Category Archives: Politics

@roguePOTUSStaff’s double-bluffing in the age of alternative exaggerations

Posted on February 21, 2017 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” “One study found that large newspapers’ use of anonymous sources dropped dramatically between 2003 and 2004. The Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research group found use … Continue reading →

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Lord Dampnut’s Bay of Wigs … because something, something clear and present, but not Russian

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers U.S. sanctions Venezuelan vice president as drug kingpin. The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on Venezuela’s new vice president, Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of being an international drug kingpin. El Aissami, one of five children, … Continue reading →

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Biglygate continues … Bannon just wants to get paid

Posted on February 18, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers We will continue to be distracted by ethno-nationalist strife over the coming months, but the narratives have been there in a number of cinematic treatments where national policies and private capital co-mingle in ways detrimental to democracy. … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Trump’s Florida campaign manager ‘walked out’ of White House

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Terry Welshans

by Terry Welshans Six White House staffers  were “walked out of the building by security” on Wednesday after not passing the SF86 and were dismissed Thursday morning after failing FBI background checks. The SF-86 is a 127 page Questionnaire for … Continue reading →

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The fogs that shroud the Congressional Review Act … GOPredation

Posted on February 16, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers This Congressional Review Act bill is important: It restores federalism and is pro-life. https://t.co/fnPMG8Q0Pi — Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 15, 2017 Sam Bee had a segment on Full Frontal regarding the Congressional Review Act (CRA), another of … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of GOP scandals past … and the inevitable misdirections

Posted on February 14, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers They want us to believe LTG Flynn is the whole story. He’s surely not. Hearings are needed. — Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 14, 2017 For weeks, POTUS allowed total access to American intel for a man he … Continue reading →

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Vive l’impeachment… Steve Bannon is Batman villain Lobster Thermidor

Posted on February 12, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Another perspective of Danton emerges from the work of Lamartine, who called Danton a man “devoid of honor, principles, and morality” who found only excitement and a chance for distinction during the French Revolution. He was merely … Continue reading →

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Lord Dampnut praises his own invidious motivations and “incompetent malevolence” with a tweet… SAD!

Posted on February 11, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers   You read that correctly: The President of the United States was tweeting approvingly an article describing his motivations as “invidious” and describing his actions using the phrase “incompetent malevolence.” Orange Gazbag’s apparently so stupid that … Continue reading →

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Does Donald Trump Know How to Read?

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Terry Welshans

I worked as an industrial adult educator for twenty years. My teaching credentials were granted by California in 1980. I have dealt with adult literacy on a regular basis teaching adults some pretty complex mechanisms and systems. I trained employees … Continue reading →

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Continuing Making Friends

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Terry Welshans

Kathryns’ Report, an aviation web site,  reported today that Emirates says flight was delayed after Delta Airlines refused them a spare part. As Faux News says, “We report, you decide.” DUBAI, Feb 9 Emirates has accused Delta Air Lines of … Continue reading →

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