I’ve now watched the Trump presser yesterday three times. Not because I am a masochist who enjoys inflicting as much pain as possible on himself, but because I don’t think I appreciated the full madness of it the first time. The surreality of it all just overloaded my senses and I really couldn’t take it …
But it makes me feel better each time it begins
First of all, to answer Dave’s question, yes, it’s worth engaging with journalists, especially those who clearly take the time to seek out good, non-establishment sources. Now, onto what may destroy this country. K-Thug today quite rightly calls out the Republican moral midgets in Congress for bowing down before Dear Leader. I’ve been wondering for …
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A question for Doug J
Yesterday, Politico highlighted my post on the distributional impacts of expanding actuarial bands. I like that piece a lot. It gets into the weeds very quickly on a relevant policy discussion and illuminates some of the trade-offs and quirks of the structure. Politico highlights a couple of writers a day. These links and names get …
Friday Morning Open Thread: Soldier On
US history condensed into a single photo from #StandingRock pic.twitter.com/gUH0xbJItX — Evan Greer (@evan_greer) February 13, 2017 On February 19th, we are calling on all people to join the TODAY, I AM A MUSLIM TOO rally, a day of solidarity! #IAmAMuslimToo pic.twitter.com/stDMyqDYFg — I Am A Muslim Too (@iamamuslimtoo) February 11, 2017 On a lighter …
Open Thread: Things Are Progressing Not Necessarily to the Trump Administration’s Best Advantage
Trump has been in a bad head space since taking office, allies say. Today's presser was about changing that https://t.co/91AkzxfNjL — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 17, 2017 As a reminder, Trump still has not had to deal with a crisis not of his own making. https://t.co/TDb72O89Zd — Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 17, 2017 The great …
Early Morning Open Thread: Trump’s Insane Presser, Foreign Affairs Section
Gonna be harping on this for a while yet, cuz there’s a lot to pick apart… Trump on uranium in his presser just now. Read it at least twice. pic.twitter.com/PgiIicSasM — J?ST?R ? ?CTUAL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) February 16, 2017 In re Trump's bogus claim about Hillary forking over 20% of U.S. uranium to Russia, that's InfoWars …
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Late Night LOL NOTHING MATTERS Open Thread: “Not Naked! Alternatively Clothed!”
Eric Trump asks the U.S. government, run by his dad, for permission to bring in foreign workers at the Trump winery. https://t.co/MRzDnemN9U — Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) February 17, 2017 And after Donald Trump gave us an 80-minute infomercial for the Trump Whinery this afternoon. https://t.co/IWcDRHcOny — Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 17, 2017 Politico (of course) …