Новости за 18.05.2016

Oh my god the Freedom Caucus wants to impeach the head of the IRS over that 2010 nothing burger of investigating tax exempt organizations.

In case you were wondering, Donald Trump Jr. is definitely a chip off the old race-baiting, hate mongering block.

It appears to this observer of the 2016 presidential campaign that the Republican electorate that voted Trump the presumptive presidential nominee absolutely does not care what he says from day-to-day on any issue or topic, just as long as he keeps up his derogatory style and his white nationalist/nativist approach.

The Senate finally, finally, did its job this one time. NBC News:

In another historic moment for the Obama administration, the Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed the long-stalled nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary.

Fanning thus becomes the first openly gay leader of any U.S. military service — a milestone not lost on gay rights groups and coming five years after the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," which had prohibited gay and lesbian service members from being open about their sexuality. Читать дальше...

I don't go to Buzzfeed for political news all that often, but this is noteworthy:

Here's a cultural trend I wasn't aware of until today:

In Idaho’s northernmost legislative district, Republican Party politics has been pulled farther to the right in recent years with the rise of the tea party.

But now a new element is pushing the party farther still: the arrival of conservative Christian “preppers” fleeing more populated states, who see the region as a “redoubt” – a place to settle and defend themselves when the whole country goes bad.

The “American Redoubt” push... Читать дальше...

In an interview with Bill Hemmer on Fox 'News', Trey Gowdy finally admitted the truth about Benghazi and his bogus committee. This comes on the heels of the Kangaroo Court's Benghazi Committee's lead investigator quitting and admitting that everything that could be done, was done.

When five Seattle councillors, all women, voted against public money for a new sports arena downtown the hate poured in.

Burnt Orange Report: Zika and draconian abortion restrictions in Texas could mean a health care crisis in the Lone Star State.

Donald Trump has been adamant about not releasing his tax returns, which has the media and many Americans wondering what he has to hide.

Thanks Barry M. for the image. Open thread below...

Back in November I brought a Guy Clark song to the music club to celebrate his birthday. In that post I covered some of his background and how many of his songs are lauded for their craft.

On last night's Late Night, Seth Myers carefully illustrates why it matters that Donald Trump pretended to be his own publicist twenty-five years ago.

If you think discrimination against transgender people has nothing to do with you, think again. A very brave young woman named Aimee Toms was washing her hands in a WalMart ladies' room when another customer flipped her off and called her 'disgusting.' Why? Because she appeared to be transgendered.

Fox and Friends Host, Steve Doocy, had a bit of a rough morning on the streets of NYC outside the Fox 'News' studios. He tried to find some voters who will validate Fox News' obsession with discrediting and maligning Hillary Clinton, but he ran into some opposition.

I wouldn't post as much of this freak if he weren't so heavily tied into the Republican party as he is. His obsession with the 9/11 inside job narrative and his relationship to the retired Rep. Ron Paul, spurned Paul onto big fundraising blitzes that shocked the media and made Paul a semi-political celebrity.

Primary night, and we'll likely have to wait for Oregon results as they vote by mail.

Trump's crazy butler hasn't changed his mind about death to Obama.

Yep, turns out you can't fix crazy, but you can keep spewing it, even after the Secret Service has The Talk with you. Talking Points Memo:

“I think they (Secret Service) wanted to make sure I wasn't going to go there with a rifle," Senecal told the newspaper. "I told them it was too far to drive. I lived in Washington and hated it. I'm glad I got the hell out of there."

In a statement posted on his public Facebook page... Читать дальше...