Author: BooMan

Matt Taibbi is Concerned About the Tone

I have news for Matt Taibbi. When Russian mobsters crash your daughter’s wedding party and spike the punch with LSD-25, it’s not McCarthyism to be pissed off that Cousin Jethro is up on the roof with Sergei in their...

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The War on Women is Real

Here’s a helpful list compiled by Axios of the known allegations of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly, along with some of the settlement details. I think it’s useful to see it all in one...

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Can and Should McConnell Go Nuclear?

Adam Jentleson, writing in the New York Times, makes a couple of useful points about the prospect that Mitch McConnell will break the rules to change the Senate rules and eliminate the filibuster for lifetime Supreme Court...

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Trump, Felix Sater, and the FBI

I’ve been staring at this article for days now. It makes me feel like some 19th century yokel who’s struck oil on his property, knows it’s valuable, but doesn’t have the first idea what to do about it....

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Don’t Send K.T. McFarland to Singapore

I understand that the Trump administration is eager to find a soft landing spot for K.T. McFarland since her number two position on the National Security Council became untenable with the departure of Michael Flynn. But someone...

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