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Maybe at Trump’s upcoming campaign rally in Florida, Flynn can be invited back onstage to lead the Trump cult following in a reprise of his “Lock her up!” singalong.

The latest totally unqualified rich white male crony to hop along is Stephen Feinberg. His first task is to shut down the intelligence agencies. Bannon, Trumpie, and the boys hate truth like a vampire hates sunlight.

But both are/were adherents of the utterly wacky, nonsensical doctrine of “Originalism,” which presumes than a citizen of 1789 would magically be able to comprehend current realities. “Originalism” is nothing but a smokescreen for the worst in arbitrary, self-serving contortions … Continue reading →

Erik Wemple at the Washington Post takes apart their characteristic intimidation techniques: “The Stupendously Dishonest Tucker Carlson.”

Then, being the dishonest toad  that she is, deletes her love tweet. Erin Corbett at Raw Story has the story.

The 1787 Erasmus Hall Academy in Brooklyn needs a couple of million in order to be saved from “demolition by neglect.” Streisand graduated from the public high school that eventually sprung up around it and borrowed its name.  NYC is … Continue reading →

They are now completely behind Trump’s invocation of Fascist prerogatives. This point needs to be driven home again and again by the Democrats.

Remember how V.I. Lenin told the peasants they’d be able to keep their land come the Revolution, and then once they’d supported the Revolution, he took their land away? That’s kind of the same betrayal that the Bannon/Trump presidency is … Continue reading →

As Josh Marshall writes at TalkingPointsMemo, “The Republican Congress has no interest in any oversight of the Trump administration. None.” And of course, Jason Chaffetz, who ilegally colluded with James Comey, says the problem’s now all been taken care of. … Continue reading →

If a Trumpite says it, it’s just got to be true, correct? Well, no. Stephen Miller takes up where Kellyanne Conway leaves off.