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Smarther-than-5th-Grader

In defense of Trump, and 5th Grade Students

February 21, 2019 Arthur Lieber History, Trump Leave a comment

From the very beginning, Donald Trump has had difficulty understanding that the Justice Department is not like every other cabinet office. He does not have unilateral control of it. The Justice Department can bite back at him, and he doesn’t like it.

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Silent protesters

Could we have a little silence and reflection about the Comey thing?

May 10, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

At first I enjoyed it; Jeffrey Toobin on CNN going ballistic over the Comey firing. Then there was the normal outrage from Dana Bash

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