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What you call The Resistance, I call the mid-term elections in which the American people turned out in record numbers to take control of the U.S. House from the Republicans and give it to the Democrats. They did not do so because they were pleased with the results Trump and the Republican...

Late Saturday afternoon, following Trumps Friday announcement that he will sign the bill to end the shutdown without gaining anything in return, the weakness of Trump's position was illustrated by Trump himself: 1. His only tweet of note said, "I wish people would read or listen to my words on...

I agree. But the problem for Trump is his word is no good. Many people believed that before. His base is beginning to believe it now. Sure, he can say he can declare a national emergency but does anyone believe him any more? He may even declare a national emergency and say he's doing it to...

Responding to the Trump tweet posted by muttly above, in which Trump says "... this was in no way a concession." The Breitbart headline (also above) and other conservative media voices see it differently: Ann Coulter: "“Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush: As of today, he is no longer the...

I think that's correct. I was not aware of the national emergency powers a president has (beyond martial law) until it was recently talked about by Trump. I was also not aware that national emergencies have been declared numerous times by previous presidents for various reasons previously...

Breitbart News headline (exactly as published there): GOVERNMENT OPEN ... ... AND BORDER NO WALL STILL NO STOU! A casual recall of the recent headlines includes: Trump friend Stone arrested Cohen subpoenaed Numerous tone-deaf statements by Trump and administration officials indicating zero...

After his court appearance today, Stone said he is innocent and will beat the charges in court. He is charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and interfering with an investigation. One thing we have seen from Mueller is he does not take someone to court on frivolous grounds and...

I just watched video of the FBI arrest of Roger Stone and I'm appalled. What in the world is the FBI doing converging on his house with multiple men with in tactical gear with heavy weapons in the early-morning dark. Stone is not on the run. He is not a violent man. One agent in a business suit...

I stumbled upon this article today which made me curious. Walmart wants to hire 900 truckers and pay them nearly $90,000 a year. Has the driver shortage become a real thing? Diane and drove ten years from 2003-2013 and there was talk the entire time about a driver shortage but it was not...

When an ordinary person in ordinary conversation -- say a neighbor in your neighborhood talking about his house or patio -- says I'm going to build a wall, and he shows you photos/drawings/examples of what the wall will look like, rational listeners would expect to see the neighbor build that...

That's a vital question, not because I'm the one holding Trump to a wall date, but because his base expects a wall. I've said above that impeachment proceedings will begin when it becomes evident that a sufficient number of Senate Republicans (20 of them) are no longer willing to support Trump...

This link takes you to a page that provides irrefutable evidence that Trump once expected the Mexican government to directly pay for the wall. It is a page from the Trump 2016 campaign web site in which Trump's very-specific strategy to make Mexico pay for the wall is presented. The page was...

Then as now, that's a meaningless distinction to everyone except Trump supporters who are fond of using it. It's used when Trump supporters defend Trump's otherwise indefensible statements. Instead of answering a critic's point that a particular Trump statement is contradictory or false or...

I'm pretty sure the wall was about the wall. Dozens if not hundreds of Trump quotes can be produced in which he describes -- in vivid detail in some cases -- not an idea about immigration but an actual, physical wall. That does not mean Trump is not also concerned about an immigration problem...

Coulter's point is that Trump did not try to get the wall built. He just talked about it. A related theme has recently emerged among some commentators. Some said Trump does not want the wall, he wants the fight. It's an interesting point, supported - it seems to me - by Trumps observable...

I have a reasonably good idea of the effort required to get something like the wall through and it is obvious that such effort was not exerted. It was for the tax cut. It was for justice reform. It was not for the wall. Reasonable conclusion based on results: Trump and/or his trusted operatives...

Soul-soothing? That's a difficult term to quantify and it is not accurate. I will admit that as a human being, I am subject to confirmation bias. So when anything surfaces that supports my hypothesis, part of me is given to uncritically accept it. But that does not mean I automatically give into...

That may be, but even an idiot says something worth thinking about every once in a while. I'm no fan of Coutler and I seldom align with her statements. But I found her above-mentioned blog post interesting because she casts Trump's post-election wall work in an interesting light. She raises a...

Prominent conservative columnist Ann Coulter’s recent blog post is instructive. She makes the case that Trump was never serious about building the wall. Gutless President in Wall-Less Country Excerpts: “If you were elected president after decades of politicians doing nothing about the...

Government shutdown drama dominated recent news cycles. Virtually lost in that mess was the news that Trump signed the criminal justice reform bill known as the First Step Act. This bill passed the Senate 87-12 and the House 358-36. The bill was championed by Jarrod Kushner who worked hard on...