The anti-travel and anti-immigration Executive Order Trump signed on January 27, 2017, is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, the clause states, ” Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” Trump and his people have consistently said that Trump’s travel and…
Category: Quick Takes
Trump At The CIA on Jan. 21, 2017
Minutes ago, Donald Trump told a series of ridiculous lies and made numerous errors of fact when speaking to members of the CIA at something that would best be described as a very badly executed campaign event. He spent far too much time talking about himself and congratulating himself at this campaign event. What was supposed to be Trump’s apology…
Is Donald Trump The Great Uniter?
In his United States Presidential election victory speech in the early morning of Nov. 9, 2016, Donald Trump said, “For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people. . .I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great…
Ben Carson And No “Special Rights”
Oh, Dr. Ben Carson. According to The Hill, “During Ben Carson’s Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 12, 2017, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) pressed the Housing and Urban Development nominee about whether he would enforce LGBT protections in the public housing sector. ‘Of course, I would enforce all the laws of the land,’ Carson responded. ‘Of course, I think all Americans should be…
Oh Kellyanne Conway, You Terrible Spokesperson
Apparently Trump Campaign Manager and newly christened Senior Advisor (whatever that means) Kellyanne Conway didn’t read the headlines in The New York Times, Washington Post, and on CNN between yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening. The story at this point is that Trump was briefed by intelligence officials last week about the information contained in the 35-page report released by BuzzFeed.…
Trump And Russia — Then And Now
Oh Trump. You tweeted one thing today (one of four tweets you sent in an hour this morning), denying any financial ties to Russia: “Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA — NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING! Who’s to say what “Russia” means in Trump’s context — the government of Russia,…
Who Has Bought His/Her Spot In The Trump Cabinet? — Part 2
A few weeks ago, I noted that Linda McMahon and Andrew Puzder quite clearly paid for their cabinet positions: Broken Laughter will continue to do research on this and will update this post with the new information as it becomes available, but of the recent Trump Cabinet selections made, here are two who clearly bought their seats in the Trump administration:…
Trump Barely Won The Electoral College
Effectively, 77,759 Electoral College votes in three states (WI/PA/MI) determined the Presidency. In three key states, Trump won by less than 1%. Let that sink in for a minute. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won the United States presidential election by less than 1% in these three key Electoral College states: Wisconsin: 22,748 votes, 0.7 of a percentage point Pennsylvania:…
Clinton Receives More Votes Than Any White Presidential Candidate
Hillary Clinton has received more votes than President Barack Obama did in his 2012 victory, according to data from the National Archives and a running total by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. She received a total of 65,844,610 votes in the 2016 election popular vote count, compared to Trump’s 62,979,636. Clinton’s lead is the largest of any US presidential candidate who…
Who Has Bought His/Her Spot In The Trump Cabinet?
Broken Laughter will continue to do research on this and will update this post with the new information as it becomes available, but of the recent Trump Cabinet selections made, here are two who clearly bought their seats in the Trump administration: Linda McMahon bought her appointment to the Trump administration: between 2007 and 2009, she and her husband gave…