The New York Times says James Comey’s new book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, offers “little in the way of hard new revelations” but many…
Tag: Barack Obama
CBO: Trump Policies Bring Trillion-Dollar Deficits, Don’t Change Obama Debt Trajectory
We’re not a rich country. We’re a debtor nation. We’ve got to get rid of — I talked about bubble. We’ve got to get rid…
Bjorkman Says Congress Should Act on Trade; Noem Expresses Concern; Trump Grows Trade Gap
Donald Trump says there is no trade war. Tim Bjorkman rejects that Newspeak and says Congress should save rural America from Trump’s destructive ignorance: Small…
Trump Is Coming for Your Guns! Also Disdains Constitution
Barack Obama is a Constitutional scholar. As President, contrary to eight yeas of hollering from folks trying to sell you more guns, Barack Obama never…
Scholars Agree: Trump Worst President Ever!
Poli-sci profs Brandon Rottinghaus and Justin S. Vaughn asked the Presidents and Executive Politics section of the American Political Science Association to rank America’s Presidents.…
Watch Out SD! Obama, Holder Coming to Fight Gerrymandering!
Know why G. Mark Mickelson, Spencer Gosch, and other Republican legislators are desperate to limit out-of-state contributions to ballot measure campaigns? Because they’re afraid pro-democracy…
Job Growth Slows from Six-Year Pace Under Trump
An AP Fact Check notes that Donald Trump is falling a bit short of his promise to be the “greatest jobs producer that God ever created.”…
Daugaard Wants Fairer Taxes for Middle Class; Obama Delivered
Undercutting Senator John Thune’s own propaganda, Governor Dennis Daugaard notes a little more factually that the Trump tax plan will have fewer impacts in South…
Trump Runs Bigger October Deficit Than Obama’s Second-Term Monthly Average
…and Thune Backs Tax Cuts to Make Deficit Worse! September was the last month of the last Obama Administration budget. October was thus the first month…
Bold, Effective Obama Stimulus Stunning Contrast To Trump Drift
Peter Harkness of Governing reminds us of the stark contrast between the listless legislating of the Trump Congress and the vigorous first-month action of the…