A Note About Trump’s Tweets
I feel like I need to remind people of this periodically: Donald Trump’s tweets are not aimed at you and me, and analyzing them as if they were will lead you badly astray. They are aimed solely at his core supporters in the electorate and the media. In other words: don’t think of them as…
California’s Wildfire Policy Totally Backfired. Native Communities Know How to Fix It.
When it came time to set fire to the hillside, Kitty Lynch paused. A 70 year-old retired waitress, Lynch’s job during the controlled burn of a 2,200 acre ranch in Humboldt County, California this June was to keep the fire in check by tamping down small, errant flames with a tool called a McLeod. Lynch…
Appealing to Black Voters in South Carolina, Elizabeth Warren Fires Up White Liberals
Elizabeth Warren addresses a crowd at Clinton College, an HBCU in Rock Hill, S.C., on September 28, 2019.Meg Kinnard/AP Elizabeth Warren came to the South Carolina Lowcountry on Saturday and played all the standards. At a town hall in Goose Creek, about 20 miles north of Charleston, she talked about corporate greed and government decisions…
Turns Out, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Huge in Iowa
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stand on stage Friday on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.AP Photo/Nati Harnik Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was welcomed to Iowa with a roast. On Friday, while the first-term Democratic congresswoman from New York was introducing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at a rally in Council Bluffs,…
Trump’s Plot to Kill DACA Arrives in the Supreme Court, and the Protesters Are Here, Too
Georgetown student Anahi Figueroa-Flores, a DACA recipient, speaks during a rally Friday in front of the Supreme Court. Students at area high schools and universities had staged a walkout.Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program arrives in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, trailed by the anger…
Let’s Remember a Trump Official’s Terrible Old Tweet About the Berlin Wall
Jens SchlueterGetty Hey Monica, I saw an old tweet of yours resurface on Saturday to mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It’s from 2015, when you were a Fox News commentator and not a flack in the Trump administration, though these days is there any difference? This…