White House Hires College Student in Personnel Role

According to Politico and other sources: “The White House has hired a college senior to be one of the top officials in its powerful Presidential Personnel Office, according to three administration officials familiar with the matter. “James Bacon, 23, is acting as one of the right-hand men to new PPO director John McEntee, according to the officials. Bacon, a senior…

GOP Senators Can’t Risk New Evidence

The GOP Senators voted against allowing witnesses and new evidence at Trump’s impeachment trial because, their leader McConnell said, they have seen and heard enough evidence, which was collected during the House investigation. The problem is that much of the evidence and testimony that the House could have collected was blocked by Trump and his lawyers. Trump was clear about…

Trump And Iran And Ukraine

It is not a coincidence that Trump, Iran and Ukraine came together recently. Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane in Iraqi airspace earlier this week. Specifically, Iran shot Russian-made missiles at a Ukrainian International Airlines plane and killed 176 people. Dozens of passenger planes were in the Iraqi airspace at that time. Why did Iran shoot down a Ukraine International…

The Question: Is Trump Insensitive Or Evil?

Some Trump supporters have accused Democrats of calling Donald Trump insensitive or evil. Let’s consider the facts. Trump is grossly insensitive and mean. No one can look at how Trump insulted and mocked a disabled journalist in 2015 — and Rep. John and Rep. Debbie Dingell this week — and call that behavior presidential without his or her nose growing like that…

Trump Impeachment Is Clinton Impeachment?

Many people have been comparing the Trump impeachment and the Clinton impeachment. I allude to the quote from Gertrude Stein very deliberately and ironically. Please let’s remember the important difference that the House and Senate impeached President William Jefferson Clinton because he lied about blowjobs with Monica Lewinsky — consensual sexual behavior between two adults. The House impeached President Donald…

Trump Re-Election Likely In 2020

Some people think that impeachment will strengthen chances for Trump re-election. However, I think it’s not so simple a calculation. The likelihood of impeachment increasing odds of a Trump re-election depends on the type of impeachment he might experience. According to a Politico-Morning Consult poll, only 40 percent of registered voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing in office,…

Trump’s Emoluments Are Breach Of Law

Emoluments. To make a point about Trump and his emoluments, let me start with a hypothetical: Let’s say Donald Trump were the United States President and he owned a privately held company called The Trump Organization, a company that made missiles. Further, let’s say the United States Department of Defense, using dollars from American taxpayers, paid The Trump Organization $6…