Who was it who said (paraphrasing) a competent administration provides its citizens the luxury of not thinking about politics all the time? This cartoon is my life now: I hope the science marches are HUGE today. I can’t go because of a family thing, but my encouragement, admiration and good wishes go with those of …
Vive La Resistance
I done told you once you son of a bitch
It’s baaaaack: The White House is pushing for another showdown vote on repealing Obamacare next week, to coincide with President Donald Trump’s hitting the 100-day milestone in office. Legislative text of a new deal that could revive the House Republican bid to repeal Obamacare is likely to be circulated Friday “or by the weekend,” according …
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So now what?
So now what? That is a hell of a question but I think the right way to start probing towards some of boundaries of the possibility space is to ask what happened. As I see it, the winning coalition that blocked the bill was a combination of unanimous Democratic opposition plus state level Republicans who …
If I slip, then I’m slipping
I knew Trump’s approval rating was low, but I didn’t realize this. At 37%, Trump today has a lower Gallup approval rating than Obama ever had in his entire presidency. pic.twitter.com/jSnFjmGbMT — Ray Wert (@raywert) March 19, 2017 I’ve come to believe that what will hurt Trump most with voters is not that he’s a …
Vote him out
From Pete Sessions’ most recent town hall. Fuck yeah When @PeteSessions vowed to replace, repeal Obamacare, the "vote him out" chants rang out. pic.twitter.com/5BiJvyEb4A — Gromer M. Jeffers (@gromerjeffers) March 18, 2017
Shout at the devil
I went to a town hall meeting yesterday for local Congressman Tom Reed. The audience was moderately hostile but Reed handled himself well. Some Congressional representatives get rattled by heckling, and if they do, you should heckle. Getting in your opponents’ head is half the battle. For others, like Reed, it’s better to be polite …
Issa calls for special prosecutor
I hope more Republicans come out in favor of this, though I doubt they will: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s regime.