It is hard to fathom how stupid Ivanka Trump must be. To do this after her father railed against Hillary Clinton for so long…. Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a … Read More
Down Down Dow
Sorry about the blog being down for so long. It was the server and nothing I could do about it. And what has happened in the interim? Well, for starters, the Dow is down. Way down. After plummeting almost 300 points yesterday, the Dow is down over 400 so far this morning, and it is only 9:20 a.m. We are … Read More
Weekly List 105
Reporting this week indicates Trump is reeling from the midterms, as additional House seats were called for Democrats, possibly leading to a 40 seat pick-up, as well as the Mueller probe, from which additional indictments are expected soon. This week Trump skipped many duties typically carried out by a head of state, instead brooding and threatening to fire more cabinet level … Read More
Facebook’s Attempt To Clean Up “Fake News” Was a Huge Fail
The Guardian sums it up: Facebook hired a PR firm that attempted to discredit the company’s critics by claiming they were agents of billionaire George Soros, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Soros is a Jewish philanthropist who is the frequent subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories. At the same time, the social media company urged the Anti-Defamation League to object to a cartoon … Read More
Is Mueller Squeezing Trump?
For the past several days, several news outlets have noted the gloomy angry Trump and a dysfunctional White House. Even I commented on it here. The conventional wisdom is that Trump is pissed that his full-on efforts in the 2018 campaign failed miserably. And they did. Just yesterday, as the ballots are still being counted, three MORE Democrats won seats … Read More
The Country Turned Upside Down
The dysfunction of the White House — both internally and externally — cannot be understated. Some days it is just better to step back and take a photo of it from afar. Historians, this is a day with virtually NO breaking news…. Digby: Trump feels betrayed by all those Republicans who failed to win and made him look like a … Read More
Angry Trump To Fire More People?
There are several reports alleging that Trump is about to shit-can chief baby-cager Kirstjen Nielsen and possibly her mentor John Kelly too. Nielsen’s ass is in the hot seat because it turns out that even monstrous treatment of desperate people won’t stop them from trying to escape the intolerable conditions in their home countries. We’ve heard these reports before — especially about … Read More
Democrats Are Still Winning the 2018 Election
Testy Trump is tweeting about criticisms that he didn’t attend an event in Paris to honor WWI fallen soldiers. He didn’t go because of rain — yet all the other world leaders somehow managed to make it. “Cemetery” is a hard work to spell. Why is Trump so testy? Probably because Democrats are still winning the 2018 elections, which were … Read More
CNN Sues Trump For Barring Jim Acosta
This is a fight that Trump probably wants, since the “Fake News” — in particular, CNN — is a punching bag he likes to use. CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House. The lawsuit is a response to … Read More
The Psychology of Trump Supporters
Wow. This is too good NOT to post here. It hits it all. From Raw Story: It should be strongly emphasized that not all Trump supporters are racist, mentally vulnerable, or fundamentally bad people. It can be detrimental to society when those with degrees and platforms try to demonize their political opponents or paint them as mentally ill when they … Read More
It Really Looks Like The Elections Hit Trump Hard
Either that, or he is not well. It is worth noticing this series of events over the last week: Trump held a news conference after the midterm elections in which his affect was clearly depressed, until he engaged in a confrontation with CNN’s Jim Acosta. The president traveled to Paris to take part in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the … Read More
Well, You Don’t See THIS Often
Facebook is down. Daily Mail: Facebook users around the world have been left in a ‘total blackout’ after the site crashed early Monday afternoon. The site went down just before 1 p.m., affecting users from the United States and South America all the way to Europe. Those who attempted to access the desktop site are met with a message saying ‘Sorry, … Read More
Election 2018 Ain’t Over
Fucking Florida. Fucking Palm Breach County. Fucking Broward County. Fucking Recounts. Fuck Fuck Fuck. On the one hand, there is a process that has to be followed for close races, so those procedures need to be followed. But already, just like in the Bush-Gore race, the lawsuits are flying faster than a wet cat in the shower. At issue are … Read More
At Least 31 Dead In California Wildfires
At least 31 people are dead as entire California cities flee wildfires Over the weekend, three major wildfires in California wreaked havoc. So far, more than 190,000 acres have burned, and 272,000 people have been evacuated. Around 8,200 firefighters are battling the flames, according to state officials. In Northern California: A blaze dubbed the Camp fire has destroyed 6,700 structures, making it the … Read More
Trump’s Eyes
How Trump looks at allies versus Putin This was in France this weekend as world leaders gathered to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War One. The overseas trip, largely ceremonial for everyone, was a complete disaster for Trump, starting with his failure to show up because of rain: On Sunday, in unrelenting rain, more than … Read More