THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: A LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS TOTAL BULLSHIT Say, this is interesting: Analysts at the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump's travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. A draft document obtained by The Associated Press concludes that … Continue reading Conflict update: February 24 2017
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Conflict update: February 23 2017
LIKE NO OTHER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQZKq5EXz4 I think somebody needs to brief Dumbo again: “I am the first one that would like to see ... nobody have nukes, but we’re never going to fall behind any country even if it’s a friendly country, we’re never going to fall behind on nuclear power. "It would be wonderful, a … Continue reading Conflict update: February 23 2017
Secretary of Stifled
When Donald Trump announced that he was nominating Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State, I have to say my first reaction was relief. Which is not to say that I have any positive feelings about Rex Tillerson, and in fact having the former CEO of ExxonMobil as our Secretary of State is incredibly bad … Continue reading Secretary of Stifled
Conflict update: February 22 2017
TRUMPLAND Yesterday Reuters reported that a week before Mike Pence spoke at the Munich Security Conference and assured all those in attendance that Donald Trump is totally in to Europe and, like, when he keeps giving Europeans swirlies in the White House bathroom that's just because he doesn't want them to know that he like-likes … Continue reading Conflict update: February 22 2017
Why Ellison matters
Yesterday I tried to make the argument that it matters who the DNC chair is, insofar as that person should be up to the job of running the Democratic Party. I've seen people argue that the party chair is mostly irrelevant, and it seems pretty clear to me that that's not the case. I do … Continue reading Why Ellison matters
Conflict update: February 21 2017
Iran It finally looks like a major principlist candidate might challenge Hassan Rouhahi in May's presidential election. Ebrahim Raisi was appointed last year to run Astan Quds Razavi, the charitable foundation that manages the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, and that makes him one of the most important religious figures in Iran. Only 56 (that's … Continue reading Conflict update: February 21 2017
Things that don’t matter except when they do
I have to be completely honest: I don't care very much who winds up as DNC chair. What I mean by that is that I would like to see Keith Ellison get the job, and I would not like to see Tom Perez get it, but if Perez does get it I'm not going to … Continue reading Things that don’t matter except when they do
Conflict update: February 20 2017
McMaster Gets the Gig Donald Trump has a new national security adviser, and it's not a name that was on many candidate lists: Lt. General H. R. McMaster. I'll confess that keeping track of general officers in the US military is not exactly a pastime of mine, so I don't know much about McMaster. John … Continue reading Conflict update: February 20 2017
Conflict update: February 18-19 2017
Trumplandia Say, this seems nice: On any given weekend, you might catch President Trump’s son-in-law and top Mideast dealmaker, Jared Kushner, by the beachside soft-serve ice cream machine, or his reclusive chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, on the dining patio. If you are lucky, the president himself could stop by your table for a quick … Continue reading Conflict update: February 18-19 2017
Conflict update: February 17 2017
Somalia The United States of America This is Donald Trump's America, and people are prepared to go to great lengths to get the hell out of it: A man from Somalia who risked the freezing temperatures of Manitoba as he crossed into Canada was discovered out in the cold by a CBC journalist. The chance … Continue reading Conflict update: February 17 2017
The Foreign Exchanges Companion 