There was a time when the Republican Party fancied itself the party of personal responsibility. Of course it was aimed directly at welfare recipients -- the "takers" -- and was never intended to trigger blowback. The party's use of racist "Southern Strategy" dog whistles has ...read more
The country woke up this morning to Donald Trump's announcement over Twitter that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was out, and CIA chief Mike Pompeo was in:Reported the Huff Post: Tillerson’s departure comes amid reports of his disappointment with the turbulent atmosphere in ...read more
If Donald Trump did not collude with the Russian government to throw the 2016 election in his favor, he would no doubt be extremely alarmed about the definitive intelligence reports stating that the Kremlin is planning on disrupting the midterm elections this year. And yet ...read more
This morning, New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer published a summation of Christopher Steele and his investigation into Donald Trump that culminated in BuzzFeed leaking his dossier to the press shortly before Trump's inaugural last year. It is the most thorough article that I have ...read more
(WARNING: SATIRE. PROBABLY.)Due to recent budget cuts to the State Department and Rex Tillerson’s overall management style of “Diplomacy? Yeah fuck that” the State Department was forced to center the upcoming 2018 European diplomatic efforts around Glenn and Charlie’s “Badass ...read more
Responding to a question about lingering State Department vacancies last night, Donald Trump told Fox's Laura Ingraham that he wasn't really concerned about it. Why? Because according to Trump, he is "the only one that matters". "Are you worried that the State Department doesn't ...read more
President Trump, a man who has now told well over 1,000 documented lies since he took office in January, was recently caught out lying about donating money to the father of a fallen soldier, and is so dishonest his entire administration works 24/7 to walk back his lies, is ...read more
Celestial Sources report that upon hearing the news that the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump called for an “I.Q. Test” against his own Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the spiritual material that was the former President Teddy Roosevelt flung his flask against ...read more
My first response to the news this morning that the man child residing in the White House pretending to be president challenged his own goddamn Secretary of State to an IQ test was one of utter resignation. When is this madness going to end? What does this man have to do to get ...read more
Rex Tillerson is destroying the State Department. This is indisputable. He is leaving key positions unfilled. He is refusing to consult with the hundreds of experts at his disposal with decades of experience. He is eliminating entire sections within the State Department, forcing ...read more
In many regards Ronald Reagan was not a good president. But you have to give The Gipper credit for at least one thing: the man was bullish on America. He believed the country was a "shining city on a hill" that was an example for the world to follow. Granted, we very often didn't ...read more
On Tuesday, word came down that Christopher Painter was pushed out of his job at the State Department. You'd be forgiven for not knowing who Painter is since his job, while critically important, was a bit too abstract for the general public to care about:Painter, the coordinator ...read more
If you blinked, you missed it. The White House, with as little fanfare as possible, sent a letter to Congress confirming that Iran is, in fact, complying with the terms of the infamous deal to quash their non-existent nuclear program.Most presidents would take a moment to enjoy ...read more
The people behind the Doomsday Clock must seriously be considering upgrading the clock to a digital version so they can start measuring in milliseconds. That's assuming they don't all drink themselves into a coma to get away from the horror that is Donald Trump's foreign ...read more
In the midst of the outrage over Donald Trump picking a powerful Oil Baron with disturbingly close ties to Russia is the much less reported on oil war being waged against the United States. OPEC and Russia just signed a deal to lower their oil production explicitly to drive ...read more