Tag Archives: The Donald

Trump gets a temporary restraining order on his niece’s “tell all” book

Posted on July 1, 2020 by a1skeptic

Various media outlets reported yesterday that the Trump family managed (in their second attempt) to get a temporary restraining order against Mary L. Trump relative to the publication of her “tell all” book. Summarizing briefly: Mary L. Trump is the … Continue reading →

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This is your President Elect (Part 1)

Posted on January 9, 2017 by a1skeptic

This is your President-elect: a guy who gets into a Twitter feud with Meryl Streep because she dares call him out on something. This, my friends, will be a long-running series – running over the next four years or however … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Justification for the Border Wall: Propaganda in Action

Posted on September 2, 2016 by a1skeptic

Yesterday we were talking about what would be involved in actually enforcing a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Today, I want to highlight an interesting article from Michael Cohen of the Boston Globe, entitled “On Immigration: Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Oh sure, let’s throw women in jail for having an abortion

Posted on March 31, 2016 by a1skeptic

People forget sometimes how much of a struggle it was for all of us to get the right to choose. Now the Republicans have been pushing the pro-life position for a long time, but today Chris Matthews got Donald Trump … Continue reading →

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One can’t talk about debate “highlights,” there are only lowlights

Posted on February 26, 2016 by a1skeptic

Well, the Republicans had another debate last night, and one can’t really talk about debate highlights. There are really only lowlights. At least Marco Rubio finally figured out that there is so much to attack the Donald on with respect … Continue reading →

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The Donald doesn’t think that we torture enough

Posted on February 18, 2016 by a1skeptic

Torture. The Donald doesn’t think we have enough of it. Back in December of 2014 when the Senate Intelligence Committee released their report on the CIA’s use of torture, I wrote a four-part series about why we shouldn’t torture. The … Continue reading →

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