Category: Quick Takes

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…

Would You Hire Judge Kavanaugh?

Brett Kavanaugh is currently Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Recently, Kavanaugh has been interviewing for a position as a Justice on the US Supreme Court.  Would you hire someone who, during his interview, responded to questions with questions turned back on interviewers, demonstrated profound anger, cried, and shouted over interviewers who…

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…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Asked To Leave The Red Hen Lexington

The owner of a Virginia restaurant, The Red Hen, asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave the establishment on June 22, 2018. How might this incident connect with a recent Supreme Court decision? According to the United States Supreme Court, it’s perfectly legal for a bakery owner to choose not to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The bakery in…

Trump Wants To Arm Teachers With Guns In The Name Of School Safety

Trump has recently proposed arming teachers with guns. He says that this will protect students. He says that putting guns in classrooms will deter would-be shooters from going into schools and killing people. Trump made this proposal after the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida. This is a falsehood. It is unlikely that Trump wants to arm teachers with guns…

Trump And Money Laundering

The Trump Organization has very likely been money laundering the financial proceeds from Russian organized crime for years. As a result, Trump doesn’t want or cannot do three things. First, Trump doesn’t want the FBI or special counsel Robert Mueller to look at his company’s or his financial records. Second, Trump can’t say anything bad about the Russian government, oligarchs,…

Trump Tweets Lie About Presidential Run

On Saturday, February 17, 2018, Donald Trump tweeted a lie about Russian meddling in our election and his run for the United States Presidency. He tweeted, “Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong – no collusion!”…

Taxes And Wages

The claim by many Republicans that cutting taxes on businesses will lead to wage growth is completely absurd. They are using this claim to promote enormous tax cut bills in the House and Senate, which would benefit businesses and the wealthiest people in America more than anyone else. In fact, companies pay employees based on labor market conditions, competition and…

Tip Of The Iceberg — Manafort And Gates

Today former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates pleaded not guilty to indictments from the Robert Mueller probe into the Trump campaign and Russian collusion or cooperation during the 2016 United States Presidential election. Quoting from a Reuters story published today, one needs to remember why Manafort left the Trump campaign chairmanship in August: “Manafort ran…