One reads that while Kirstjen Nielsen is departing the Trump Administration, it may take 2 years to identify thousands of separated families, government says: It could take up to two years for the government to identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families US authorities separated at the southern border, officials said in a court filing.…
Trump
Mendacity, Trump
Trump’s Bizarrely Inflated Financial Statements
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Local Government, Trump
Local Elections 2019: The Limits of Local (Part 1 of 4)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater, like other cities in Wisconsin, will hold local elections on Tuesday, April 2nd. Even in difficult times, this state and this country has carried on, and properly so, with local elections. In Whitewater, residents of the city will vote for council members, school board members, and for the city’s next municipal judge. Those races…
Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Herrenvolk, Never Trump, Trump
What Never Trump Means
by JOHN ADAMS •
Those libertarians (as I am) and conservatives who declared themselves Never Trump (written on Twitter as #NeverTrump) are those who took that position when considering Trump’s career and his presidential campaign. On the ample record of Trump’s business career and political campaign, we found him unfit: a bigot, a would-be authoritarian, and an avowed friend…
Poll, Trump, Wisconsin
Trump: Net Negative in Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Agriculture, Bad Ideas, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Economics, Economy, Free Markets, Gov. Walker, Local Government, State Capitalism, Trade, Trump, WEDC
How Walker and Trump Destroyed Dairies in America’s Dairyland
by JOHN ADAMS •
One has heard so much these last eight years about how Wisconsin has been ‘open for business,’ and for Walker and the WEDC that has meant countless subsidies and tax breaks for conservatives’ preferred businesses. Walker was never a free-market man; his whole approach rested on state capitalism (government funding some producers) and crony capitalism…
America, Foreign Affairs, Trump, Trump-Russia, Tyranny
The Friend of America’s Enemies
by JOHN ADAMS •
Crime, Politics, Trump
Why Michael Cohen Is a Key Witness
by JOHN ADAMS •
Employment, Mendacity, Trump
Did Ivanka Trump create ‘millions’ of jobs?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Bad Ideas, Bigotry, Race, Trump, Unfit
Trump & Race
by JOHN ADAMS •
Trade, Trump
Trump’s Trade Representative Corrects Trump’s Understanding of Trade Agreements
by JOHN ADAMS •
Immigration, Law, Religion, Trump
‘Christians Build Bridges, Not Walls’
by JOHN ADAMS •
In Texas, a white adobe chapel built in 1899 on the banks of the Rio Grande sits in the proposed path of President Donald Trump’s border wall. A Border Patrol agent stands sentry yards away. A military helicopter—part of Trump’s troop surge at the border—drowns out Father Roy Snipes. It’s akin to “saying Mass in…
America, Congress, History, Law, Misconduct, Trump, Trump-Russia
The Case for Impeaching Trump
by JOHN ADAMS •
Yoni Applebaum contends It’s Time to Impeach Trump (“Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals—and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs”): On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump stood on the steps of the Capitol, raised his right hand, and solemnly swore to faithfully…
Crime, Law, Trump
Circumstantial Evidence is Often Very Reliable
by JOHN ADAMS •
Trump’s defenders – many of whom would otherwise support aggressive criminal prosecutions – sometimes argue that the case against Trump is merely circumstantial (no “direct evidence of collusion”). These apologists ignore what in other cases they might acknowledge: that circumstantial evidence can strongly, reasonably support a conclusion. Eric Swalwell and Chuck Rosenberg (as recounted by Natasha…