A significant majority of the US Senate has signed a letter welcoming Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the group of 82 senators urging for expedited membership for the two Nordic states.
Perpetual war and aggressive interventionism have become the hallmark of Republican foreign policy. But war is not a conservative thing. Last month, I saw somebody assert unironically and in complete seriousness that Californians need to reelect Rep. Maxine Waters (D) “if we want to preserve the Constitution!” This further proves what I said in my most recent Thoughts from Maharrey Head podcast — the Constitution has become nothing but a prop in America’s political theater. People drag the Constitution out during campaign speeches and political rallies, and then ignore it when it actually...
Not intentionally, of course. But he's making the case nevertheless. Today, he did so on Twitter, offering this barb to the Boeing Corporation: Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2016 It was not immediately obvious where the $4 billion figure came from, but there is something useful in the spectacle of a head of state lashing out at random and making procurement decisions via social media. It's the virtue of having a Buffoon-in-Chief. It's...
Donald Trump doesn't actually build things; he places his name on what others have constructed, and he is about to re-brand Obama's executive-centered police state. Trump supporters eager to help their leader expand the apparatus of coercion should remember that what they build, their political enemies will someday control. Download mp3
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