Columnist Maureen Dowd really nailed the problems with Donald Trump and his presidency in her column that ran in the Sunday, March 26, 2017, edition of The New York Times, in stellar fashion. The column was written as a letter to Donald, and it contains many gems. It speaks for itself and is a joy to behold.
Month: March 2017
House Fails To “Repeal and Replace Obamacare”
On Friday, March 24, United States House Republicans pulled their American Health Care Act (AHCA) from further consideration, and pulled it from a vote on Friday. They’d previously said that they would have a vote on March 23, the 7-year anniversary of the date that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. After a month of wrangling…
Troubling Events In Trumpland: Wiretapping
There have been some very troubling and concerning events during the last two weeks. For example, on March 15, there was a very high-security, highly classified briefing held by FBI Director James Comey with Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Chuck Grassley. Grassley is the Republican and Feinstein is the Democrat. This briefing was held in a specially compartmented facility to…
The GOP Tries To Trash The CBO
Today, March 13, 2017, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the GOP American Health Care Act. In its analysis, the CBO concluded, among other things the GOP finds very annoying, that in 2018, 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance. Ironically, Trump, in January, said that the “repeal and replace” solution provided by the GOP, would…
DHS Concludes Trump’s Travel/Immigration Ban Of No Value
There are three connected stories here. All three of these stories concern the Department of Homeland Security’s conclusion after examining all available information that the travel and immigration ban proposed by Trump provides no significant value in terms of national security. ….. One is that the Trump administration asked the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a report that concluded…
A Couple Things About Trump’s Travel and Immigration Ban
A couple of things are sticking in my mind about Trump’s travel and immigration ban, which is currently on hold pending judicial review. First, Trump rolled out this ban via an Executive Order several weeks ago and he told us that it was very urgent that the ban be put into place because those of us in the United States…