So, Donald Trump did not spend 90 minutes calling for a civil war last night. That was nice. After the assassination attempt, his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention – and the entire week – easily could have become a literal call to arms. (Literally literally, not figuratively literally.) Instead last night, we got […]
In a podcast with Tim Miller on the Bulwark Podcast, New York Times writer Ezra Klein said many Democrats privately tell him Biden should leave the presidential race, while publicly supporting him. In a New York Times podcast, Democratic U.S. Representative Adam Smith of the 9th Congressional District in Washington said the same thing. Other […]
This is a really hard post to write because I’m trying to reach people who won’t be receptive to my message: Trump supporters. Pres. Trump is failing to lead the nation with his response to the coronavirus. Specifically, calling the outbreak a “hoax”, being clearly uninformed in several different public appearances, and now this, which […]
So I stayed off social media for a couple of days because it was very difficult to watch the US begin to go through a collective freakout over the coronavirus. Watching a people being forced to confront their (inevitable) mortality is not a pretty sight. And of course, none of this is helped by our […]
It happened again today. I got asked whether I think Trump will win re-election this year. The question often comes from nervous and/or incredulous non-Americans who are desperately trying to understand what is going on in the World’s Greatest Democracy™. Since I have a ready answer, I figured I’d go on the public record with […]
As we grind on through the election year – and especially through the Democratic primary – opponents of Pres. Trump are looking for answers as to how he pulled off his unexpected win and what can be done to avoid a repeat. Many of the analyses over the last three years have focused on two […]
ENOUGH. With the shooting down of a US drone by Iran, the Trump administration needs to take steps now to de-escalate this situation. Parts of this administration — most stridently National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — have made it obvious that they want war with Iran and no other option. And that alone should […]
The carnage on the border between Gaza and Israel is horrific. I get it that, after decades of conflict, no one in the Mideast has clean hands (including, or especially, the US), but the deaths in this conflict are completely lopsided: The US should be working to restrain Israel and seek a just peace. But we’re […]
While I want the Mueller investigation to continue – and I sure want to know if the Trump campaign directly colluded with the Russian government to hack the DNC and Podesta – I’m not comfortable with every aspect of it. First off, the recent subpoena against Sam Nunberg seemed awfully broad – both in terms […]
Bill Poorman 