Bjork Retort: November 2017

Monday, November 27, 2017

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

What Steve Benen Said...

via Maddow Blog:

For those who paid any attention to the Virginia race, it’s obvious the president’s message is wrong. It’s equally obvious that Trump has no real sense of loyalty to anyone but himself. But most importantly, GOP candidates were reminded that if they’re counting on Trump to give them an election boost, this isn’t a president who can deliver – even for those who stick to the Trump script.

And that leaves the president’s partisan allies in an exceedingly awkward position. If they start moving away from Trump, the GOP’s rabid base will punish them. But if Republicans continue to carry water for Trump, the party will face a backlash, just as they did yesterday.

Wow, it is morning in Amerika!

Thoughts and prayers to all the Republican politicians who lost their seats today. We won't do anything to prevent it from happening again.
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) November 8, 2017

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Happy Daze!

Nonetheless...

What Dr. Krugman Said...

via NY Times:

It really is amazing to watch this chaotic horror show play out at the highest levels of a great nation’s government. But I guess this is what you have to expect when you hand over the reins of power to a con man, whose whole career has been based on convincing naïve marks that he’s a brilliant deal maker, but turns out to have no idea how to actually govern.

Oh, wait — did you think I was talking about Donald Trump? I’m talking about Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, an obvious phony who nonetheless convinced the rubes — that is, much of the news media and the political establishment — that he was a brilliant fiscal expert. What we’re witnessing now is the end of the charade, the political equivalent of what happened when graduates of Trump University tried to get some value in return for their money.

On Thursday, House Republicans unveiled a tax “reform” bill with the same good order and careful deliberation with which they unveiled their various attempts to repeal Obamacare. That is, after having had years to prepare, the G.O.P. waited until the last minute to throw something together, without any hearings or serious analysis.

"You must remember this...."

9 years ago today, Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/KQ0VCcKPxc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2017

Good Sunday Morning!

NBC EXCLUSIVE: Mueller Has Enough Evidence to Bring Charges in Flynn Investigation #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/K4e4sVlyxq
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) November 5, 2017

"Paper trail leads directly back to Mike Pence—proof Pence knew Michael Flynn was a Russian agent" @Funder on #AMJoy https://t.co/mK7L0yJI2Y
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 5, 2017