Trump

Coronavirus, Public Health, Trump

No, the Country Will Not “Open” on Easter

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/25/2020 • Comments

Conservative Jonathan V. Last, writing at the Bulwark, states what should be obvious – The Country Will Not “Open” on Easter: We talked yesterday about the benchmarks that need to be met in order to begin re-opening the economy: A clear understanding of the infected population and rate of transmission; the healthcare system at a…

Bigotry, Trump

Trump Criticizes Trump

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/25/2020 • Comments

One can – rightly – despise the Chinese government as a dictatorship without – wrongly – blaming the Chinese people for a pandemic. Trump, however, is a crude bigot, and so he delights in ridiculing those of races other than his own.

Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Trump

False Promises

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/23/2020 • Comments

Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit

Trump’s Coronavirus Calendar

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/22/2020 • Comments

Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit

Failed to Act

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/22/2020 • Comments

Coronavirus, Republicans, Trump

Why Did President Trump Lie About the COVID-19 Crisis?

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/20/2020 • Comments

Republicans for the Rule of Law asks a simple question: Why Did President Trump Lie About the COVID-19 Crisis?. The first responsibility of government is, as the Constitution says, “to provide for the common defense.” President Trump has now rightly compared the coronavirus pandemic to a war. But he was still minimizing the threat as…

Coronavirus, Federal Government, Health, Trump

Trump: 2016 to 2020

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/13/2020 • Comments

Trump in 2016: “I alone can fix it.” Trump in 2020: “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Here's the clip. On the lack of testing #Covid_19 and the "failure" of the response, @realDonaldTrump: "No, I don't take responsibility at all." #COVID pic.twitter.com/rpTh5DcILr — Kyle Morse (@Kyle_A_Morse) March 13, 2020

Conflicts of Interest, Gluttony, Grifters, Self-Dealing, Trump

Grifters: Episode One

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/13/2020 • Comments

We all know Trump’s a scammer. Stiffed contractors. Ripped-off business partners. False advertisements. Bankrupted businesses. But the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Trump

On Hoaxes

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/09/2020 • Comments

Donald Trump is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on America — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) March 9, 2020

Democrats, Elections, Never Trump, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Republicans, Television, Trump

The Unexpected (But Welcome) Never-Trump Haven @ MSNBC

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/04/2020 • Comments

So we who are Never Trump, mostly conservatives but also some libertarians (as I am), find ourselves part of a much larger coalition united in opposition to Trump. By ourselves there are too few of us to overcome the most powerful person in all the world; as a small but committed part of a much…

Politics, Trump

The Lincoln Project Asks: What do you call Thom Tillis?

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/21/2020 • Comments

Agriculture, Dairy, Economy, Trade, Trump

A Wisconsin Dairy Farmer on Trump

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/20/2020 • Comments

America, Authoritarianism, Law, Liberty, Never Trump, Trump

The Creeping Authoritarianism in Trump’s America

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/17/2020 • Comments

Conflicts of Interest, Federal Government, Law, Trump, William Barr

Bill Barr: Trump’s Man on the Inside

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/16/2020 • Comments

Bill Barr has now been Trump’s attorney general for a full year. He’s spent that year helping Trump weaponize the Justice Department for his personal benefit—showing that, like the man who appointed him, Barr is an urgent threat to American democracy.https://t.co/Xtr0BE6fVJ — The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) February 14, 2020