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Trump s war in Iran appears to be heading for a T.S. Eliot ending not with a bang, but a whimper. But not right away. Someday, though, it will just whimper out. This week Trump has gone from deciding to Continue reading
If you missed Rachel Maddow last night, do watch: See also Dr. Phil and a Texas Oil Firm Go to Greenland With a Suspicious Agenda. Signs Point to Trump s Imperialist Visions. by Nicole LaFond at Talking Points Memo. A Texas-based Continue reading
This will be a little different. I need to rant about health care. As y all well know, the United States is the only industrialized nation on the planet still trying to provide health care through a private for-profit system, only Continue reading
I m heartbroken about what s being done to Dr. Fauci. This is from David Kurtz at TPM: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted this morning to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress for having invoked his 5th Amendment rights not Continue reading
There are talks going on regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but the United States is not part of those talks. Instead, they are going on between Iran and Oman. And what gets decided could be the resolution to Continue reading
There are reports that Cornyn and Tillis have caved and are now on board with allowing a vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Blanch appears to have given them written assurance that the slush fund is dead. But Continue reading
As near as I can make out in a fit of pique, Trump is now declaring that if the Senate won t confirm his nominee for AG, Todd Blanch, he s going back to demanding that his weaponization slush fund be Continue reading
It appears that Trump is backing off from insisting that the Senate stay in session until it approves Todd Blanche s nomination for Attorney General. He truthed a social media post saying he was considering withdrawing Blanche s nomination until next year, Continue reading
I m trying to not pay attention to what s going on in the Fauci Senate hearings. It s too painful. I suspect I ll be subjected to highlight films eventually. Trump has been trying to strong-arm the Senate into delaying their August recess Continue reading
I haven t disappeared; I ve just been super busy doing other things. I just wanted to mention something I just read Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it intended to end a Biden-era Continue reading