Today Unindicted Co-conspirator Trump is holding 2 big meetings. The second one is the Group of Eight meeting with the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate. It’s the one people have been talking about because it’s being held in the high security Situation Room instead of one of the more usual spaces. …
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Dec 31 2018
A Year In CP Time
One of the reasons why I no longer do Sausage Grinder of Snark is that I think the site runs at a quite sprightly pace, seldom are there more than yesterday’s and today’s posts on the page (unless you push ‘Fetch More’ or shop the Most Recent List which goes back about a week), TMC …
Dec 31 2018
Year In Review
Perhaps you’re looking for something introspective and deep but it’s a bad time of year for that. Concentrating on the futility of the past is contraindicated for me my Therapist says, instead I should focus on the future. Which… is bleak. I expect the enormous criminality of Republicans both in policy and personally to be …
Dec 31 2018
The Emails Of 2020
Sure we have legitimate news today. Elizabeth Warren has announced she’s forming an exploratory committee for 2020. She’s not my personal favorite at the moment because she has serious gaping Left flaws but she’s a damn sight more Left than Uncle Joe “Anita Hill” Biden. It did not take 5 minutes for MSNBC to raise …
Dec 30 2018
Manafort Pro Quo
Ok, among the things we’ve pretty much known forever is that Convicted Felon Manafort worked as a political consultant for pro-Russian Ukrainian Parties of various designations. He doesn’t even bother denying it because the record of his activities (well, not all of them) is public and it’s not illegal to work for a foreign political …
Dec 29 2018
Too Bad. So Sad.
Que lastima pobrecitos. Lo siento tanto por ti. ‘You Control Nothing’: House Republicans Brace for Life in the Minority By Carl Hulse, The New York Times Dec. 29, 2018 About two-thirds of Republicans returning to the House for the 116th Congress this week have never experienced the exquisite pain of being on the outs in …
Dec 28 2018
About That Border Shut Down
Do you know what you do when a toddler threatens to hold their breath until they die? You let them try. It’s impossible. If they are incredibly strong willed and stubborn the best they can accomplish is to pass out, after which their body will take over and they’ll start breathing again. Thus we can …
Dec 28 2018
Rattle Shaking Shamen
Herr Doktor Professor gives them too much credit. Bad Faith, Pathos and G.O.P. Economics By Paul Krugman, The New York Times Dec. 27, 2018 What you need to know when talking about economics and politics is that there are three kinds of economist in modern America: liberal professional economists, conservative professional economists and professional conservative …
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