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Heading Toward Deadline, What About Roger Stone
Sunday, January 27, 2019
The Countdown: Congress and the President have until Feb. 15thto work out a deal on border security before the government might close again or the President declares a national emergency. His presidency, and ability to get re-elected, are at stake. This …
White House Cave-in, Stone in Shackles
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Biggest Loser: With flight delays rippling through the understaffed air travel system and thousands of unpaid Internal Revenue employees skipping work, President Trump yesterday declared victory in the face of defeat and announced the re-opening of the federal government after its …
Trump Friend Roger Stone Arrested
Friday, January 25, 2019
Get me Roger Stone: The FBI deployed a SWAT team early this morning to arrest President Trump’s friend and adviser Roger Stone. Heavily armed agents at dawn filtered across Stone’s front lawn in Ft. Lauderdale and pounded on the front door …
The President Blinks, Cohen Slinks
Thursday, January 24, 2019
House of Cards: After a confrontation yesterday with Speaker Nancy Pelosi about delivering the State of the Union message in the House chambers, President Trump said he will wait until the government shutdown is over. He huffed that, “The State of the …
Russell Baker at 93, Trans Ban Lives
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Russell Baker: The great former NY Timescolumnist Russell Baker has died at age 93. Starting in 1962, Baker wrote his gently funny and irreverent “Observer” column for 36 years. Baker and syndicated columnist Art Buchwald were the best known newspaper humorists of their …
Rule of Chaos, Another Hat
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The Shutdown: The International Monetary Fund says that a “protracted” shutdown of the US government will slow the US economy, probably joining the rest of the world in a downturn. It’s day 32 with no agreement on the table. The clouds …
No End in Sight, The Other Side
Monday, January 21, 2019
The Shutdown:It’s day 31 of the government shutdown with no end in sight. President Trump spent a good part of the weekend firing off tweets praising his own accomplishments and insulting his detractors. Today is the Martin Luther King, Jr. …
Money for Hostages, Alone on the Story
Sunday, January 20, 2019
The Shut Show:In what he offered as a major compromise to re-open the government yesterday, President Trump offered a three-year extension to immigrants who came to the US illegally in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall. Democratic leaders …
Major Announcement, Team of Vipers
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Out Front Alone: The website Buzzfeedhas caused an uproar with its report that President Trump ordered his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about his efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. If true, Trump would be guilty …
Trump Grounds Pelosi, The Moscow Lie
Friday, January 18, 2019
Schoolyard News: In retaliation for Speaker Nancy Pelosi essentially cancelling the State of the Union address, President Trump scotched Pelosi’s planned trip to foreign war zones. She was about to leave yesterday forAfghanistan. In a snidely-worded letter calling for Pelosi to …
