Aguirre, the Wrath of the Deplorables
You could consider this as a belated diary about Columbus Native People’s Day. But it was the result of a lengthy meditation on part of the political scene…One of the best known films Werner Herzog...
View ArticleThese are the people who are voting for Trump
As seen on Twitter. xThe 2016 @GOP base ... congrats @SenateMajLdr, @SpeakerRyan& @Reince on your handiwork. pic.twitter.com/FpmH4ceBBe— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) October 14, 2016No...
View ArticleMcMullin leads in Utah!
As reported on 538.com. McMullin 31% Trump 27% & Clinton 24%. Link to the poll results here.The GOP is starting to split up. And we can thank the short-fingered sexual predator for it.
View ArticleTrump's first real challenge: finding experienced help
Talking Points Memo cites a report at the Daily Beast that Trump & his inner staff are finding it hard to recruit senior officials to run the government’s sprawling intelligence and homeland...
View ArticleThe end of Medicare: not a done deal
I read on Talking Points Memo earlier today how a lot of people are contacting their congressperson about the threat to Medicare:A lot of you have been writing in that you've contacted members of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Anarchists in Portland turn May Day March into a riot
As I type this, a few hundred anarchists (or agents provacateur) decided to turn a demostration in downtown Portland, Oregon into a pitched battle with police. Fires are being set in the middle of the...
View ArticleBy her friends you will know her
I saw this story the other day, “The Trouble With Ivanka’s Business Partner”. Amongst all of the news, bad and worse, about that person and his family, I’ll admit it’s not an important story. And the...
View ArticleIs Tillerson out as Secretary of State?
I heard this an hour ago on the tv news: allegedly Rex Tillerson will either quite or be fired as Secretary of State and be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Talking Points Memo has one version of...
View ArticleIf we get control of both houses of Congress, what will we do?
This not so much an exercise of “counting chickens before they’ve hatched”, but an exercise of “if we succeed, what can we do next?”It’s not unreasonable to expect that a year from now both houses of...
View ArticleA message to future historians
When you write the history of the once great nation-republic of the United States of America for the period from the end of the Obama presidency to the start of the administration of the next...
View ArticleOregon to seat its first African-American State Supreme Court Judge
Despite all of the darkness radiating from that person, I’m happy to share with you one positive accomplishment from my part of the world. Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon announced yesterday that she will...
View ArticleThe November 2018 elections can't be cancelled
I keep seeing this statement in the comments to many of the diaries I read: someone believes that person — or one of the people around him — will cancel the midterm elections. Sorry, but that will not...
View ArticleLast seen in Montana
A spontaneously written chain story by several strangers can be an entertaining thing to watch unfold. With thanks to the ever-brilliant journalist David Corn for his tweet that alerted me to this, I...
View ArticleAny other local protests at ICE offices?
I’m home after a couple of days at the hospital with my youngest daughter — FWIW, she’s doing much better now — & saw this story on the local news for the first time. For those of us (like me) who...
View ArticleBREAKING: Federal cops end ICE protest in Portland
Federal officers in riot gear moved into the protest siege of ICE offices in Southwest Portland at 5:30 a.m. PST, KGW reports. They are evicting people. This ends 11 days of blocking the ICE offices....
View Article"We want a president that we can be proud of"
Two months ago here in Portland, Oregon demonstrators calling themselves “Occupy ICE” — I’m unclear if they have any connection with the better known “Occupy Wall Street” movement — closed down the...
View ArticlePortland City Commish wants to encourage people to vote; local Republican...
Yes, Portland has a reputation for being … weird. Believe it or not, some of its elected officials actually want more people to vote.Last election a local activist for renter’s rights, Chloe Eudaly,...
View ArticleIs Tillerson out as Secretary of State?
I heard this an hour ago on the tv news: allegedly Rex Tillerson will either quite or be fired as Secretary of State and be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Talking Points Memo has one version of...
View ArticleIf we get control of both houses of Congress, what will we do?
This not so much an exercise of “counting chickens before they’ve hatched”, but an exercise of “if we succeed, what can we do next?”It’s not unreasonable to expect that a year from now both houses of...
View ArticleA message to future historians
When you write the history of the once great nation-republic of the United States of America for the period from the end of the Obama presidency to the start of the administration of the next...
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