BurningbirdGovernment is not the enemy.
I normally agree with much of what Think Progress writes, but not in one of its latest pieces on how Senate Democrats stand on Gorsuch appointment. It’s interpretation of their stand is obvious from subheadings of “Team Spine”, “Team ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”, and “Team Trump”. I am not happy with a Gorsuch appointment because of his strong beliefs […]
We have so many real problems and serious dangers associated with a Trump administration partnered with a compliant Congress. We don’t need to generate fictional dangers based on happenstance and conspiracy. Yonatan Younger wrote a compelling and well-sourced text laying out the various arguments that what Trump’s administration is doing is equivalent to performing a […]
Former EPA staffers said Wednesday the restrictions imposed under Trump far exceed the practices of past administrations.Update: The AP has news that the EPA must submit all studies and data to review by political appointees. Former EPA staffers said Wednesday the restrictions imposed under Trump far exceed the practices of past administrations. Earlier: It’s not […]
Among all of the discussion about the Russian involvement in getting Trump elected, one item hasn’t yet received much play in the press. In an interview with Fox on Sunday, and excerpted in a New York Times story: He also indicated that, as president, he would not take the daily intelligence briefing that President Obama […]
Crooks & Liars put out an audacious plan, based on twitter posts from Daily Kos’ David Waldman. Send Biden to the Senate on Jan. 3 w Garland’s renomination & instructions to recognize Durbin before swearing in. https://t.co/KUNbf8qF8a — David Waldman (@KagroX) November 25, 2016 The foundation of Waldman’s idea is that newly elected senators are […]