2/5/17: The Trump-Putin bromance turns steamy. When Bill O’Reilly (remember him) asks Trump about the Russian leader, O’Reilly refers to Putin as “a killer.” The president, who once praised Saddam Hussein for skill in handling terrorists, which meant gassing anyone he didn’t like, replies: “There are a lot of killers. You think our country’s so innocent?”
This is, to say the least, an odd
position for an American president to take, defending Putin and comparing his
killings to…ours?
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2/6/17: Betsy DeVos anxiously awaits a Senate confirmation to become U.S. Secretary of Education. Her hearings have not gone well, including her claim that guns might be needed in schools to keep grizzly bears at bay. Her cluelessness in regard to critical education issues proves so profound, a reporter watching the hearings is moved to say she looks “like a duck trying to read a parking meter.”
She gets confirmed anyway. Vice President
Mike Pence breaks a rare 50-50 tie vote in the Senate.
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2/7/17: President Trump claims the murder rate in the United States is “the highest it’s been in 47 years.” What he really means: It’s all Obama’s fault.
The press, he grumbles, never reports the
truth. That’s because the murder rate in the U.S. was higher every year from 1967-1998. The rate fell for years while Obama was
in office, rising only recently.
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2/8/17: Still indignant because the courts have blocked his travel ban, Trump says “a bad high school student would understand this.” The ban was written “beautifully.” If courts won’t let him have his way, they are “so political.” He’s going to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The man with nascent dictatorial
instincts doesn’t seem to like the coequal judicial branch of government.
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2/9/17: A new estimate puts the cost of a border wall with Mexico at $21.6 billion and time to completion at 3.5 years. Senator Mitch McConnell is asked by reporters if he believes Mexico will pay for it.
“Uh, no,” he replies.
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