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The President as Victim, Ripley Docks
Sunday, March 3, 2019
The Persecuted President: In a long, rambling, and off-script speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, Donald Trump took on the mantle of victim in the Special Counsel investigation. Trump attacked former Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions, former FBI Director James Comey, …
SpaceX Launches, Trump Covers
Saturday, March 2, 2019
To the Moon, Alice: The private company SpaceX early this morning launched the first American spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts since the retirement of the space shuttle. Success could put Americans back in space in their own vehicles. The launch of …
Trump Cleared Jared, Believe the Dictator
Friday, March 1, 2019
Insecurity:Overriding the objections of security officials, President Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to give Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner a top clearance, The NY Times reports. Among the agencies that didn’t want Kushner to get the highest security clearance …
Korea Breakdown, “Racist, Conman, Cheat”
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Summit Breakdown: President Trump’s second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un broke down and Trump abruptly left the country. “Sometimes you have to walk,” Trump said at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. He said Kim had insisted that all of …
Cohen to Call Trump a “Con Man”
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Liar, Liar: President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to testify in Congress today that Trump is a “con man” and a “cheat” who knew his adviser Roger Stone was communicating with WikiLeaks, and who ordered Cohen to lie about a …
Cohen to Talk, Sympathy Note
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Trump World: President Trump will be in Hanoi today for his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but back in Washington Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to spill the beans in front of a House committee. Cohen …
Oscar Upsets, The Peace Train
Monday, February 25, 2019
The Envelope: “Green Book” won best picture at the Oscars last night, annoying Spike Lee and Jordan Peele, who made BlacKkKlansman.“I’m snakebit. Every time someone’s driving somebody, I lose,” Lee complained later. That’s a reference to the year his Do the Right Thing lost to Driving …
Hardened Criminal, Burning Aid
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Hardened Criminal in a Tie:Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a “hardened” criminal who “repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” the Special Counsel’s office told a federal judge in a filing made public yesterday. Prosecutors made no specific suggestion …
Everybody’s in Trouble, The Klobuchar Koniption
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Crime Beat: Well then. It seems everybody’s in trouble with the law. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort faces the likelihood that the Manhattan district attorney will charge him with loan fraud, attempting to ensure that Manafort will go to prison …
Victim is the Perp, Lapse in Judgement
Friday, February 22, 2019
Fallen Empire: Actor and singer Jussie Smollett faked a racist and gay-hating attack upon himself because he was “dissatisfied with his salary” on the “Empire” television show, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said yesterday. The victim is now the accused out on …
