The Trump administration recently enacted a new immigration policy. This policy may have several purposes — some obvious and others less visible. The Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the White House put this new immigration policy into place. It is not a law. The new policy may be intended to deter people from other countries from entering the…
Trump Wants Russia Readmitted To G7
On Friday, before he arrived late and left early at the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, US President Donald Trump rankled the other G7 leaders by suggesting that Russia be readmitted to the G7. He claimed, “Russia should be in this meeting. Why are we having a meeting without Russia being in the meeting? And I would recommend, and it’s…
EPA Rolls Back Examination Of Potentially Harmful Chemicals
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…
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 Republicans Offended By Correspondents Dinner Headliner
Based on a huge explosion of tweets and print news articles and on-camera interviews, Michelle Wolf’s comedy routine, delivered at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 28, 2018, offended President Donald Trump and many of supportive Republicans. Trump did not attend the White House Correspondents Dinner this year. He didn’t attend last year, either. Instead, he held a campaign…
Friday The 13th
Today is Friday the 13th. It’s an ominous day. Many superstitious people fear this day will bring dreadful or even lethal events upon their lives. According to an article from The Guardian, some awful or bizarre things have happened to people on this date in history.
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…