Tag: James Comey

• Democrats in Congress are proving pathetic

  The only thing sadder than Donald Trump and the current state of the Republican Party and our democracy may be the current state of the Democratic Party. I’m reading Hillary Clinton’s book What Happened. It’s not particularly interesting or insightful, but I felt a duty to read it since it was a Christmas present from…

  Mark

  September 23, 2019

  Politics 2019

  Corey Lewandowsky, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Impeachment, James Comey, Nancy Pelosi

• Trump is an illegitimate president

  The day of Donald Trump’s election is certainly seared in my mind, as it is in most Americans’. Like most people, including apparently Donald Trump, I thought Hillary Clinton had the thing locked up. And she did if we elected presidents by popular vote: she won by three millions votes. Trump’s lopsided win in the…

  Mark

  August 25, 2018

  Politics 2018

  Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Impeachment, James Comey, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Richard Nixon

• Much worse than Watergate

  Our Chinese curse of living in interesting times continues. These days are truly extraordinary, although it may be hard for many Americans to see it. Our republic hangs in the balance on what happens over the next days, weeks and months. It’s easy even for me to get caught up in the political drama of…

  Mark

  February 3, 2018

  Politics 2018

  #ReleasetheMemo, Authoritarianism, Chuck Todd, Democracy, FBI, James Comey, Justice Department, Meet the Press, Republicanism, Republicans, Rod Rosenstein, Strict constructionists, Trump

• One year of Trump: it’s beginning to look a little Stormy (Daniels) out there

  It’s hard to believe we are a year into the Trump presidency already. In one sense Trump has succeeded: he has kept the conversation on himself. It’s what he wants from a presidency since if you are a narcissist this is how you measure success. Trump does have a strength of sorts: he intuitively knows…

  Mark

  January 28, 2018

  Politics 2018

  Calvin & Hobbes, Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, James Comey, Reince Priebus, Republicans, Stormy Daniels

• Trump is likely to meet the 25th amendment

  Like most of America, it’s hard for me to turn my eyes away from the disastrous Donald Trump presidency. On May 19 I noted that every day of his presidency was worse and more unbelievable than the day before. Here it is June 7, and it’s still if not more the case. Tomorrow the excessively…

  Mark

  June 7, 2017

  Politics 2017

  #covfefe, 25th Amendment, Donald Trump, Impeachment, James Comey, Mental health, Michael Flynn, Mike Pence, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Robert Mueller

• Do we have a constitutional crisis now?

  Last November before Donald Trump assumed office I opined that it wouldn’t be long before we had a constitutional crisis. It wasn’t a hard call to make and I was hardly alone is predicting how his administration was likely to unfold. Tuesday’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey though seemed to suggest to many…

  Mark

  May 11, 2017

  Politics 2017

  Archibald Cox, Constitutional crisis, Donald Trump, Elliot Richardson, Henry Kissinger, James Comey, Michael Flynn, Mike Pence, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Sally Yates, Saturday Night Massacre, William Ruckelshaus

• Clinton’s Halloween electoral surprise

  Yes, it was pretty surprising last Friday when FBI Director James Comey seemed to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. Agents apparently found emails on a device used by former congressman Anthony Weiner, you know Mr. Sexting that may be related to the FBI’s probe of Clinton’s private email server. It surprised me on…

  Mark

  October 31, 2016

  Politics 2016

  Anthony Weiner, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Hatch Act, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, James Comey, Jill Stein, Republican National Committee, Voter intimidation