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Archives for November 2018

G20 Argentina: Forget the Tango between Trump and Xi and Putin…

Friday, November 30, 2018 at 8:57 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The real story is the way Argentina greeted President Trump upon his arrival at this annual Kabuki dance. After all, here is what Trump said when China denied Obama the red-carpet treatment upon his arrival at the G20 summit in 2016: You see that? They have pictures of other leaders who are … coming down… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: G20 Argentina, President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping

Democrats Take House. Republicans Hold Senate. Not Quite the ‘Restoration’ Hoped For…

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 8:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

But this is enough to ensure Trump will finally learn that his lies, high crimes and misdemeanors have consequences. #Subpoena! That said, there’s no denying the disappointment that so many high-profile, anti-Trump Democrats lost to Trump-hugging Republicans. Those Democrats include Andrew Gillum for governor in Florida, Stacey Abrams for governor in Georgia, Claire McCaskill for… Read more.

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US Midterm Elections: It’s All About Getting Out the VOTE (GOTV)!

Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 9:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

So forget all the annoying ads, campaign rallies, and political bitching. Time’s Up! I have never used this forum to tell people to vote, let alone how to. But I never want to experience the feeling I had the morning after the 2016 presidential election ever again. It was an utterly gutted feeling of anomie,… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2018 midterm elections

Trump Promised a Beautiful Wall. But…

Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 7:56 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

He’s delivering an ugly barbed-wire fence. Oh, and Mexico still ain’t payin’! As three separate migrant caravans slowly made their way north through Mexico on Saturday, newly arrived US troops worked to lay a barbed-wire fence along the Texas side of the Rio Grande. … ‘I saw that beautiful barbed wire going up,’ Trump said… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: barbed wire, border wall, Mexico

Political Amber Alert…

Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 8:05 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

(c) 2018 Chan Lowe Read more.

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Migrant Caravan Has Mattis Abandoning Military Principles for Trumpian Politics

Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

An infectious feature of Trump’s presidency is the willingness of so many to abandon professional and personal principles to serve his amoral and often helter-skelter political agenda. Two of his Jewish advisers, Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, demonstrated this in spades. No doubt you recall the moment Trump informed the… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: James Mattis, migrant caravan, President Donald J. Trump, transgender recruits, US border

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