Jez commentor on Carson appointment thread floated the grift theory and Slate’s excellent Trumpcast podcast is what tied in Reagan. 

Legal immigrants tend to be overlooked because they don’t usually make wave or have a high profile for political use

I’ve been reading up a lot on Reagan’s HUD lately ‘cause that totally seems to be the con they’re planning to run. Basically Reagan appointed the lone black dude to run HUD and then the HUD employees funneled the entire budget to wealthy developers (https://www.thenation.com/article/reagans-real-legacy/). This is by…

I’m wondering if this Boeing fued will do it if he keeps it going. They’re a major employer in a ton of states, major lobbyiest too, and there literally aren’t any other companies that could build air force one. He tries to cancel that contract and farm it out to some crony and it very likely won’t be pretty.

Probably this since housing is one of the few cabinet positions that Trump could fill with a legitimately qualified crony. Like you don’t spend decades in NYC real estate without getting to know at least a few housing policy people.

I want every headline to be “taxpayer’s fund NYPD jobs program” ‘cause that may finally make this mess politically toxic.

Problem is that the thing to do is an investigation and possible punishment via a Republican controlled committee that still wants to go after Hillary. Impeachment would also have to go through a GOP congress, so I have almost no faith since apparently nothing he does is politically toxic and these guys obviously…

No problem! My perception comes from being a Jew visiting those countries and keeping up on news; yours is obviously more informed!

Sorry and thanks for the information.

I kinda get it though...like they have a much more immediate, tangible, you can practically feel WWIl in the streets, link to the past. Like they know exactly why Nazis are bad in a way that we’re removed from. (The Holocaust memorial in Vienna is a mosouleum in the middle of the Jewish part of town). I have some hope…

Yeah...cynical me says it’s cause he was so deeply unpopular that he’s gonna milk this for all the points he can.

Same, I’m in NYC and we’ve had a wave of attacks and its like at the least thankfully the major and the cops take it seriously.

Totally agree (and voted for Hillary & am now throwing money at the DNC/DCCC) just stating an observation. Honestly I am worried about just how it’ll get for people in Red states in the coming years.

Like I get why liberals are freaked...but yeah many liberals will likely fare better than most Republicans cause most Blue states can weather whatever mess Trump makes domestically. The California AG is already gearing up to spend the next however many years suing the Trump administration.

Also it sets a really dangerous precedent to or let our side have the mic, ‘cause what happens if our side loses control. The wars on camesus over anti and pro Zionist speakers is a great example about how acceptable discourse can end up decided by the power brokers in a given space rather than anything to do with the…

I don’t see it as a defense of him, rather it’s an acknowledgedment that the claims that he is personally antisemitic are weak but that it doesn’t really matter anyway since he’s “the chief curator for the alt-right” and is therefore unacceptable.

Third down in that tweet stream is their official statement of opposition against Bannon’s appointment to the White House.

, but there are probably less instances of violence against Jews in the US because you can’t exactly tell if someone is Jewish just by looking at them.

I think it was Keeping it 1600 who had him on and they spoke about how apparently Ellison was really really good at organizing and GOTV in Minnesota, so he doesn’t sound like a bad choice. I waffle on him vs. Dean though ‘cause like you said, a full time head would be in the party’s best interest and let Ellison build…

Saw it on Thanksgiving and same. Can’t wait until the folklore animation sequence hits YouTube cause it was amazing.