Back to Work

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Trump lives his life like he’s constantly staging punchlines.  I mean, on Christmas day, he proudly proclaims “Tomorrow, it’s back to work!” then on Tuesday, he’s seen hitting the links.  It’s like his presidency is some kind of art installation.

The Evolution of Republicans

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So, the passing of this scam of a tax bill has me really thinking about what the Republicans have become since being the party of Lincoln.  It’s one thing to make bad decisions because you think you’re being moral, but I just can’t believe, even kind of, that the current Republicans think that this new bill will be beneficial to their constituents.  They just don’t have any leg to stand on in that regard.

The Ire of Chris Christie

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Chris Christie is really going out of his way to distance himself from the Trump transition with his Deadline interview.  But most humorous is his obvious distaste for Jared Kushner.  The way he talks about him, saying he deserves the scrutiny leveled at him, makes me think Christie was bullied.

Voter Fraud

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I find it funny how quick the Roy Moore crowd is to jump to “voter fraud”.  Alabama has historically had some of the strictest voting laws in the whole country.  Keeping people who aren’t rich, white and/or Christian from the voting booth is practically a sport there.

Trump’s Fear About the Fox Merger

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One of my favorite news stories of the last few weeks was hearing that just prior to Fox/Disney merger, Trump called Rupert Murdoch to ask if Fox News was part of the deal.  I just love the idea that Trump would make a panicked phone call, afraid that the only news outlet that likes him would stop sucking up to him.

The Importance of Our Historical Monuments

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The Washington Post has noted that Trump has defended southern Confederate monuments as important to American history while ordering that Native American monuments in Utah be shrunk.  Some might call that hypocritical, but I’ll settle for despicable.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Self Reflection

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Just prior to the election, Sarah Huckabee Sanders famously said on Twitter, “When you’re attacking FBI agents because you’re under criminal investigation, you’re losing.”  Now her boss is attacking FBI agents because he’s under criminal investigation.  Man, her life must be a big goofy mess.

Benefits of the new Tax Bill

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The justification for this scam of a tax bill is that the permanent corporate tax cuts will incentivize corporations to make new big investments spurring salary increases and new jobs.  And I keep reading articles that have company heads and CEOs claiming that this will in no way make them interested in doing that.  They’ll mostly use the breaks to do what they’ve always done: boost shareholder profits.  So I find it awfully bold for people like Paul Ryan to insist that corporations will absolutely do something that they have no financially good reason to do.