DJT + JA
At The New Yorker, Margaret Talbot asks why Donald Trump likes Joe Arpaio.
Liar, scary
Bakari Sellers and James Clapper on Donald Trump.
A Trump–Russia timeline
The figure who stands out to me in this timeline, again and again: Felix Sater.
Blowhard
A New Yorker cover.
What would Drucker think?
Rick Wartzman of the Drucker Institute writes about what Peter Drucker might have thought about Donald Trump’s response to events in Charlottesville.
More resignations
All sixteen members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have resigned.
News of the future
Congressman Steve Cohen (D, Tennessee-9) “will be introducing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump following the President’s comments on the horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia.”
Recently updated
Now with two more resignations and two fewer councils.
Recently updated
Now with still more resignations from Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council.
Must be read to be believed
When Donald Trump speaks of slavery, it’s not to mourn the original American sin: it’s only to proclaim that everybody did it.
Recently updated
More resignations from Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council.
A resignation
And then more. Stepping away from Trump.
Mandela via Obama
Barack Obama’s response to the events in Charlottesville, in three tweets, two hours ago, is a passage from Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom.
Charlottesville
Michael Eric Dyson: “Now is the time for every decent white American to prove he or she loves this country by actively speaking out against the scourge this bigotocracy represents.”
All publicity is good publicity
Both the president and the governor seem to be operating under the mistaken show-biz assumption that all publicity is good publicity.
Re: our improvising president
There is a marked difference between a resourceful, quick-thinking, practiced improviser and a would-be tough guy who flies by the seat of his pants.
Our improvising president
The New York Times: “his ominous warning to Pyongyang was entirely improvised.”
Trump on crying and begging for forgiveness
Remorse and shame require self-awareness and a functioning moral compass, an ability to reflect upon one’s actions and consider them in relation to some ethical standard. But being a man, on Trump’s terms, means just about never having to say you’re sorry. And never ever asking for forgiveness. That’s for kids.
“The local milk people”
At George Bodmer’s Oscar’s Day : a sit-down with the local milk people.
It’s Mueller Time
A grand jury is at work.
“Cost of Trans Troops vs Flaccid Military Members”
A chart is worth a thousand words.
Current events
Alliances, rivalries: it’s Big Brother in the White House.
“Government schools”
Katherine Stewart traces the origins of the term “government schools.”
New York attitudes
I think that the Times should know better than to typecast residents of the five boroughs as crude vulgarians. Let’s not equate a New York City state of mind with the likes of Trump and Scaramucci.
One vote and two other votes
Collins, Murkowski, McCain.
Scaramucci speaks
Anthony Scaramucci called Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker to chat.
My 2¢, or $50
More nightmare. More money to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Being transgender and serving with honor
Jessie Armentrout, a Naval engineer, on serving in the military.
An Eagle Scout’s response
Jonathan Hillis, an Eagle Scout and a co-founder of Scouts for Equality, offers his thoughts about yesterday’s disgraceful performance by Donald Trump.
Another take on Jared Kushner
A Dunning-Kruger defense.