Originally posted on The View from the Armchair:
With the advent of an actual legislative effort to append (but not really repeal and replace) the PPACA (AKA “Obamacare”) it is worth examining the pros and cons of the ACA and the proposed legislation. The intent of the PPACA was to make healthcare more affordable overall…
The Daily Beast provides an interesting article on civilian casualty rates in Syria under President Trump as compared to President Obama. While there are disagreements on the reported number, there is a consensus, the Daily Beast writes, that civilian casualties are increasing. They point out that a large part of this increase is due to … More Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria
Curiouser and curiouser… It’s not enough that Junior and company met with what they believed was a Russian government representative with information that might help their campaign, but now it seems that there was a Russian intelligence agent present. Oh, begging pardon… A former Russian counterintelligence officer. He’s not involved in Russian intelligence anymore. He … More Did We Forget the Russian Counterintelligence Agent? No? Great!
In the wake of revelations that Donald Trump Jr and others may have run afoul of 11 CFR 110.20, “Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals” (52 U.S.C. 30121, 36 U.S.C. 510), POTUS and his surrogates are pushing “news” of seemingly related events that are meant to distract from the … More More Distractions
Just to jump on the bandwagon – Donald Trump Jr, in the wake of the furor over him possibly meeting with a Russian agent to discuss getting dirt on Hillary Clinton, decided to blast the e-mail trail out via Twitter. I think his intent was to demonstrate that there was nothing there. The effect may … More Twitter: Not Just for Policy, but Confessions Too
I’m not a professional pollster, but I suspect that Trump’s approval ratings would go up by 10 points if he would stop his daily Twitter rants. One might suppose that attending the G20 would preclude our POTUS from hitting the tweets with great frequency, or that he might be discouraged from focusing on his typical … More US Policy via Twitter
Does North Korea act in a rational or irrational manner? What would Kenneth Waltz say? … More North Korea: Rational or Irrational actor?
If you have the opportunity to stay home to celebrate the birth of the USA tomorrow (assuming you are a US citizen and give a hoot about July 4th), please be sure to enjoy yourself safely. Here’s a handy safety reference, pilfered from the interwebs: Fireworks injuries are no joke. For example, someone in my … More Happy 4th of July!!
Originally posted on The View from the Armchair:
Another story of a cop shooting African-Americans when lethal force was not required, this time in Chicago (again) and this time the officer in question has been indicted by Grand Jury on federal civil rights charges. So, let me just get this out of the way and…
News agency CNN retracted a story on Friday, and subsequently accepted the resignations of three employees associated with its publication. The POTUS jumped on the opportunity to point out the errant reporting as evidence that CNN publishes “fake news,” as he has been claiming since co-opting the term. So, is this fake news? Does this … More The Difference between CNN and Fake News
