^ Not surprised. He's ruined the safe havens a benign, but incompetent President could hide in.  You can tell that even Justin Trudeau can't stomach him. The French and Brit's even want no part. They aren't going to try to protect him or prop him up like they might have done for W.  Netanyahu will tolerate the useful idiot, but makes Trump look even more extreme when they are seen together.

Big story:

 

 

How did the Russia investigation begin? With a campaign aide, a night of drinking and talk of political dirt on Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/1aDBeroKSU

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 30, 2017

You know what?  Several points made.

 

This year, late-night comedians often did a better job covering the Trump administration than serious news networks did. pic.twitter.com/YhTnxyBG2F

— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 30, 2017

 

 

(That's all I can say, really.)

Edited January 1, 20187 yr by Khan

The GOP pushed Tax Law looks as if it will inspire highly-taxed states to look for loopholes the way that corporations have historically looked for loopholes.

Many Democratic-run states are now stating that the new tax law has, in effect, broken the social contract with the states so "the game has changed". 

 

Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law

 

 

 

NO WORDS,, NONE

 

 

1 hour ago, dragonflies said:

NO WORDS,, NONE

 

 

 

Well.  Imagine that.  LOL.

Happy New Year! You can tell it's an election year and 2018 has begun: I just saw a commercial with some politician endorsing a "Need To Impeach" petition.

Alarming https://t.co/VpHNH2DsbS

— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 2, 2018

“Nobody speaks for Trump,” he said. “He speaks for himself. The question is, are they allowed to do things notwithstanding? And the answer is yes, until he decides to pull the rug out from under them. Well, that’s the reality. That’s how this man works.”

 

Isn’t that, I asked, an extraordinary statement of no confidence in the presidency they are supposed to serve?

 

“It’s amazing,” he responded. “Look, the whole thing is amazing. We’ve never been here. But that’s where it is. So, at some point you have to sort of stop saying, you know, ‘This is terrible, it shouldn’t be this way.’ It is this way.”

Radicalized in Kansas. This is really the stuff of nightmares to me.  It's almost like these guys choose to be brainwashed with hate.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/a-militias-plot-to-bomb-somali-refugees-in-garden-city-ks.html?src=longreads

Orrin Hatch is retiring and the word is Mitt Romney might take over his spot. From worse to worse

When they say deregulation, this is where it often leads to.

 

Coal mining deaths nearly double from 2016 to 2017 https://t.co/ZatOGPAVUV pic.twitter.com/JBDS7nTJTr

— The Hill (@thehill) January 2, 2018