“Oops”
The incompetence of the Trump administration may reach peak horror with Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy.
The Trump Administration in a Nutshell: Rick Perry’s “Learning Curve” On the Nuclear Arsenal
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Chelsea Manning and the Quality of Mercy: Obama at the End of Days
NATO is “Obsolete”: The Surreal Horror of the Trump Presidency
Seriously, guys, this is the face of the US now
Trump’s comment-like things on NATO were created by ignorance, but there is a terrible philosophy underneath
Were you expecting talons? This is what authoritarianism looks like.
That’s right- it looks like a greasy oval weasel.
Trump is Trump, but his Congressional enablers are what will prove genuinely ruinous.
Democracy, the Deep State, and Trump
The CIA and NSA are equal parts venal and incompetent, and their heavy hand is inherently anti-democratic. So what happens when they meet unassailable corruption?
The Death of Work: Hidden Horror in Trump’s Lunatic Press Conference
Reminder: there are million of people who think this is Presidential
There was so much authoritarian lunacy in Trump’s press conference, that a very tangible bit of worker destruction went almost unnoticed.
The Obama Farewell: A Hopeful Call To Arms
The Beginning
President Obama gives a farewell speech as only he can: filled with hope and the pledge to fight
The Trump Russia Dossier: Quick Hits
So, it seems like the big story today might be the Presidential-level dossiers about the Russian government cultivating, supporting, and aiding Trump for 5 years, as well as the Trump campaign colluding with them to hack the DNC, spread fake news, and discredit Hillary Clinton.
Buzzfeed has the whole 35 pages, which were compiled by a British former intelligence officer, given to the FBI by John McCain (though they already had much of it) and then given to both Obama and Trump last week. It’s pretty explosive, as Chris Hayes just told me.
There are salacious bits, of course: some very salacious, but those aren’t the main points.
Some quick thoughts on this.
Quick Programming Note (Update)
We’ll be live-blogging the President’s farewell address tonight. It makes me sad that so much time was spent on this campaign, and the hideous aftermath, that we haven’t spent many words reflecting on this truly remarkable figure. I’ll try to rectify that in the next week, before the rough beast’s hour comes round at last.
UPDATE: We won’t be liveblogging. I just want to watch my President. Sorry, failed blogger code.
In The 21st Century, Water is War
Dried reservoir in the Crimea. Image from Al Jazeera
War has always been about submission. In the 21st century, it becomes easier than ever.
Shooting Irrelevance 