Author: BooMan

No GOP Bloodbaths on the Horizon

It seems like criticizing the Affordable Care Act is a liberal pastime but it’s often forgotten just how close the effort came to failing, or that it was lack of Democratic unity (and uniform Republican opposition) that...

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Why Did Trump Just Fire 46 Federal Prosecutors?

On Friday, forty-six “United States attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama [were] asked to resign — and to immediately clean out their offices.” This was normal in one sense and abnormal in another. It’s...

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Steve King’s Political Philosophy

Representative Steve King of Iowa appears to be following the upcoming elections in the Netherlands quite closely. There’s reason to believe that Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom may come in first place, although...

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Tom Price’s Lies are So Bad

I don’t understand why it helps to have the Secretary of Health & Human Services go on television and lie through his teeth while making promises that his bill can never keep. It might be more sensible if the lies...

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Casual Observation

DAY 1: Spicer says there’s no DOJ/FBI investigation of Trump. DAY 2: DOJ says Spicer didn’t get that from them. DAY 3: All US Attorneys fired with no prior notification.

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