CLEAN-UP JOB

This seems to be the new pattern in U.S. foreign policy: Trump tweets out some belligerent and ill-informed opinion on Twitter, then sends o...

BIG BROTHER

We know that 1984 has become a best-seller again. We have a president now who is telling people, "Don't believe the press or anyone...

RACE TO THE BOTTOM

So, K.T. McFarland was Michael Flynn's choice as his deputy. This raised a lot of eyebrows at the time, since this Fox News personality ...

AFTER THE MELTDOWN

Trump and his supporters think that press conference was just awesome. For everyone else it was a nightmare http://www.salon.com/2017/02/17/...

A WITCH HUNT FOR WHISTLE BLOWERS

Trump declares all-out war against intelligence sources (who know things about his Russia connections) https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/s...

YOU MADE ME DO IT!

Trump blames the media for why he fired Michael Flynn http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-says-media-treated-flynn-very-unfairly-sla...

"EROSION OF TRUST"

So, now we know that in the Trump administration when you show that you have been untruthful, people lose trust in you. That makes you unabl...

CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS

Here's the problem with the Muslim ban. We know there are people in the Trump team -- Bannon, Flynn, and to an extent Trump himself -- w...

IT'S NOT WORKING

There's a desperate need in the media to say these are just the aches and pains of any new administration, sorting things out, making ro...

HE LIKES ME! HE REALLY LIKES ME!

Great piece about how Kellyanne's Ivanka commercial goof plays out against the background of a major power struggle within the White Hou...

THE BELL TOLLS

Michael Flynn is in trouble -- and others might be too  http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/10/14575456/michael-flynn-phone-call-russia-explaine...

NINTH SYMPHONY

The Ninth Circuit delivers a 3-0 decision against Trump's Muslim ban. The far-reaching decision is devastating for the basic argument of...

CHECKS AND BALANCES

Trump continues to trash the courts. He just can't seem to accept this "independent branch of government" thing https://www.ny...

YOU ASKED FOR IT

I said often during the campaign that it wasn't clear Trump actually wanted to BE president. Now that he is, it's not the job he tho...

BOOB TUBE

I love the image of Trump, alone at night in his bathrobe, watching television to find out how he is being covered and howling at what he th...

OUT IN FORCE

Anti-Trump protestors are all across the country for the third straight week. Now the pro-Trumpians come out http://crooksandliars.com/2017/...

BAD JUDGMENT

As we have seen with this thug, every judge who rules against him is "terrible," and must be attacked. He has no comprehension of ...

THERE, THERE, LITTLE LADIES

We know what's best for you http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/3/14498680/sweden-deputy-pm-trolls-trump-all-women-photo Swedish Deputy PM r...

MEMORY HOLE

Nothing to hide, nothing to see here. Nope, just move along folks http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/02/1629090/-There-s-no-recording-of-...

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS. . .

Surrounded by the only Black folks he knows, Trump makes a statement about Black History Month. Except for the "History." And the ...