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The Mueller Dissent, Cashing In

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Undersight and Oversight:Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrote a letter to the attorney general objecting to William Barr’s summary of his 448-page report, in particular his conclusion that President Trump did not commit obstruction of justice.   Mueller wrote a letter on …

Biggest Outbreak, Border Fees

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Seeing Spots: The nationwide measles outbreak has grown to 700 reported cases in 22 states, the Centers for Disease Control announced.   About 500 of the cases are among people who were never vaccinated and roughly half are children five and under. About …

Power Battle, Lies and the Liar

Monday, April 29, 2019

Clash of Titans: With Attorney Gen. William Barr objecting to the proposed questioning format before the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s chairman Jerrold Nadler is threatening to subpoena the AG if he doesn’t show.   “The witness is not going to tell …

Synagogue Shooting, NRA Fight

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Hate:A 19-year-old gunman shouting that Jews were ruining the world killed a 60-year-old woman and wounded four other people yesterday at a synagogue 25 miles north of San Diego.   Local officials described it as a hate crime.   President Trump offered …

Biden in the Race, “Transparent” President

Thursday, April 25, 2019

No. 22: After waiting in the wings while a crowd of candidates gathered ahead of him, former Vice President Joe Biden has formally declared that he is a candidate for President in 2020.  In a three-minute video announcement, Biden didn’t lay …

Brag and Deny, Executive Privilege

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A Couple of Ads:Heading toward the 2020 election, President Trump and his team are attacking the legitimacy of the Special Counsel investigation and the shade it throws on the President’s administration. They’re claiming to be the victims even though the …

Warning and a Bomb, Joke’s on Ukraine

Monday, April 22, 2019

Terror in Sri Lanka: Another bomb went off today in Columbo as police arrested 24 members of a little-known terror group in the Sunday suicide bombings that killed at least 290 people and wounded hundreds more. Three police officers were killed …

Terror in Sri Lanka, Arrest the Arrester

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Sri Lanka Terror: At least 207 people are dead and 600 wounded this morning in coordinated bombings that targeted Catholics celebrating Easter in churches and tourists at high-end hotels in Sri Lanka. The attacks ended years of calm that have followed …

Teed Off President, Baked Alaska

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Report from the Greens: A day after the release of the Special Counsel report, President Trump went to Florida to play golf and tweet his outrage. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren became the first presidential candidate to call for Trump’s  impeachment and Utah’s …

Harm to Ongoing Matters: Special Report

Friday, April 19, 2019

Redacto ad Absurdum: The Special Counsel report released yesterday lists acts of obstruction of justice taken by President Trump in the investigation of Russian election influencing and leaves it to Congress whether to take action.    The report concludes that, “If we …