Did President Trump Approve a Deal That Allowed Hundreds of ISIS Fighters to Escape Raqqa?
Morukc Umnaber/DPA via ZUMA President Trump has insisted for a long time that his attitude toward ISIS will be nothing like President Obama’s. There will be no compromise, no pragmatism, no half measures. He will destroy them to the last man and completely annihilate their organization. That makes it odd that this deeply-reported BBC story…
Trump Pokes an Elephant-Sized Hole in the Ivory Ban
The latest from the White House: The Trump administration plans to allow hunters to import trophies of elephants they killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States…. What? Why on earth would Trump rescind the ivory ban? Maybe if I keep reading I’ll find out: ….reversing a ban put in place by the…
Republicans Kill Personal Tax Cut In Order to Save the Corporate Tax Cut
Yesterday I was in a quandary: how, oh how, will Republicans manage to keep their tax bill from increasing the deficit in 2028 and beyond, as required by Senate rules? One possibility has always been to make the tax cuts temporary, like the Bush tax cuts, but that seemed like a nonstarter. After all, it…
The Closest Election in History?
Nelson Peltz has just won election to the board of Procter & Gamble by a margin of 50.001 percent to 49.999 percent. Is this the closest election ever in corporate history? Or in the history of elections altogether?
CBO: The Republican Tax Bill Will Trigger $136 Billion in Automatic Budget Cuts Next Year
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA We already know this about the Republican tax bill: It must increase the deficit no more than $1.5 trillion over the next ten years. It must not raise the deficit at all beyond ten years. But there’s always been a third requirement too, and I’ve been waiting for that shoe…
Donald Trump Sends Prayers to Wrong Victims of Mass Shooting
Wut? Didn’t this happen more than a week ago? Is Trump thinking of Rancho Tehama, California? Does he really pay that little attention to mass shootings? BTW, here’s his tweet from the actual day of the shooting in Sutherland Springs: He really puts a lot of thought into these tweets of compassion, doesn’t he?