Top stories published by Voluble by Robin Alperstein in 2018

I keep thinking about the difference between Republican lawmakers’ reactions — and non-reactions — to Trump’s erratic pronouncements on “policy” (whether it’s trade or gun safety legislation or immigration or health care), and to the endemic, incurable features of his…

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May 22, 2018

Democracy At The Brink

Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post joins Charles Pierce of Esquire in calling out the fact that we are deep into a Constitutional crisis:

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Jan 4, 2018

The Desperation is in the Details

If we have learned one thing from the Trump administration and its watercarriers in the rightwing media and Congress, it’s that shame, patriotism, decency, and facts do not constrain them. Longtime observers of Donald Trump, as well as experts in narcissistic…

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Mar 3, 2018

A Modest Proposal

The gun problem is not going to solve itself and our legislators are clearly craven. The answer is right in front our noses, at least when it comes to school shootings, and kids, and domestic violence — and, well, everything.

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May 18, 2018

Driven to Distraction

How many times a day or week does some well-meaning pundit or soul warn darkly that “we” are being distracted from the “real” issues? Or, more cogently, how often has a political analyst advised us that Trump masterfully uses distraction techniques to chase critical issues out of the news…

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Apr 12, 2018

It’s Getting Worse

It’s impossible to fully absorb how staggeringly incompetent and unfit for office Trump is, what a crisis this dreadful man has put us into, and how dangerous the GOP’s decision to act as his accomplices is. But a glance at the news stories dominating the headlines for the past couple of days…

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May 2, 2018

Harold Bornstein: Avatar Of A Debased Presidency

Is there a more perfect encapsulation of the degradation, fraudulence, incompetence, incoherence, thuggery, buffoonery, pettiness, vindictiveness, avarice, shamelessness, hackery, illegality, mendacity, corruption, remorselessness, stupidity…

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Feb 8, 2018

Parade of Horribles

On February 6th, The Washington Post reported that Trump’s open salivation for a parade similar to France’s Bastille Day parade (presumably minus last year’s terrorist attack) had been interpreted as a direct order that the Defense Department is in the process of planning for:

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Mar 4, 2018

In Trump’s Trade War, Most of Us Lose

The NYT examines the likely effects of the tariffs on imported steel and aluminum that Trump stunned his own party and White House with on Thursday:

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