We are treated to a barrage of awful news about Trump and his doings every day. Every single day. Today it was about how Jared Kushner never obtained a valid security clearance after being reviewed by numerous agencies including the CIA (which was the only agency to hold out and […]
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On Wednesday we heard from Michael Cohen who was Trump’s lawyer/fixer, since 2011. I loaded up on popcorn and watched the House hearing all day long. Cohen opened the door to the truth about Trump, talking about what he has personally seen, heard and knows about this man. Cohen is […]
Donald Trump is NOT my president. President’s Day is here again and in his two years as president, Trump has only deepened my conviction that he is a tool of Vladimir Putin, that he is a racist and a would-be autocrat. He is NOT my president. He is also not […]
Donald Trump just had his most off the wall, rambling, one-hour stream of consciousness press conference EVER! We are hearing the raw sewage of Donald Trump’s thinking, undiluted and unfiltered. During this rambling rant he declared a national state of emergency which everyone knows is a friggin lie. Including him. […]
The man sitting next to me said, “Trump will ruin our economy, but win in 2020.” This was what I heard from the man sitting next to me at an upscale dinner party. I wanted to stick him with my fork. The man who made this pronouncement to me is […]
Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General, had an interesting idea a few weeks ago. He said- maybe Trump really WANTS to be impeached. Katyal may be onto something that we can understand if we take a deeper dive into Trump’s psyche. Students of human behavior know that our sexual fantasies […]
We are into the 34th day of Trump’s tantrum shutdown demand for a border wall. Nancy Pelosi is trying to do what no one has successfully done before, namely, say “no” to Trump. Having raised five children she has said, “I know a tantrum when I see it.” And she also […]
Let’s just pause for a minute and take time to revel in the fact that we got our House back. It’s back and better than before. It is finally looking more like the diverse America we are. More than 100 women have joined the House. 52 African Americans are Representatives. […]
One of the reasons I write The Markin Report is to keep my spirits up and, I hope, yours too. The best holiday present for me and you would be NOT having anything in our newsfeed about Trump. But since our president is not capable of being calm and reasonable […]