Category: politics
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Clearly Wrong
Phillip Rucker at The Washington Post reporting on an interview with Trump: “I’ve been reading about things,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel. Trump said that after noticing an article in the New York Times and commentary by Fox anchor Bret Baier, Trump said he told himself, “Wait a minute, there’s a lot of wiretapping…
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Quotes Make Lies “OK”
According to White House “press secretary,” Sean Spicer, quotes indicate that Trump didn’t specifically mean wiretapping when he was lying about Obama’s administration ordering a wiretap on Trump Tower. Jeremy Diamond: Namely, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump wasn’t referring to wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping. “I think there’s no question that…
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Tremendous Respect
Somebody sure has a weird idea of what tremendous respect means: I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2017 versus: Bragging about sexually assaulting married women is so respectful. As is bragging…
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House Oversight Committee Won’t Investigate Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies
Speaking of bullshit from our public embarassment, Avalon Zoppo quoting Jason Chaffetz: Speaking on CNN, the Utah representative said he does not see any evidence to back up Trump’s tweets. “We can’t just investigate everything that’s ever thrown out there by the Democrats, by the Republicans. We have to pick and choose,” he said. Trump…
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Send the schmo to talk to Letterman!
David Marchese has this fantastic interview with David Letterman. They talk about our Dear Leader and other topics, but this part echoes the considerations of many people after Trump insulted John Lewis: David Marchese: Is it fair to say you’re not interested in revisiting a late-night talk show? David Letterman: My interest has shifted. When I’m…