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Trade War With Friends, Pardon Them

Friday, June 1, 2018

Opening Shots: President Trump opened a trade war with Mexico, Canada, and the European Union yesterday imposing stiff new tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from those countries. A 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum went …

Trump Wants Apology, The Living Dead

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Barr the Door: President trump whined over twitter yesterday that Disney president Bob Iger apologized to Valerie Jarrett for Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, but no one at ABC has ever apologized to him. “Gee, he never called President Donald J. …

Roseanne Axed, Hurricane Toll

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Roseanne Barred: The revived sitcom “Roseanne” went from most popular to cancelled in a matter of hours yesterday after comedian Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett. The ABC television network killed the show …

Remember Him on Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

The “Me” in Memorial: President Trump used Memorial Day to brag about what he believes are his accomplishments in office. “Happy Memorial Day!” he tweeted yesterday. “Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at …

For Public Opinion, Korea Re-set

Monday, May 28, 2018

The Russia Thing: President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani admitted on CNN yesterday that Trump and his White House are attacking the credibility of the special counsel investigation to influence public opinion. “It is for public opinion,” he bluntly said. He …

Kim Wants to De-nuke, Baby Snatchers

Sunday, May 27, 2018

The Comeback Kim: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants a complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said after the two met to try to salvage talks with the US. Moon said that Kim expressed a …

Nothing to Say Now, Harvey in Cuffs

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Omerta: Republicans who attended an FBI briefing about the use of an informant on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign suddenly went silent after the meetings. They’ve stopped spouting the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration planted one or more spies …

Korea Cancellation, The Spy Meetings

Friday, May 25, 2018

The Kimchi Kancellation: Only hours after President Trump cancelled his June 12 meeting with North Korean Kim Jong-un yesterday, Kim said he’d be happy to sit down and talk any time. The man knows how to play the game. It …

“Political Dummy,” Conspiracy Nut Sued

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Kimchi Konfrontation: North Korea is once again threatening to call off planned talks after a government leader called Vice President Mike Pence a “political dummy” and threatened nuclear confrontation. Choe Son Hui, a vice-minister in the North Korean Foreign Ministry, …

Cohen Partner Plea, Deep State Spy

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Witch Hunt: In a development that can’t be good for the President’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen or the President himself, Cohen’s business partner in the New York taxi business has entered a guilty plea and agreed to cooperate with …