Monthly Archives: March 2025

Let the Cognitive Cartwheels Begin

Well, the cognitive gymnastics are about to kick into overdrive as the “lock her up” crowd try to distinguish what happened with Trump’s national security advisors “Signal” chat from Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are going to … Continue reading

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Trump was Not Satisfied

Last week, Donald Trump went up to the Department of Justice and gave what can best be characterized as a “triumphalist” speech, in which he alternately boasted about his ability to beat the legal cases against him, decried the “weaponization” … Continue reading

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The Debate over the Continuing Resolution

So, the Democrats were between a rock and a hard place when it came to the continuing resolution that the Republicans had prepared for them. There honestly wasn’t an easy answer this time around. To understand why, let’s review a … Continue reading

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The Cognitive Dissonance is Going to be Unreal

As Donald Trump’s economic policies start to take hold, with the price of eggs going up and the stock market tanking, we’re going to be hearing more and more desperate attempts of Republicans and Trump supporters to justify what is … Continue reading

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Why Didn’t We Get Into the Running Car?

Living in this country these days is like living in the following Geico  commercial, a parody of a slasher movie. Why didn’t we just get into the running car? That would have been the Harris-Walz administration.  But no, we hid … Continue reading

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Trump the Chickenshit

President Trump is a real chickenshit. For an “Alpha male” whose primary mode of engaging in the world is to bully everyone who inhabits it, this guy is a real chickenshit. I realize I’m not breaking radical new ground here, … Continue reading

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I Now Watch Shadow and Jackie

You know, it wasn’t that long ago that I was really optimistic about this country and looking  forward to the November election. Joe Biden had done the right thing and resigned; Kamala Harris had totally reinvigorated the campaign; Minnesota everyman … Continue reading

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Let’s Finally Get Real

James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political svengali, recently wrote a column for the New York Times, in which he argued that the best things that Democrats can do right now is nothing. I’ve been saying this ever since the election. Especially … Continue reading

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