Calling racists 'deplorable ' was the most likeable she was the entire campaign. She would've been better off sticking with it instead of trying to walk it back.

Rumours that Mark Zuckerberg is planning to run for President have restarted. Zuckerberg is blogging about his quest to visit all 50 states, and it reads a lot like a national political campaign — spending time on a Ford assembly line, having dinner with a random family in Ohio, etc. He re-upped his contract a few…

Spicer blamed Obama for giving Flynn security clearance in the first place. So, we're in the "I didn't do it" phase.

During the few hours Trump was considering pulling out of NAFTA, Kushner assured him "there were plusses and minuses to either option" but that he'd "end up in a good place either way." I imagine Kushner reading " NAFTA for Dummies " then summing it up for Trump.

Why would anyone think being President of the United States is easier than hosting a game show?

Politico has run an article on Trumps on the job training: http://www.politico.com/sto…

There are currently 21 confirmed Republican 'no' votes; it's dead at 22.

They need to go home and get their fucking shine box.

Oh, new PT Anderson! Oh, new Haim! This headline is a rollercoaster!

I don't see why that would be problem in the US, but it could screw up Canadian distribution.

Yeah, the Mello thing seems to be more with Sanders and so-called Bernie Bros compromising on abortion, after leading the purity test charge in the first place. Mayor of Omaha is not usually a national story.

Trump considered pulling out of NAFTA, then immediately backed down on it. It appears he's still upset over lumber and dairy trade with Canada, which have been issues for a while. However, previous administrations were able to handle them quietly, because a diplomatic blow-up with Canada over milk would be ridiculous.

My typo has been corrected, now who's the crazy one!?!

One Senator called the briefing "Okay."

Yes, it is.

In international news, it seems that businessmen and "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary had apparently been running for leadership of the Conservative Party, which would've lead to him running for Prime Minister. However, he dropped out due to low poll numbers in Quebec. Can you imagine a rich reality show host becoming…

This also tied to something I liked: how it's explicitly stated that Gilead was incompetent and doomed to collapse within one generation. I think the "boot stomping on a human face forever" looms large in a dystopic fiction, but those regimes have existed in real life and they don't last long. But humans getting…

If there is any follow-up to this, it will probably be the biggest political scandal of this administration, which is no small feat.

Reading the book, I did wonder how big Gilead is and how much territory it actually controls. The epilogue mentions it redrew the map of North America, so I assume some states seceded; wasn't there also a reference to South American guerillas as well?

To be fair, the 100 day mark is an artificial milestone that isn't really relevant — it was a thing that was started with FDR, who actually did inherent a mess, and came in with a mandate for immediate drastic action. His inauguration also wasn't until March, so he had more time to transition before the official days…