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But antifacists are the terrorist threat.

There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say - CNN

 

Imagine being an MPA in Washington, having studied policy at the highest level of academe and then having to deal with a Grade A moron who thinks Greenland can be acquired like a Risk territory.

 

Hey, it’s the quickest way to get to Europe from North America!

 

This man writes "history" books.

 

lol ..."and Dylan Thomas goes on and on, and here's the big finish..."

 

I think a pretty compelling argument can be made that our invasion of Iraq under Bush helped create ISIS and Obama was slow to address the terrorist regime.

It took me a long time to learn this. There’s a certain kind of dangerous arrogance to thinking that the US should or can “get control of things” in the Middle East.

 

If only statues, colleges, parks and currency carried the legacy forward of (white) Civil War veterans.

 

Also known as Infrastructure Week.

 

Make
America
Greener
Again!

 

Obama operated under a legal assumption that certain measures needed Congressional approval. Large and lasting Unilateral action was something Obama didn’t have the perceived authority to carry out. He clearly misunderstood the constitution. Trump doesn’t have constraints because his constitutional analysis allows the C in C to engage in unchecked foreign activities.

 

My goodness, this is hilarious. (And generally spot on.)

Trump 2020: Be Very Afraid

The most common remark you hear from Trump voters is that he’s “relatable” and isn’t “phony.” Blue-state audiences tempted to howl at this should try to understand this phenomenon, because it speaks to a legitimate problem Democrats have.

The average American likes meat, sports, money, porn, cars, cartoons, and shopping. Less popular: socialism, privilege-checking, and the world ending in 10 years. Ironically, perhaps because of Trump, Democratic Party rhetoric in 2020 is relentlessly negative about the American experience. Every speech is a horror story about synagogue massacres or people dying without insulin or atrocities at the border. Republicans who used to complain about liberals “apologizing for America” were being silly, but 2020 Democrats sound like escapees from the Killing Fields.

Ronald Reagan once took working-class voters away from Democrats by offering permission to be proud of the flag. Trump offers permission to occupy the statistical American mean: out of shape, suffering from gas, poorly read, anti-intellectual, treasuring things above meaning, and hiding an awful credit history.

Trump in this way is more all-American than Mark Spitz, Liberace, Oprah, Audie Murphy, and Marilyn Monroe. He’s a monument to the consumption economy. He represents fake boobs, the short con, the tall tale, gas guzzlers, and a hundred other American traditions.

This is why the endless chronicling of Trump’s lies does little to dent his popularity. Trump’s voters don’t need to read PolitiFact to see what Trump’s about. They see it in his waistline.