Month: May 2017

France Election: Fake News As It Happened

Originated online in California, just before the 2.5 hour debate between Le Pen and Macron. Emmanuel Macron files complaint over Le Pen debate ‘defamation’ | The Guardian | Macron, who largely succeeded in keeping...

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Trump’s Andrew Jackson Fetish

Trump’s fixation on Jackson was revealed in an interview this week.  As is his usual wont, his knowledge of Jackson seemed to have derived from listening to a five minute condensation of Cliff Notes on Jackson and...

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Should You Hope the AHCA Passes the House?

Jennifer Rubin describes my ambivalence about the House bill to destroy the Affordable Care Act pretty well. The political consultant in me can see no more optimal result than one in which the bill passes the House with the bare...

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