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What reason does the Attorney General have for meeting with Murdoch? Trump is unhappy with some of Fox’s reporting, so he sends the Attorney General to discuss?
WTF?
” On Thursday morning, Mr. Trump lashed out at Fox News over a poll it commissioned on attitudes toward the impeachment inquiry. ” From the piece.
Just poll trump’s base to find the numbers he wants.
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/press-conference/617936-amp.html
As long as we’re chasing minutiae, this item may be of interest. As one wag put it: “That so-called ‘impeachment’ drive by Democrats is increasingly looking like a well-laid trap for them.”
Something more for all the Trump apologists to try to spin away. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along!
Meanwhile, the Kurds who lost more than 10,000 lives fighting ISIS on our behalf are being slaughtered by Trump’s buddy Erdogan because our Dear Leader does not think he needs to take advice before making decisions. That is just what a stable genius of great and unmatched wisdom does.
If anybody thinks this is a cowardly and immoral betrayal – no worries. After all the Kurds didn’t do a thing to help us on D-Day.
FEMA denies Ocracoke individual assistance for Hurricane Dorian damage, leaving locals “stunned”
Can someone clarify what FEMA’s role would/should be in this situation? Are the homeowners not covered by insurance?
Not to sound cold, but maybe—eventually—people will learn not to live in places like Ocracoke.
Schweizer does a good job of pointing out the Bidens and the McConnell-Chaos and the appearance of impropriety.
There already is a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on the books. This idea could go a long way to cleaning up some of the family messes occurring these days.
The writer is Noah Feldman, a law professor at Harvard and a Bloomberg columnist. He also clerked for Souter at SCOTUS.
Continue reading “A good commentary on a pending constitutional crisis.”
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/general-motors-nationalization-uaw-strike
In which Barrack Obama uses the power of the US Treasury to do Marxism.
Digby Solomon’s farewell column
“If any of the foregoing offends you, take heart: this will be my last column.
”I began writing my weekly missives in the summer of 2018 after the death of Charles Krauthammer. As a fan of Mr. Krauthammer, I was commiserating with Marisa Porto, then editor and publisher of the Daily Press, when she unexpectedly asked me if I wanted to fill his space.
”I allowed in my inaugural piece that while I might indeed fill the allotted space, my humble attempts would never do justice to Mr. Krauthammer’s intellect, wit and erudition.
”My goal was to use facts and economic logic to explain why so many well-intentioned liberal policies are doomed to failure.
”But I could not escape the phenomenon of cognitive bias, as my email inbox proved daily. Facts would never change the mind of anyone who disagreed with me, only reinforce those who already did.
”The weekly deadline became too much like the work obligations I had retired to escape, and my wife needs my help on some literary projects of her own.
”So I am taking my leave today. Sincere thanks to all of you who took the time to read and critique my work.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/durham-investigation-trump-campaign-surveillance-expanded-scope
As a wait-and-seer I’m not inclined to read too much into this report. Still, the implication that pre-election events may be linked to post-election events in a way that merits expanding the inquiry is suggestive. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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