Burningbird
Trump did not declare a national emergency last night. I strongly suspect he had planned to, though. After all, the staging was there. A prime time Oval Office formal speech. The President, grave and solemn as he sets the stage for an emergency declaration. Days of hints (in order to bolster the audience numbers). Minions […]
The government is partially shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees aren’t being paid, and all major networks are about to let Trump kick off his 2020 campaign with a faux declaration of emergency, aired live, and in prime time. In ‘negotiations’, not only has Trump not been willing to budge on his wall, he’s […]
I would like to claim prescience for correctly guessing that Brett Kavanaugh would be the Supreme Court pick, but his choice was fairly obvious. And has been noted in various press publications, Justice Kennedy likely retired now because he knew of Kavanaugh’s pick. Kavanaugh’s rulings and writings are now being scrutinized, particularly when it comes […]
According to media reports, Trump has narrowed his SCOTUS pick to *three people: Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Raymond Kethledge. I suspect that Trump had narrowed his choice even before Kennedy retired. And I also suspect Trump’s short list was communicated to Kennedy, leading Kennedy to feel he could safely retire. After all, two […]
The Detroit Free Press published a story about an 8-month old baby who arrived in the dead of night in Michigan. The baby was forcibly separated from his parents at the Mexican border because of Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. CNN also published a story this morning. It wasn’t about babies arriving in the dead of […]