I voted for Bernie Sanders but think it’s important to point out that he is wrong about the percentage of guns sold without background checks. Sanders claimed it’s 40% while the actual number is more like 22%. The actual figure is high enough; there is no need to say it’s 40%. It should be zero.
Month: February 2018
Democrats and defense spending
This column makes the point that Democrats have just gone along with Republican defense spending.
“On domestic policy—immigration, criminal justice, health care—the party is moving left. On foreign and defense policy, the party barely exists.”
Entertaining baseball maps
This tweet makes an excellent point
The Trump campaign exploits the Parkland mass shooting
The NRA said that Democrats are exploiting the Parkland mass shooting.
I don’t agree but it’s clear the Trump campaign is by using it in a fundraising email. Here’s a reaction from one of the students. Sad!
African-American unemployment under Trump continues the trend from the Obama years
Trump takes credit for reduced African-American unemployment but the rate is just continuing the trend from the Obama administration. See the chart here. Of course, Trump doesn’t address the problem that it is still much higher than the white unemployment rate. Sad!
Trump is making transportation less safe
Michael Cohen
Trump officials are sleazy like their boss
This is a good overview of ethics problems of high level Trump officials. Wasting our money. Sad!
Pardons?
Some conservatives are now pushing for pardons in the Russia investigation. We’ll never get to the bottom of this if Flynn and others are pardoned. Maybe that’s the idea. Sad!
Sad! 