Deeply troubling but not surprising New York Times story about the EPA, the Trump Administration, and potentially harmful chemicals we may be exposed to every day. “The Trump administration, after heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, is scaling back the way the federal government determines health and safety risks associated with the most dangerous chemicals on the market, documents from…
Category: Politics
Dahlia Lithwick — Excellent Analysis Of The Age Of Trump
Recently, Dahlia Lithwick received the 2018 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis. This is the substance of her acceptance speech. It reflects her insightful perspective on the struggles of this particular time. Consequently, it is outstanding.
Trump And His Blazing Insecurity
Desperately insecure about his role in the US Presidency, Trump tweeted Rasmussen Reports poll data showing him with a 51% approval rating on Thursday: Why is he so insecure about being President? Trump knows he won the Electoral College with second-lowest number of votes in US history. Only George W. Bush got fewer votes, in both 2000 and 2004. He…
How Cambridge Analytica, Giles-Parscale And Trump Campaign Formed Powerful Triumvirate
Months ago, I began to read about Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign. From various sources, I learned about how the Trump campaign had hired Giles Parscale to influence voter perceptions during the campaign. By the way, one of the co-founders of Giles Parscale is Brad Parscale. A few weeks ago, the Trump campaign named Parscale Campaign Manager of the…
Trump Rewards North Korea For Years Of Bad Behavior
Like a child who has not obeyed his parents, North Korea has violated international agreements it has entered into for many years. It has done so repeatedly. There is a clear track record of violations and bad behavior. Many of these agreements relate to development of nuclear weapons. For example, in October of 2002, the Asian nation admitted to operating…
Kushner Met With Lenders In White House Before Securing Loans
The White House and Jared Kushner expect us to believe that Kushner did not arrange loan deals for his private real estate business when he met with private equity and banking businessmen in the White House. On its face, this is a laughable claim. According to the New York Times, Kushner secured loans from the Apollo Global Management and Citigroup…
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,…
Brokenlaughter.com is back!
Hello All, Brokenlaughter.com was down for most of January 2018, but it is back now. Please watch for new posts and thank you for reading.
Trump And Charlottesville And White Supremacists
Despite being President of the United States, and therefore theoretically representing the interests of ALL Americans, Donald J. Trump has never stood up for populations of Americans who have been attacked: Defying years of tradition, Trump did not recognize June 2017 as LGBT Pride Month. Trump didn’t recognize Jews — the targets of the Nazi campaign of extermination — in…