Trying to find the crime in the crime of the century, aka ‘Obamagate’
Despite all of the discussion, mostly on Fox News, I can’t locate a coherent statement explaining the crime. Or who committed it. Or when and how it happened.
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‘You can’t have that time back’: How the U.S. lost Plan A against COVID-19
Epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant was interviewed by Al Franken on what happened in the U.S. during the early months of COVID-19.
The Trump campaign ad touting the administration’s coronavirus response is really something
But it is not, in any way, even close to being honest.
Why Tara Reade’s allegations have left many wondering just what to think
A piece published in Vox helped a bit, not in reaching any conclusions about what really happened but in understanding why it is so hard to know what is going on (or went on) in this instance.
In ‘Un-American,’ a scholar powerfully describes ‘the fake patriotism of Donald J. Trump’
For most of his life, John J. Pitney Jr., a professor of political science at Claremont McKenna College, identified as a Republican. The takeover of his party by Trump seems to have shaken that attachment.
Dr. Fauci’s firm adherence to science makes him a profile in courage
He’s a scientist, and he’s just giving his best analysis of what the “best evidence” shows, but he works for someone who has a tendency to fire those who disagree with him.
With U.S. as COVID’s epicenter, Wapo offers sad, frightening look inside the White House
The review of decision-making during 34 days includes an I-never-said-the-things-I-said video of President Trump.
Daunting poll results for Team Trump: Voters say they dislike Biden less than they dislike Trump
Biden’s negative gap is a more manageable 44 percent approval/54 percent disapproval, 10 points “under water” compared to Trump’s 38 approval/60 percent disapproval.
On ‘A Brief History of Fascist Lies’ and its current relevance
The epilogue emphasizes President Trump’s utter disregard for factual accuracy or truth and his heavy reliance on lying without ever saying that this makes him a fascist.
Trump’s presidency prompts a new feeling toward the U.S. from abroad
A columnist for the Irish Times, Fintan O’Toole, has written an eloquent, brilliant and unutterably sad piece about what Trump has done to the standing of the United States in the world.
Why Trump ‘likes acting’: constitutional evasion
He’s found a perfect loophole. He appoints people on an acting basis, they begin to do the job relying entirely on him, and he cares little whether they ever get the constitutionally mandated stamp of Senate approval.
It’s a sad time to be a Trump loyalist
This is what they are reduced to: Right-wing radio talker Hugh Hewitt vowed never to buy Lysol again after the company publicly warned that its disinfectant products should not be ingested in an effort to fight the coronavirus.
Partisan identity exceeds racism, religion as key element dividing Americans, panelists say
As best as political science can measure, “animus is equal across party lines,” political scientist Shanto Iyengar said, meaning the disdain of Republicans for Democrats and vice versa is of similar size and intensity.
In new poll, 58% of registered voters favor voting by mail; 67% favor it just for 2020
You could say that anything with that big of a majority supporting it would happen. But then there’s the partisan breakdown.
Trump’s early COVID-19 approval bump is over, Gallup numbers confirm
Last week, when Gallup took a new survey, Trump had returned to a double-digits-below-water rating.
How wrong was Trump about presidential powers? Frighteningly wrong.
He didn’t hire the nation’s governors and he can’t fire them. And he can’t make them do things in their states that they don’t want to do and/or don’t believe are in their states’ interests.
In his endorsement of Biden, Obama offers a course on ‘Presidential 101’
On Tuesday, Obama released a classy, lovely, dignified video endorsing his friend and former vice president, Joe Biden.
NYT graphic illustrates well the per capita deaths in South Korea, U.S.
There may be several reasons that South Korea’s rate remained low and flat while the U.S. numbers soared, but one is, as the Times reports, “from the beginning, South Korea took the virus extremely seriously, with widespread testing, tracking of cases and quarantining.”
One more reason to be impressed with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Somehow, this short, nerdy Brooklyn-accented physician and immunologist has been allowed to continue speaking from the White House podium despite his unwillingness to ratify Trumpian nonsense.
Much depends on the choices Bernie Sanders’ ardent supporters make in the fall
Some Sanders socialists will lose interest, but I deeply hope that, at least in the swing states, they realize they are facing an all-hands-hands-on-deck emergency.
