Category: Politics

Democrats Should Not Impeach Trump in Summer of 2019

All the Democrats screaming to impeach Trump now are getting ahead of themselves. No one should move to impeach Trump in summer of 2019. It is too early to pursue impeachment, and there is not enough damning evidence available. Redaction riddles too much of the Mueller Report; too many investigations are still pending. Mueller farmed out those investigations to places…

Abortion Foes, What About IVF?

The latest gambit in the abortion wars opened today. On June 5, 2019, The New York Time reported this: “WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the federal government would sharply curtail federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses. The move fulfills a top goal of anti-abortion groups that have lobbied hard for it, but…

Robert Mueller Speaks, Finally

After weeks of silence, Special Counsel Robert Mueller III spoke about the contents of his Mueller Report at a quickly arranged public appearance at the Justice Department on May 29, 2019. During his 10-minute presentation. Mueller didn’t clearly and obviously accuse the president of a crime. But he strongly implied he that he might have had DOJ policy not prohibited…

Karen Pence And Mayor Pete Buttigieg Trade Comments

Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, said on Tuesday, April 9, that people “shouldn’t be attacked for what your religious beliefs are,” responding to recent comments from South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Pence made her remarks while appearing on the radio show of Fox News host Brian Kilmeade. She was there to promote a children’s book…

Trump Presidency Grows More Chaotic After Mattis Resigns

United States President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Sunday morning, Dec. 23, that Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis would be out of his cabinet post by January 1, 2019. Trump was not firing Mattis through Twitter. Mattis had submitted his resignation letter on Thursday, Dec. 20. In it he made clear that significant differences of opinion existed…

Trump Control Of Judicial Branch Complete?

You may remember this. In late September 2017, according to CNN, “Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN. “The warrants specifically target the accounts of three Facebook users who are described by their attorneys…

Why The Senate Should Not Have Confirmed Kavanaugh

The opening remarks of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at his confirmation hearing on Thursday, September 26, contained the following paragraphs, in quotation marks. “Less than two weeks ago, Dr. Ford publicly accused me of committing wrongdoing at an event more than 36 years ago when we were both in high school. I denied the allegation immediately, categorically and unequivocally. All four…

Using Christine Blasey-Ford?

Some members of the GOP have said that Democrats are using Christine Blasey-Ford to advance a two-pronged political agenda. Specifically, these folks have insisted that Democrats want to use Blasey-Ford 1) To harm Trump and 2) To reduce the number of Republicans in the House and Senate after the November 2018 midterms. Those members of the GOP who have said…

We Know Outcomes Of Russian Election Interference

People who claim that Russian election interference had no impact on U.S. election outcomes are completely wrong.  Watch this and remember what Hillary Clinton told us 8 days before the U.S. elections of 2016. We experienced rampant Russian data theft and direct interference in the U.S. elections held on Nov. 8, 2016.  This is the point: We know the outcomes…