his views on immigration: Trump visited the paper’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, Jan. 5, part of a round of editorial board … Read More
The Trump Backlash Continues
A $6 billion golf community under construction in Dubai is removing his name from the project. Trump was tossed from a respected business network in Scotland, where the billionaire says he invested more than $300 million in golf courses and other developments. And Lifestyle, a retailer that does business in an enormous marketplace spanning the Middle East, India and Africa, … Read More
Trump May Have Hit The Ceiling
Donald Trump has defied political pundits for months now. When he first attacked John McCain, the thought was that it would kill him in the polls, but then he went up. And that’s been the story for over four months now. He keeps on appealing to the worst-of-the-worst conservative base and his numbers go up. But many are now saying … Read More
Trump: Annoy Your Local Police With Your Paranoia
Well, what he said was this today (emphases are mine): We can’t let it happen anymore. We have to be strong, we have to smart. We have to be fair, we have to be fair to all side. And it’s tough. You know, if you’re Muslim — and there are so many, they’re so great, they’re such good people — … Read More
Anti-Refugee Fearmongering Continues
What Obama Says: What I say: [fb_embed_post href=”https://www.facebook.com/ken.ashford/posts/10153779656910820?comment_id=10153779735840820¬if_t=feed_comment/” width=”550″/] Turning our backs on desperate Muslim refugees plays right into ISIS’s hands. After all, they recruit from a disenfranchised and angry population. What better to create a disenfranchised and angry population?
Vetting Syrian Refugees: A Governor With Guts
Kudos to Gov. Peter Shumlin SOUTH BURLINGTON – Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said Monday that governors who turn away Syrian refugees are “stomping” on American values. As of early Monday afternoon, nine Republican governors had said they would attempt to stop the relocation of refugees from Syria because of safety concerns following Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. “The governors who are … Read More
14-year-Old Kid Named Ahmed Builds A Clock; Gets Arrested For Building A Bomb
This happened in Texas, so…. no surprise. Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday. Instead, the school phoned police about Ahmed’s circuit-stuffed pencil case. So the 14-year-old missed the student council meeting and took a trip in … Read More
Palin Word Salad: “Speaking American” Edition
Immigrants to the United States should “speak American,” former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said on Sunday, adding her voice to a controversy triggered by Donald Trump’s criticism of Republican rival Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish. “Speaking American” is a punchline of a joke to show how stupid we are as Americans. Yet, when Palin used it, she really … Read More
Jorge Ramos Commits A Heinous Act Of Journalism
So Trump gave another news conference last night that was an exercise in rudeness. Basically what happened was this: Jorge Ramos, the Univision anchor and journalist, extensively squabbled with Donald Trump twice in testy exchanges at a news conference before his rally here Tuesday, with a security officer at one point ejecting Ramos from the event. “Go back to Univision,” … Read More
GOP Hispanic Outreach
Hispanics deserve candidates and a party that will fight for their vote. In working to earn Hispanics’ trust, though, Republicans have to remember that it’s not just about what we say, but how we say it. Our principles are sound, but we have to be thoughtful in how we discuss them. Too often, a candidate’s tone can turn off voters, … Read More
Trumps Reaction To Hate Crime — He Hits A New Low
This turns my stomach: The homeless man was lying on the ground, shaking, when police arrived early Wednesday. His face was soaked, apparently with urine, his nose broken, his chest and arms battered. Police said two brothers from South Boston ambushed the 58-year-old as he slept outside of a Dorchester MBTA stop, and targeted him because he is Hispanic. One … Read More