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February 20, 2020

I think we can kiss Bloomberg's money goodbye.

February 20, 2020

Amy lost her composure.

Pete is the only one that looks and acts presidential.

February 17, 2020

The Race to the White House episode on CNN last night.

Covered the 2008 election. Pretty good considering they jammed it into one hour.

Axelrod describing the moment before the first debate with McCain: I was a nervous wreck. I turned to Barack and asked him how he was doing. He said "Give me the ball, I'm ready".

God, I loved that story!

February 15, 2020

PBO Makes a Surprise Visit to NBA Cares Event in Chicago

February 15, 2020

George W. Bush-Appointed Judge Fears U.S. Becoming 'Banana Republic' Under Trump

A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush thinks the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General William Barr is acting like “a banana republic” by targeting enemies of President Donald Trump.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton made the comments during a knock-down, drag-out courtroom argument with government attorneys last September. The topic of debate was indirectly related to the eventual fate of former Deputy Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Andrew McCabe.

Specifically, Walton was sparring with Barr’s apparatchiks over an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by non-profit government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Washington (CREW), which has long sought documents related to the decision-making process viz. McCabe’s firing in early 2017.

Judge Walton did not mince words:

The public is listening to what’s going on, and I don’t think people like the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted…I just think it’s a banana republic when we go down that road. I think there are a lot of people on the outside who perceive that there is undo inappropriate pressure being brought to bear…It’s just, it’s very disturbing that we’re in the mess that we’re in in that regard.

more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/george-w-bush-appointed-judge-fears-u-s-becoming-banana-republic-under-trump/

February 14, 2020

In Interview, Klobuchar, Steyer Can't Name Mexican President

Democratic presidential hopefuls Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer were stumped when asked during a televised interview in Nevada to name the Mexican president.

Klobuchar, Steyer and fellow 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg were asked during one-on-one interviews with the Spanish-language station Telemundo on Thursday night if they knew the name of the president whose country borders the U.S. It is Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office in December 2018.

Klobuchar, a three-term senator from Minnesota, responded, “No.”

Steyer, a billionaire businessman, replied, “I forgot.”

Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was the only one of the three who knew the answer. “Lopez Obrador, I hope,” he said with a smile.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-02-14/in-interview-klobuchar-steyer-cant-name-mexican-president