After Trump, if the next president wants to rejoin organizations and treaties, will anyone trust the US?
The painting of Republican presidents in the White House
The recent CBS interview showed there was a painting of Trump and Republican presidents hanging up in the White House.
The tweets below provide background on the painting and artist. It is similar to a painting of dogs and someone made a great parody including Trump and other accused or guilty sexual predators. All three are in the tweets.
The dogs:
The painting in the White House:
The parody:
more information on the painting and artist:
Zinke replaces his department’s Inspector General
She was inspecting Zinke and has been replaced with a political appointee. If Democrats win the House, they should investigate this. Republicans have not held the Trump administration accountable and that will change.
Humorous tweets on how Trump will leave the White House
Republicans will try again to kill Obamacare after the midterms
Obamacare is more popular than ever but that doesn’t matter to McConnell.
Trump’s AP interview -10/16/18: more lies
Trump was interviewed by the Associated Press (AP) yesterday and told his usual lies. To me, the media helps spread his lies even if they point out the facts. Trump wins by getting the attention that could have been used for other stories. Excessive media coverage of Trump is very unfair to Democrats.
Interview transcript annotated by the Washington Post
Daniel Dale’s thread. Obviously, Trump will do nothing about the UN climate report. We’re all going to suffer because of his ignorance and lies.
Sleazy Trump business deals
First we read about the taxes, now sleazy business deals. Just like the tax story, I doubt this will get much attention. Trump cult members don’t care what he does.
from the article:
“It is becoming increasingly clear that, in the language of business schools, the Trump Organization’s core competency is in profiting from misrepresentation and deceit and, potentially, fraud.”
2018 elections update – 10/17/18
Walker should be sacked:
Another study that shows that race more than economics is why Trump won
from the article:
” First, attitudes on race and immigration were crucial distinguishing characteristics of both Trump and Clinton switchers. The more racially conservative an Obama or third party voter was, the more likely they were to switch to Trump. Similarly, the more racially liberal a Romney or third-party voter was, the more likely they were to switch to Clinton.
Second, class was largely irrelevant in switching to Trump. Keeping racial attitudes constant, white working-class voters were not more likely to switch to Trump. The white working-class voters who did switch tended to score about as highly on measures of racial conservatism and anti-immigrant attitudes as wealthier switchers.”
Covers: Another Night with the Boys
The version of this Goffin-King song I am most familiar with was by the Persuasions (1971).
It appears the original was by the Drifters (1962) or the version by co-author Carole King (1962). There’s a cover by Big Dee Irwin and Little Eva from 1963.
