Author: BooMan

I’ve Been Trying to Tell You

If you’ve been reading Political Animal, it probably seems like the New York Times is pretty late to the party in finally explaining what it means that Donald Trump spent all of the 2016 campaign in pursuit of a mammoth...

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Casual Observation

I have some additional observations but, for now, just read Marcy. But, remember, the SDNY and associated New York City FBI field office are byzantine networks with strange cross-loyalties and protected fiefdoms. Trump and...

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Trump’s Speech Was a Partial Success

Even before President Trump spoke to the nation around 4pm today, the Democrats outright dismissed his proposals. Nancy Pelosi called them a non-starter. Yet, simply by making what look like concessions, the president did the...

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Revive the Federal Trade Commission

Given how the Federal Trade Commission has been coopted in recent years, progressives may be inclined to just blow it up. Instead of going after giant corporations that corner the market for their products and services, the FTC...

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Congress Can’t Let Trump Suborn Perjury

Back in May, when BuzzFeed first broke the Moscow Trump Tower story, I wrote that just based on the lies Trump had told about his lack of business interests in Russia during the campaign, the news warranted impeachment and...

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