Tag Archives: Special counsel

Barr the Door, Small Bites

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Spin City:After a day of grilling in the Senate, Attorney Gen. William Barr is skipping a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee today because he objects to a plan to have staff lawyers question him. The assumption is that lawyers …

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 …

Winter in Spring, Barr Brawl

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Spring Unsprung:A powerful spring storm is bringing a blizzard to six midwestern states today. Blizzard warnings have been issued from parts of northeastern Colorado to southeastern Wyoming, northwest Kansas, western and central Nebraska, much of South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota. …

Pomp and Pompous, Kiss the Girl

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Swamp Things: One president exits and the other refuses to leave the stage. Memorials have begun for President George HW Bush while President Trump makes himself unforgettable. President Trump was busy on Twitter yesterday attacking the Special Counsel and his …

Deputy Stood By, More Indictments

Friday, February 23, 2018

Good Guys with Guns: An armed sheriff’s deputy guarding the Stoneman Douglas school stood by outside while 17 people were killed, the Broward County Sheriff revealed yesterday. Deputy Scot Peterson resigned after Sheriff Scott Israel viewed Peterson’s inaction on surveillance …

Bullets and Prayers, Immigration Stall

Friday, February 16, 2018

Bullets and Prayers: President Trump delivered a brief speech yesterday about the Parkland, Fla. school shooting in which he talked about mental health, prayers, and making schools safer, but he never mentioned guns or how a mentally disturbed teenager could …

Special Counsel to Investigate

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Sound and Fury: The appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion is a blow to the already-troubled presidency. It sets loose a hunting dog …