Category Archives: White House

In the Age of Trump-McConnell, We Have All Been Lessened

In the Age of Trump-McConnell, We Have All Been Lessened In any other Senate, nobody would have allowed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to withhold a Supreme Court Nomination for 9 or 11 months.  With the open appointment, this made it … Continue reading

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New Trump -ocracies, Part 2

New Trump -ocracies, Part 2 We have more -ocratic forms of Trump’s ruling methods, that would make the previous part 1 too long, so we include them here.  Other than my level classification of  “you can’t make this stuff up” … Continue reading

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The Bart of Vengeance Reigns Supreme

The Bart of Vengeance Reigns Supreme According to Senator Collins, Judge Kavanaugh has been “exemplary in all things”, apparently, except when he had to appear before the Judiciary Committee in a job interview for the highest judicial job in the … Continue reading

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Con Job Complete: FBI Kavanaugh Background Redux

Con Job Complete:  FBI Kavanaugh Background Redux We know that Trump likes to limit and end investigations by complaining about their few million dollar costs.  They are, after all, a fraction of Trump’s yearly expenses flying to one of his … Continue reading

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The Hunt for “Deep State”

The Hunt for “Deep State” CNN was all about hunting for the NY Times op-ed writer who revealed the existence of “The Resistance”, or League for Extreme Conservative Governance (Le CoG in the system). We wrote a serious detailed analysis … Continue reading

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Trump’s Response: Rage, Denial, Shoot the Messenger, Persecute the Press

Trump’s Response: Rage, Denial, Shoot the Messenger, Persecute the Press None of these are going to help improve his governance, and, in fact, they are all going to make it much worse. Since Trump is paranoid, he will start another … Continue reading

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Ocean’s 13 and the Trump Collusions

Ocean’s Thirteen and the Trump Collusions In my past life as a theoretical particle physicist, I was keen to finding links between many phenomena that might point to an underlying theory. I still go to weekly seminars to hear the … Continue reading

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Trump Has Gone Critical, and Phase Transitioned to Dictator

Trump Has Gone Critical, and Phase Transitioned to Dictator Apparently, Putin has completed his tutoring of Trump in Dictatorship 101. Recently, on June 17, I noted that Trump’s increasing frequency of independent and disruptive stances and behaviors was like a … Continue reading

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Trump Muddies the Swamp: Shine, Wheeler, Pruitt, and the New Justice

Trump Muddies the Swamp: Shine, Wheeler, Pruitt, and the New Justice Trump just hired Bill Shine as head of White House Communications. Shine is the former defender of Fox News head Roger Ailes from sexual harassment charges. Shine was fired … Continue reading

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Trump’s Interview with the Supreme Court Nominee

Trump’s Interview with the Supreme Court Nominee Update:  July 5, Trump is down to two or three finalists.  Trump says that he will choose the person that he’s is most comfortable with in conversing in a living room.  Honestly, I … Continue reading

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