Three years ago this morning, my great friend, David Overlander — DaveO — left the party for the last time. While I greatly miss him and I’m saddened by his untimely exit, I’m grateful to have been his friend for…
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A Great and Glorious Day in America
H. L. Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English H. L. Mencken. Writing in the Baltimore Evening Sun, on July 26, 1920, Mr. Mencken prophesized a…
trump Shutdown — The president is trying to unring the bell
In a recent White House meeting, the president clearly, unambiguously, defiantly, owned the trump shutdown. But today, the president of the United States it trying to unring the bell. The president is desperate. He is desperate to satisfy his base…
Senator Rick Santorum and Russian Agent Maria Butina
Senator Rick Santorum has reportedly hired a firm to scrub from the Internet this photo of him with the convicted Russian agent, Maria Butina. For some reason, Mr. Santorum does not want folks to remember he cozied up to Ms. Butina.…
StateOfTheDream: Resist and Persist Counter-Programming
By his anniversary in office, President Donald Trump, the great deal maker, had already managed to preside over a government shutdown. Just about now, as this post goes live, the president is delivering his first State of the Uniom [sic] address. Also right now, actress and…
The Emperor’s New Deal: Trump Government Shutdown
A year ago, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. Tonight, as the clock crossed midnight, the first year of his presidency ended with a Trump government shutdown. The “great deal maker”, unsurprisingly, is not really…