CHAIN REACTION

People want to know why so many people in Team Trump were pussyfooting with the Russians. I want to know why so many people with ties to sha...

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

The first hundred days have been . . . http://www.salon.com/2017/04/28/pretty-close-to-perfect-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-grade-president-trumps...

DAY 99

Looks like the House Republicans may try to force through a health care vote today -- on a bill their own moderates hate, which has received...

SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE

You remember what an utter outrage the Clinton Foundation was (run by FORMER officials of government) and their fundraising with foreign gov...

ACTING GUILTY

Closing the loop http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michael-flynn-turkish-lobbying-russia-ties Flynn Lobbied For Turkish Businessman With...

HELD HOSTAGE

Trump's 100 day accomplishments  http://crooksandliars.com/2017/04/senior-officials-say-trump-ready-shut-down Trump Ready To Shut Down G...

PROMISES, PROMISES

If we've learned anything about Trump so far, it's that his claims about what he will do, what is JUST ABOUT to happen (really, real...

RUNNING ON EMPTY

Trump says the 100 day metric is "ridiculous" and meaningless. . . then schedules a big rally for the night of the 100th day. You ...

MOVING THE GOAL POSTS

Love it. After bragging repeatedly that he has had the greatest first 100 days EVER, Trump now says it's an artificial and meaningless s...

WHY THEY CALL IT A LEAK

One of the consequences of this drip, drip, drip of Trump-Russia connections is that the drama of each new revelation is reduced. We have am...

AN UNFALSIFIABLE CONJECTURE

Now we know: the leaks to Devin Nunes came FROM the White House, directed BY the White House, to back up Trump's phony wiretap claims ht...

BUDDY SYSTEM

Trump clearly has a thing for authoritarian leaders -- the latest is congratulating Turkish President Erdogan on winning a rigged referendum...

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New Year 2017 starts off on another good academic note with this Blog getting referred to in a Policy Note of a renowned development oriente...

YOUR CONGRESS AT WORK

Trump and the Republicans, who still can't get their legislative act together, opt for another phony gesture on taxes that kicks the tou...

FAKE

Easter at Mar-A-Lago  http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/04/its-easter-mar-lago  Trump voters are starting to have regrets as he tra...

MAKING IT UP AS THEY GO

What day is it? http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-russia-china-reversals Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump...

THEY'RE TAKING OVER

The Generals http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-generals-and-the-russia-story [T]he real evolution of the Trump White House is the ris...

LOVE STORY

Trump's CIA Director: Wikileaks Is A 'Hostile Intelligence Service' http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-pompeo-cia-direct...

COMING UP EMPTY

A bipartisan review of the "Nunes" documents shows that he misrepresented their contents, and that Susan Rice did nothing wrong ht...

PROBABLE CAUSE

Now we know at least one Trump associate was the subject of a FISA warrant http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/another-piece-of-the-trump-pu...

IT'S ALL AN ACT

Trump has a plan for the remainder of his first 100 days in office -- not a plan to actually DO anything, but a plan to make people think h...

QUO VADIS?

There is no plan http://crooksandliars.com/2017/04/demagogue-trumps-con-game-syria Assad's latest attack murdered innocent Syrians. Vide...

OVERREACHING FOR SUCCESS

After the big "showdown" with President Xi from China, Trump claims "tremendous progress." But don't ask what it was...

IMPULSE CONTROL

Policy by impulse: How Trump's ill-informed, off-the-cuff manner of making decisions is especially disturbing in matters of war and peac...

INCOMING!

The cockeyed attempt to fabricate support for Trump's LIE about Obama wiretapping him is starting to claim some victims -- but not the o...

J'ACCUSE!

He sure likes to throw around evidence-free accusations. Now Trump is accusing Susan Rice of committing a crime http://talkingpointsmemo.com...

FINGER POINTING

How long can Trump get away with distracting and blaming all his problems on the previous administration? http://www.thedailybeast.com/artic...

TRUST?

I wouldn't use that word http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-trust-clause-withdraw-profits-trump-organization-any-time A newly s...

TWO QUESTIONS

A nice tell: every time Trump says "fake," he means "bad news for me" http://crooksandliars.com/2017/04/rep-schiff-whene...

DON'T TELL ME

Trump isn't interested in any independent source of information and analysis: the press, the research community, pollsters -- and now, t...

THREE'S A CROWD

One person is a whistleblower -- three is a conspiracy http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/devin-nunes-has-some-explaining-do The New Yo...