Dispatches From the Culture Wars

Taylor’s Excuse for the Failure of His ‘Red Tsunami’ ‘Prophecy’

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

Faced with the total failure of his “prophecy” that last week’s midterm elections would result in a “red tsunami” rather than a blue wave, Christian con man and self-declared “prophet” reached for one of the most common and ridiculous excuses used by such frauds — it did happen, you just aren’t spiritually enlightened enough to see it. (more…) Read more

Whitaker Believes States Can Nullify Federal Law

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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The more that comes out about Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, the more far outside the mainstream of even conservative legal thinking he is. He makes Clarence Thomas seem like a moderate. Not only does he not believe in judicial review, he also thinks states can nullify federal law whenever they disagree with it. (more…) Read more

Macron is Right About Patriotism and Nationalism

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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French President Emmanuel Macron took a clear and accurate shot at Donald Trump, who recently declared himself a nationalist (like we didn’t know that), at one of the memorials for Armistice Day in France. He clearly spelled out the difference between patriotism and nationalism and why the first is far better than the second. And he did so with Trump right there. (more…) Read more

Conway: Trump Does Know Whitaker

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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Baghdad Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News on Sunday and admitted that Trump does know the man he appointed as Acting Attorney General, Matt Whitaker, after Trump repeatedly denied knowing him (and after previously saying he knows him well enough to know he’s a good man). But she changed what Trump said to pretend it wasn’t a contradiction. (more…) Read more

Graham Dodges, Tries to Laugh Off His Flip Flop on Sessions

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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As Lindsey Graham has made the transition from loud Trump critic to loyal Trump lapdog, he’s got a real problem explaining away the contradictions. Asked about what he said about Trump removing Sessions as Attorney General previously, Graham tried the “I’ll just laugh it all off” strategy. (more…) Read more

Judge Blocks Trump’s Approval for Keystone XL Pipeline

November 12, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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One of the first things Trump did upon taking office was approve the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, showing his total disregard for the environment. A federal judge just blocked that permit, saying that the administration ignored the law’s requirement that the project’s effect on global warming be taking into consideration. (more…) Read more

Snowflake Trump Bails on Honoring WW1 Dead Because of Rain

November 11, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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Trump is in Paris, where he was scheduled to honor American soldiers who died during one of major battles of World War I at an American military cemetery, as other world leaders did the same for their own soldiers. But it was raining out, so the snowflake bailed on it and sent underlings instead. (more…) Read more

Trump Breaks Law on Asylum, Refugees File Suit

November 11, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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Trump signed an executive order doing what reports already said he was going to do, limit asylum applications only to those who reach the United States through a legal port of entry and trying to pressure them to ask for asylum in Mexico instead. Meanwhile, a group of refugees in the caravan have filed a lawsuit over this clear violation of their rights, helped by an American legal aid group. (more…) Read more

Mueller Has a Way Around Whitaker

November 11, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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Richard Ben-Veniste and George Frampton, both of whom were part of the special counsel team during Watergate, have an op-ed column in the New York Times explaining how a recent judicial precedent and an example from the Watergate team provides Robert Mueller with a way around new Acting AG Matt Whitaker to get his findings directly to Congress. (more…) Read more

Whitaker Thinks Marbury v Madison Was Wrongly Decided

November 10, 2018 By Ed Brayton

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Ruth Marcus calls new Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker a crackpot and she’s dead right. Here’s just one example she cites. Whitaker thinks that Marbury v Madison was wrongly decided and that the Supreme Court does not get to decide what laws or actions are constitutional or not. Seriously. (more…) Read more