I finished Our Malady. All screenshots are from the Kindle edition. Our Malady book opens with Yale professor Timothy Snyder (who you all know is one of my favorite scholars) in a hospital after a series of medical mistakes almost killed him. Flannery O’Connor, in Mystery and Manners, says that facing death is the “most …
Mindy asked me these questions about Trump’s Town Hall yesterday: Her questions assume that the GOP wants the same form of government we want. Her questions assume that the truth matters to the GOP. They don’t, and it doesn’t. Sociologist Max Weber explains why. In his essay, Politics as Vocation, he describes three sources of …
The value of this book is that Cohen was a first-hand witness (with receipts) to TrumpWorld crimes. During Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress on February 27, 2019, Congressional Republicans hurled childish Trump-like insults at him. He looked them over and said, “I am responsible for your silliness because I did the same things that you …
Disloyal is like a modern retelling of The Godfather from the viewpoint of an introspective mafia family member examining and analyzing his own complicity. The analogy only goes so far. Donald Trump is no Don Corleone. Don Corleone was tough and (in his way) competent. Donald Trump is a conman and a showhorse. (I picture …
I finished reading Peter Strzok’s book Compromised. This book is for those who want an inside look at the FBI, an inside look at the Mueller investigation, and/or an introduction to law enforcement and counterintelligence (including the difference). It’s also a chilling look at Trump’s vindictiveness and destructiveness. It’s no surprise that a president who …
We learned that Bob Woodward has tapes of Trump admitting that he knew in January that the world faced a health emergency on par with the flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. Mindy asked: I believe the answer is no. First, recall the arguments made by the Fox-Trump-GOP for why …
Part I begins here. I left off my history with the period of relative harmony between the parties, from about 1920 until the 1950s. Then on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education. Brown v. Board of Education. is one of the most important cases in U.S. history. It overturned …
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Part I The GOP is on a collision course with time. Its base of voters is aging and shrinking. The GOP has become a white grievance party fueled by fear-mongering right-wing media. Meanwhile, the democratic coalition is expanding. These stats are from the census bureau: These stats are from Pew: In 2018, young people had …
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I read Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s book after seeing this clip from Rachel Maddow’s show, You won’t learn anything new about the Trumps—but you’ll see (in horrifying detail) how they take advantage of people—then callously destroy them. Most of the 350 pages deal with Stephanie’s years-long “friendship” with Melania. I’ll skip the gossipy details. OK. I’ll …
No surprise, Trump his pals are doctoring videos. A follower on Twitter asked: Adding: I distinctly remember the first time, a few years ago, when I realized Trump had managed to weaponize the DOJ and that Barr was perfectly willing to manufacture evidence.The realization chilled me. It’s demoralizing there’s a temptation to give up and …
