As you likely know, on March 4, Donald Trump tweeted that Barack Obama tapped “his wires” at the Trump Tower. The insinuation being that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s presidential campaign. The allegation levied by Donald Trump, through Twitter, has only two possible outcomes. The first is that Obama committed a serious crime, or Donald Trump […]
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Foreign Agent in Donald Trump’s Circle
The Donald Trump apologists have been circling the wagons around the notion that the left and the Democrats have launched a sustained attack on the Donald Trump presidency through corrupt news media and fake news. Any piece of factual information is distorted, misdirected or outright lied about with the blame shifted away from Trump. You […]
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The Reason the Country is Divided
One of the most annoying things for me is how the government imposes laws and then it changes its mind later. It is not the changing of the policy but rather the punitive costs of the never mind mentality. I am no expert on the structures of governments across the world but I have experience […]
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The Momentum of Resisting the Trump Agenda
You would think that by now, 48 days into the Donald Trump administration, that the scandals and the ongoing resistance to his administration would have died down. Instead, the scandals continue to intensify and the protests have been sustained since he took office. This is, simply, unprecedented in U.S. politics. Yes, there are always small […]
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Donald Trump has no Business Leading the Country
On Saturday, March 4, 2017, Donald Trump issued a series of tweets via Twitter accusing his predecessor, Barack Obama, of wiretapping Trump Tower during the election. Donald Trump has inferred that Barack Obama attempted to interfere with the election via a Watergate-type scandal. The allegation and the tweets demonstrate once again that Trump has no […]
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Peter Svarzbein’s Wall Moment
As many of you likely know I am against the Donald Trump wall. As you may also know, Peter Svarzbien has an agenda item (20.1) on today’s city council meeting asking for discussion and action prohibiting the City from awarding any contracts to any company that does work on the Trump Wall. On the surface, […]
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The Trump Wall Gets Underway Today
Today marks the official beginning of the Donald Trump Wall odyssey. The U.S. government has officially opened the first step in the process by asking potential vendors to submit design concepts and budgets. Although, the Trump Administration has fast-tracked the process and initially expected to begin building the wall in April, it has now backtracked […]
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Donald Trump Pivots on Immigration
Besides the new Donald Trump with a kinder tone that emerged from Tuesday’s speech before a joint session of congress, there is a new immigration position in the Trump administration. Prior to Tuesday’s speech, the Donald Trump administration and Trump, himself, have been focused on scapegoating immigrants and promising to deport all the undocumented from […]