The Playbook for the Blue Wave is Here
Sheila Markin is a former Assistant US Attorney. She helps people to understand in plain English what is going on in US politics today. Subscribe to the blog so you...
So What’s With This Indictment of a Bunch of Russians?
February 18, 2018 No wonder the Russians celebrated when Trump won the election, they worked hard to make that happen, engaging many operatives, and spending millions of dollars to get...
Why Trump is Afraid of the FISA Warrant, How He is Setting Up His Defense By Attacking the FBI and DOJ, and Why Mueller Should Indict Trump Instead of Referring Grand Jury Findings to Congress
February 4, 2018 Trump's war on the FBI and DOJ are part of his battle to thwart the Mueller investigation. That is now clear to anyone who has read the...
The Nunes Memo – Taking Aim at our Democracy
February 3, 2018 House Republicans, Sean Hannity and Trump have worked in concert to gin up the release of this Nunes memo that the FBI and DOJ have warned them...
Our Frightened Unreality President
December 29, 2017 Ezra Klein notes in his op ed in Vox, commenting on Trump's recent interview at Mar-A-Lago, that this president of ours, is not well. He is right,...
Could Trump Pardon Indicted Co-conspirators If He Was Also Implicated?
November 17,2017 A president cannot pardon himself. Richard Painter, Norm Eisen and Laurence Tribe clarify this in their article in the Washington Post from July. But here is the next...
Trump is Making a Lot of People Worried
October 27, 2017 Trump makes a lot of people nervous and worried. And for good reason. Recent polls show that most people in this country do not think Trump has...
Hannity’s Sponsors Back Away – Commentary about Flake, Corker and Bannon and How Bannon’s War on Republicans Could Help Create a Majority Wave in 2018
October 26, 2017 There seems to be a lot of bad news out there right now. Bad in the sense that it appears that Trump is winning and Bannon (his...
How Fake News Plays Off of Our Biases
October 22, 2017 Fake news. We have to get better at weeding it out and identifying it. Because it is damaging our political landscape. This NYTimes piece is worth reading...