America Needs a Troglodyte/Eat-the-Rich Party
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Atrios today: I’m not sure of the precise timing, but I figure sometime soon..either before the 2018 midterms or soon after… the regular drumbeat for a “populist” party whose appeal is limited to Tom Friedman and Matthew Dowd and maybe Chuck Lane will begin. A…
Investors Are Getting a Little Too Happy For My Taste
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t want to turn into a total Cassandra about the economy, but the Wall Street Journal isn’t providing me any comfort: December 13: Everyone is giddy. “Forecasters are increasingly optimistic the U.S. economic expansion could continue beyond the 2020 presidential election….Most of the private-sector…
Donald Trump Wants to Waste a Lot of Money on New Border Patrol Agents
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the LA Times today, Christine Stenglein and John Hudak warn that enlarging the border patrol won’t be easy: Customs and Border Protection last year awarded a $297 million contract for assistance in recruiting and hiring the 5,000 border patrol agents President Trump believes we…
Weekend Roundup: Trump at Work and Play…But Mostly Play
Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Aside from the fact that he’s a political genius, what have we learned about Donald Trump this weekend? Jonathan Swan reveals that Trump’s official schedule has been pared back a bit: President Trump is starting his official day…
Quote of the Day: Yes, the President Is a Genius
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Stephen Miller, on Jake Tapper’s State of the Union, describing President Trump: I saw a man who was a political genius…a self-made billionaire who revolutionized reality TV…hasn’t gotten the due he deserves… Miller was his usual obnoxious, hyperactive self, refusing to answer questions and…
Trump Nominee Appears to Have Practiced a Wee Bit of Resume Inflation
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Check this out: Trump’s nominee to lead Indian Health Service, facing claims he misrepresented his resumé, says his employment records were destroyed in a tornado. https://t.co/3fOzIqvwTa — Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 6, 2018 Let’s make one thing clear: there was, in fact, a tornado. And…