Fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee is anticipated to be one of the most fiery exchanges between a witness and Congress in American history. But the reality of hours of grinding testimony and arcane parliamentary procedure has a way of making the best fireworks a little damp.
Golfing legend Tiger Woods was found in his car, obviously impaired. But when he cooperated with police and took two Breathalizer tests, he verified his statement that he was not drunk but had been unwittingly impaired by pain killers he was taking for sports injuries. Yet the media failed to report that, preferring the “destroy your idols” approach to celebrities who appear to have messed up. Is Woods addicted to those medicines? It will be hard to discuss that after the ridiculous way the media chose to cover this story.
Pundits have lectured liberals since the 2016 election: you need to get out more, meet ordinary Americans, visit flyover country. But will it help?
Donald Trump’s degradation of rhetoric has debased the majesty of the presidency and arguably made the United States a worse place. Yesterday he announced his plan to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, which will arguably make the planet a worse place. What’s next for the Ruinator-in-Chief?
Given the fact that President Donald Trump is probably insane, and has no viable economic policy to speak of, and is surrounded by advisors who are unqualified and/or evil, one would think that the movers and shakers of Wall Street would be pessimistic about the economy. But no, the opposite is true. The stock market loves Trump! Whenever he’s in trouble, securities exchanges plummet and vice versa. What does this say about those in charge of the economy?
Donald Trump has released his first federal budget. It’s full of ridiculously unrealistic assumptions of wild growth, not to mention a complete ignorance of political realities. Aside from that, it’s perfect!
After an ISIS terrorist murdered children attending a concert in England, Donald Trump weighed in, saying that he would no longer call terrorists monsters because they probably like that moniker. Instead, the middle school-mentality president said, he would use the term “evil losers,” a riff on his favorite insult. What other phrases may this brilliant rhetorician have considered before settling on evil losers?
U2 plans to tour “The Joshua Tree,” its 1987 album, all over again, to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Can’t they do something new?
All the attention is on the crises surrounding the Republicans because of the possibility that Trump will get impeached. What everyone’s missing is that the Democrats are an even bigger mess because the corporatist wing still hasn’t made nice with the progressive base of the party who supported Bernie Sanders but didn’t vote in the general election.
Talk of impeachment is already swirling around President Donald Trump. If it happens, his personality makes it highly unlikely he’ll go quietly. You just know he’ll take a lot of other top Republicans, and God knows who else, with him. In a way, then, he may finally end up “draining the swamp” as he promised to do during his campaign (but failed to do with his corrupt cabinet appointments.)
