Monthly Archive: January 2017
Trump-May Press Conference Shows How Journalism Should Be Done
Donald Trump and Theresa May held a joint press conference after a White House meeting today. Although the big news out...
Q4 GDP Disappoints As Fed Transcripts Show Callousness To Unemployed
The BEA released its initial estimates of Q4 GDP today and it came in at a slightly disappointing 1.9%. That was...
Australian Open Finalists Take Us Back To The Future
If the world seems like it’s going backward lately, you may be right. That certainly seems to be the case down...
GOP Steps Up Efforts To Create "Managed Democracy" To Maintain Power
The other day I wrote about how Trump and Bannon are taking a page out of the Putin/Surkov handbook in creating a...
Will GOP Put Up With Possible Trump Treason Just To Roll Back New Deal
I think you have to seriously wonder whether Donald Trump and senior members of his administration are actually actively aiding and...
The Era Of Trump/Bannon "Managed Media" Begins
Ever since Republicans found Frank Luntz and figured out how to “frame” issues with words like the “death tax”, they really...
Mexico May Call Trump's Bluff On NAFTA Renegotiation
It appears that there is a growing feeling within Mexican political circles that renegotiating NAFTA just may not be worth it....
Britain's Supreme Court Ruling Will Complicate And Possibly Delay Article 50 Invocation
Yesterday, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled in an 8-3 decision that Parliament must vote to invoke Article 50 and begin the arduous...
Still No Real Evidence Trump Is Not Still The Nominal Head Of Trump Organization
This is yet another example of how Trump’s continual lies and outrages deflect the press from focusing on any one outrage...