In all the media hyperventilation about how presidential Donald Trump looked when he read from the teleprompter before a joint session of Congress, was no one disturbed by the quote that still burns a week later? Near the end of the hour-long speech, as he was defending his botched raid in Yemen, Trump introduced Carryn […]

This analysis from The Atlantic of Donald Trump’s speech to Congress is the best I’ve read anywhere. I’m posting it even though it’s nearly a week old because the issues it treats lie ahead of us, not behind us. Most media comment on the speech missed entirely what David Frum tells us here. The Three Failures of Trump’s […]

Federal prosecutors have brought charges in cases far less serious than Sessions’s By Philip Lacovara and Lawrence Robbins, The Washington Post, March 3 at 5:35 PM Philip Lacovara was counsel to Watergate special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski, and also served as deputy U.S. solicitor general responsible for criminal matters, including the “Bronston” case. Lawrence Robbins has been both […]

The Media’s Rapid Retreat Tuesday provided a vivid demonstration that we are in this all by ourselves. The media won’t come to America’s rescue. BY NEAL GABLER, BillMoyers.com Staff, MARCH 3, 2017 Members of the media watch President Trump addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Feb. 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the […]

If Sessions Had Nothing to Hide, Why Did He Try to Hide it? People in power don’t investigate themselves. Let’s have a special prosecutor to connect the dots of the Russian connection. BY MICHAEL WINSHIP, BillMoyers.com Staff, MARCH 3, 2017 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) swears to tell the truth before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing […]

Our so-called president must so much want it to be so. Or more accurately, to seem so. He told the press on Feb. 16: “Russia is a ruse . . . I have nothing to do with Russia. To the best of my knowledge no person that I deal with does.” And on Tuesday night […]

Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty Paul Krugman, The New York Times, MARCH 3, 2017 The latest big buzz is about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. It turns out that he lied during his confirmation hearings, denying that he had met with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. In fact, he met twice with the Russian ambassador, who […]

Trump’s Many Shades of Contempt Roger Cohen, The New York Times,MARCH 3, 2017 This is a column about contempt. Let’s start with the utter contempt that President Trump has shown for the State Department since taking office six weeks ago. Some 70,000 American patriots across the globe, dedicated to the American idea as a force for […]

Trump still wants you to be very, very afraid President Trump hosts a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House on Wednesday. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion writer, The Washington Post, March 1 at 1:05 PM The obsession with President Trump’s ability to spend one hour in a disciplined relationship with a teleprompter obscured one of his […]

The most important word Trump didn’t say in his speech President Trump’s address to Congress, in 3 minutes By Dana Milbank Opinion writer, The Washington Post, February 28 at 11:17 PM President Trump addressed Congress on Tuesday night. Or was it the state Duma? And how can you tell the difference? Trump uttered some 5,000 words and spoke for […]