It’s been half a week since the Inauguration, and I for one am finding it hard to keep up. Eventually, I hope to post an ongoing log of executive actions, signed bills, and other notable events, but for right now it’s still one by one, dealing with the most important things first.
And this is pretty important.
So it looks like the DAPL review is going forward at speed, and Keystone XL is semi-authorized. That’s thanks to three executive actions yesterday. They are three distinct (more…)
There’s tons of articles about Trump’s character, how he won the election, obstructionism then and now, and so on. Yesterday the media message was all about fake news; right now the big thing is his cabinet confirmation process, and tomorrow there’ll be something else, depending on what people choose to be scandalized about. But in the mean while, things will be happening, and we shouldn’t lose sight of them amid all the hype.
So let’s boil it down to essentials: We’ve got a brand new president coming in, and his platform was Reform. (more…)
It’s news to nobody that President-Elect Trump may be the least popular prominent American since Nixon left town, and before that since the little fuss after Lincoln’s election. For you who need reminding, we’ll see some public demonstrations of that fact starting around the 20th of January.
The call is about to go up, and due to a now-famous mis-Tweet, the rallying cry has been born: “Unpresident him!” The new protests will be all about obstructing Mr. Trump’s agenda at every turn, and the goal driving it all will be to remove the man from power. (more…)
“No matter who won the election, H.R.C. or Trump, we should be protesting. But especially Trump. His campaign was nothing but hatred and fear. We must reject that, or be complicit in it.”
– Protestor, two weeks before
On January 21, the day after the Inauguration, a massive rally is planned in the nation’s capitol to highlight women’s issues. An estimated 200,000 women are scheduled to attend the “Women’s March On Washington”.
Take note: These are not, by and large, discontented college students and former Bernie Bros pining for their lost candidate. These are intelligent professionals (more…)
The call to arms has been issued, and the young activists are marching on Washington. It’s time to protest the 2017 Presidential Inauguration with parades and speeches and picket signs. Why? Well, mainly because we can’t get change any other way, right?
People have accused the President-Elect, Donald Trump, of fraud and perversion, of crimes and hate and serious nastiness. One of these people is Mr. Trump himself, who appears to enjoy defaming himself on Twitter. Not many politicians could survive even one of his mis-tweets; he’s given us dozens. And that doesn’t even touch the court cases and the controversial ethical choices he’s making during the transition period. They called Reagan the Teflon president; Trump appears instead to be constructed out of hard rubber. (more…)
Today’s New York Daily News featured an article by famously opinionated columnist Shaun King entitled “Here’s Why I Will Never Call Donald Trump ‘Mr. President'”.
In it, he explores Mr. Trump’s character flaws. He writes with great eloquence about the man’s character, detailing his failings with remarkable fervor. Much of what he says is (more…)
This year, Google has a live results page for the presidential elections. They’re reporting 100% of the results are counted in most states, and give a definitive result. So does Politico, and so does CNN. Each of the three draws their data from the Associated Press.
And all three disagree. (more…)
About a month ago, I declared that nothing short of a direct massive meteor impact could prevent a Clinton presidency. So much for that prediction. (more…)
A vote for a third party is a vote against. Not against Republicans or Democrats individually, but against the system that says one or the other is inevitable, that divides us against one another and distracts us away from finding common ground. Environmentalists and hunters both love the wild; they should work together. The NRA probably has some excellent ideas about gun control (in addition to Use both hands) but (more…)
Some of us just finished watching the first Presidential debate, and we’re probably all still shell-shocked. The commentators are still lobbing rounds at each other, but I’ll emerge from my foxhole long enough to shoot a bulletin back from the trenches, for the benefit of those wiser souls who spent time watching Monday Night Football.
Well, it was entertaining; I’ll grant that. (more…)
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