SEN. Klobuchar, in an extensive interview with the NYT Ed. Board, shows why I thought from the beginning she would be the best choice for the Democratic nomination. Tough, experienced, level headed, and pragmatic. I suggest folks start paying attention to what she has to say. My dad won’t like it, but I tend to be a little closer to center than he and his wife.

I know many won’t be able to read the piece, but the interview will be part of a nomination piece on FX this Sunday. If I can find a link from another site, I’ll post it.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/russians-hacked-burisma/index.html

This is what happens when the President’s highest foreign policy priority is finding dirt on his opponents. This Russian cyber attack on Burisma has one very clear purpose . . .

“We have something you might find very useful, Mr. President, but we would like you to do us a favor though . . .”

https://theintercept.com/2020/01/15/bernie-sanders-cnn-iowa-debate/

Since we’re on the topic of untrustworthy news sources . . .

Of course, the networks and respectable media went full-court press against Trump before 2016, so maybe this will be helpful to Bernie’s campaign.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-cant-trust-the-media-to-report-honestly-on-iran/

David Harsanyi documents media failures in reporting on the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. The story at issue in not the story. That bad journalism is now standard is the story.

VB attorney proposes arming trained staff members in schools

Don’t count out the gun lobby just yet!

Link to source.

In this fascinating article from 2014, Dr. Hamburger associates administrative law primarily with the executive power of a nation state; meaning the king or the president, for example. But while the history is informative, it doesn’t do enough to illuminate our current reality.

Continue reading “Imprimis: The History and Danger of Administrative Law” →

Watch Judiciary Committee hearing

On thing very apparent is that the Democrats don’t know their own rules, but fortunately they are letting Tommy Norment guide them.

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6_mcpfWkAEyIYn?format=jpg&name=large

First step towards redemption. Take it.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper explicitly said Sunday that he had seen no hard evidence that four American embassies had been under possible threat when President Donald Trump authorized the targeting of Iran’s top commander, raising questions about the scale of the threat described by Trump last week.

https://www.fox23.com/news/politics/esper-has-seen-no/RLDAP4UXXUZ62MENXMBNLJXDZA/
Continue reading “No hard evidence of embassy threats by Esper” →

https://www.mediamatters.org/peter-schweizer/final-inevitable-collapse-right-wing-medias-uranium-one-conspiracy-theory

This Uranium One BS – one of Trump’s many go to lies for his rallies – was easilyt and thoroughly debunked – even on Fox News – but that has not put it to rest. Hopefully this will but given the dishonesty that rules in Trump world I doubt that it will.