Tag Archives: Donald Trump

The ‘national emergency’ is Trump

Posted on February 17, 2019 by oddmanout215

From The Hill: President Trump said on Friday that he “didn’t need to” declare a national emergency but did it to speed up construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. “I want to do it faster. I could do the wall … Continue reading →

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Weathering the reign of a fool

Posted on January 23, 2019 by oddmanout215

There are similar examples in history, but I can’t help but wonder how our grabber-in-chief rose so high despite being such a world-class fool. I asked Swamp Rabbit yesterday as we were weatherizing his shack against a cold snap that … Continue reading →

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‘Impeach the malefactor’ is way too polite

Posted on January 15, 2019 by oddmanout215

I was on the Blue Route last week, driving carefully to avoid being pulled over by the sort of sneaky cop who nailed me on Labor Day in a speed trap near Norristown. All was well until a Chevy Suburban … Continue reading →

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The flaw in the law regarding presidents

Posted on December 23, 2018 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit had commandeered my laptop and was reading aloud from a column by David Blight, who got rave reviews for his recently published biography of abolitionist orator and writer Frederick Douglass: Douglass left a timeless maxim for republics in times of … Continue reading →

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Terrible humans hire terrible humans

Posted on December 17, 2018 by oddmanout215

File this one under “It takes one to know one” : President Trump has named Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, as acting White House chief of staff. In response to the announcement, Mulvaney tweeted: “This … Continue reading →

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Soup’s on, Manafort!

Posted on November 30, 2018 by oddmanout215

What’s up with the smooth operator in the ostrich-skin jacket? He made a deal to tell the truth to the special prosecutor, ostensibly to get some years shaved off his prison time, but then he continued to lie for Donald … Continue reading →

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Trump’s snake oil still potent

Posted on November 7, 2018 by oddmanout215

Yesterday I showed Swamp Rabbit a line from a pre-election news story: Two years of political volatility will culminate Tuesday, when voters for the first time since the stunning 2016 election render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a … Continue reading →

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A referendum on Trumpism

Posted on November 6, 2018 by oddmanout215

Donald Trump’s unwitting accomplices in the media were at it again this weekend, helping spread the lie that Democrats may have tried to “hack” Georgia’s voter registration files. The accusation was made by Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, who also happens … Continue reading →

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The scariest news story of them all

Posted on November 5, 2018 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was trying to choose the Halloween week’s scariest story. It was Donald Trump threatening to rescind the 14th Amendment, he said. Or it was Trump’s statements blaming the media for the pipe bomb mailings and the slaughter of … Continue reading →

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If you’re going to lie, lie bigly

Posted on October 26, 2018 by oddmanout215

Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2018 I showed Trump’s tweet to Swamp Rabbit. “Do you believe this guy?  Have you ever encountered such a low-down, … Continue reading →

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