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Friday Talking Points -- Chaocracy

Chris Weigant

Maybe we need a new word for the way Donald Trump seems to be running the country: "chaocracy." Rule by chaos. The "Madman Theory" writ large. Nobody has any clue what's going to happen next, from Trump himself all the way down to average Americans and the rest of the world. Of course, this has...

Trump's Numbers Just Keep Getting Worse

Chris Weigant

In all sorts of ways, Donald Trump is getting some very bad numbers these days. Perhaps this has something to do with his newfound eagerness to somehow quickly end his war of choice in Iran? One can only speculate.... Trump's numbers are bad and they just keep right on coming. Within a few...

Friday Talking Points -- Promises Made, Promises Broken

Chris Weigant

Donald Trump seems to be determined to break as many campaign promises as he possibly can, in the shortest period of time possible. Conveniently (for Democrats), he is doing all of this right at the start of the midterm campaign season, as the first states conduct their primaries. This seems...

The Price At The Pump (And At The Ballot Box)

Chris Weigant

In assessing how Donald Trump's war of choice is proceeding, we turn once again to the metric most Americans are using as their chief measurement: the average nationwide price of a gallon of gasoline now stands at $3.91. That is up $1.16 from the mid-January lowpoint of this year, and it is up 97...

Israel Attacks Iran

dak1024

Just a few days ago Israel waged a preemptive attack on the country of Iran to prevent it from building nuclear weapons, much like Japan waged a preemptive attack on the American base in Pearl Harbor just 84 years ago to prevent the United States from building nuclear weapons with which to attack...

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