The New York Times (yes, I know) has quite a scoop from Michael Schmidt. The scoop is in the details – the overall story is that Trump thought that as President he would be capo di tutti capi. In that position, then, it makes sense that his Attorney General would be his consigliere. That was …
Here’s To A Friendlier New Year! (Open Thread)
Ric and Zooey have a mutual grooming session every morning. I’m looking forward to a friendlier New Year, although there is little reason to expect it. Open thread!
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What’s Going On In Iran?
Somebody asked that on the previous thread. Short answer is I don’t know. But there’s more I can add. My Twitter feed has been full of reports from Iran. Demonstrations and rioting in several cities across the country are in their fourth day. Reports are that the demonstrations were started by the IRGC (hard-liners) to …
Annals of Regression
I wish we were saying goodbye to this kind of stupidity along with 2017, but I fear not. “Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid.” One of the markers of civilized living used to be having water piped into your home, but that’s so twentieth century. Now we have “raw” “live” “real” …
Capo di Tutti Capi
Here’s another part of the Trump interview that Joy Ann Reid highlights. Betty has covered part of this, but I think Trump’s attitude on this is important for Democratic strategy. He literally adopted a "Godfather" phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had "come to …
Trump’s Nonexistent Cyberdeterrence
Michael Morell and Mike Rogers argue that the United States has failed to deter Russia from its attacks on our electoral system because those attacks continue. They rely on a model of deterrence that assumes that what Russia is doing is in some way equivalent to physical war. They feel that the Barack Obama administration …
Orrin Hatch: Utahn Of The Year
As you can see, the Salt Lake Tribune named seven-term senator Orrin Hatch Utahn of the year. That seems to be as far as Hatch or his aides read before tweeting. Let’s look at the editorial. These things are often misunderstood. So, lest our readers, or the honoree himself, get the wrong impression, let us …