Then she should DEFINTELY show us her tax returns, right???

Funny how you don't demand them.. That's because she has a -D after her name and gets a pass..

Oh look! Michale has a new talking point, which he's already trying to run into the ground. Yeah, we get it.

Apparently, not.. Since you can't address the facts...

I was thinking more "habit" than "hobbit"! ;)

We like goblinses, batses and fishes. But we hasn't tried Hobbitses before. Is it soft? Is it juicy? ~ Gollum

you didn't know i was a hobbit? hmm...

JL

Yeah. Dumping asylum seekers in cities hundreds of miles from where their hearings will take place seems like a brilliant idea! This idea proves that Trump is NOT concerned with there being illegals in our country.

I know, right!? Announcing to potential illegal immigrants all over South America that United States law enforcement will be happily sending them all to a sanctuary city is basically the equivalent of notifying illegal drug users across America that police departments nationwide will henceforth be distributing to them all the illegal drugs seized at the border.

This type of "stroke of genius" means Donald Trump never having to explain to even the slowest of intellects in the MAGA universe why there is suddenly an exponentially larger number of immigrants seeking asylum in America. Not content to deal with the Dreamers and those seeking asylum already here in America, Donald Trump encourages flooding of the zone. That'll show 'em. :)

apropos to nothing in particular, did anyone here already know the origins of the terms upper and lower case? just learned today.

Not for nothing, but I actually did... and this type of question begs yet another: Has somebody made off with your upper case of characters or are your arms so short you can't reach the top shelf? Do tell. ;)

I was using Pelosi as an example of as someone to not listen to in response to Speak2 saying Ralph Nader was not worth listening to.

No shit, Don! But if you are under the mistaken impression that it's the first time you've dissed Nancy Pelosi in a pathetic attempt at deflection, then you should go back and pay attention to your own bullshit.

But true to form you create as mountain out of a mole hill and turn it into an obsession.

Like I said, your whining deflection has a regular theme on par with many in the GOP who frequently choose to ignore the issue being discussed in favor of their obsession with Nancy Pelosi.

At least your world only exists in your head where there is plenty of extra room.

In point of fact, you don't know anything about my world or my head, Don, in the exact same way that you admittedly don't know a damn thing about anything in general:

I have none of the credentials normally listed in a bio. No degrees, no years of running a successful business and no experience in political campaigns or activism. I am simply an average person that has been working and living at survival mode. But I have the only credentials that I believe really matters. I am a citizen and I have an idea that may improve our political system. ~ Don Harris

You demonstrate regularly that you are indeed simply an average person, although I would wager I could get more than a few arguments from other posters who believe you may have overestimated your unexceptional abilities. As I have stated many times, you could shorten up that whole pathetic bio of yours and say: "I have no education, no experience, no success, and absolutely no idea what I'm talking about."

And checking out my website will show that I was ahead of the curve as it was written before Bernie ran in 2015.

How stupid does someone have to be to think they are being funny/sarcastic using the very proof that shows they are wrong?

Read your bio, Don; it explains everything you apparently still haven't figured out about how stupid you have to be. Also, it's your failed website, Don, and you've made a multitude of comments on CW.com where you are begging/insisting that the author of this blog bears some kind of inherent responsibility to shill for your failed shit... where not a single one of those posts of yours would have been necessary if you hadn't failed miserably at "being ahead of the curve."

Lastly, I got really bad news for you, Don: Neither you nor your precious Saint Bernard Sanders invented small contributions, and it's side splitting comedy that you're under the ridiculous and nonsensical impression that either of you did. :)

For example, Nancy Pelosi has not been worth listening to for decades no matter what her age.

Yet another of the desperately obsessed with Nancy Pelosi explaining her insignificance. She has "not been worth listening to for decades," now hold their beers while they whine and moan ad nauseam in their encompassing preoccupation with Nancy Pelosi.

Hey, DH, if you and your failed attempt at political activism got 1/1,000,000th of the attention that you give to Nancy Pelosi, you might register a 0.0001 on the "Matter Meter," but alas... you don't even make a blip.

I doesn't make any sense to tell someone that has been and is ahead of the curve to get caught up.

And if you don't believe him, just check out his pathetic website that hasn't been updated since its inception. *laughs*

Nope, we still listen to Pelosi, and don't listen to you. She's got the second most important job in the government. You ain't got squat.

Oh look! Michale has a new talking point, which he's already trying to run into the ground. Yeah, we get it.

Hey, too bad that Trump doesn't really surprise people - like name someone with cred to a post that deserves it.

Eh, but that'd fuck him up with Fox News, which never heard a Trump statement they didn't like.

Why ruin a great thing?

What does scare us? A president and federal government that would seek to weaponize a law enforcement agency to punish perceived political enemies. A would-be despot who thinks the rule of law does not apply to him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/seattle-isnt-afraid-of-immigrants-mr-trump/2019/04/12/f26c370e-5d5e-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.21d46fb6935a

Here's another Democrat who is speaking out both sides of her ass..

On the one hand, she is saying how much Seattle loves illegal immigrant criminals..

And then she is saying President Trump is "weaponizing" the very illegal immigrant criminals that she says Seattle loves??

If Seattle welcomes illegal immigrant criminals, then how can they be a "weapon"???

President Trump is giving Seattle what Seattle loves..

How does that make President Trump, the bad guy??

Because Hyper Hysterical President Trump Derangement Syndrome (HHPTDS) knows no depth of depravity...

President Trump is building bridges as requested by the Democrat Party..

And yet, they STILL attack President Trump for it..

Democrat "logic"....

The plan would put thousands of immigrants in cities that are not only welcoming to them, but also more likely to rebuff federal officials carrying out deportation orders. Many of these locations have more resources to help immigrants make their legal cases to stay in the United States than smaller cities, with some of the nation’s biggest immigration advocacy groups based in places like San Francisco, New York City and Chicago. The downside for the immigrants would be a high cost of living in the cities.
https://apnews.com/e991a0409f7c475ba48e827e232b6cfe

You see!!?? President Trump's awesome idea is pure genius!! It will actually HELP illegal immigrant criminals to stay in the US..

President Trump's idea to build bridges instead of walls is **EVERYTHING** that Democrats have been asking for..

So, WHY do Democrats oppose it???

Because their hatred of President Trump far FAR outweighs their compassion for illegal immigrant criminals..

President Trump is giving Democrats EVERYTHING they want and laughing as Democrats fall all over themselves to denigrate and attack the VERY plan they have wanted all along...

It's so classic Trump and so typical Democrat...

Again, I have to ask.. WHY are ya'all fighting President Trump's plan to create bridges directly from the Southern Border to Democrat Sanctuary Cities??

This is EVERYTHING ya'all have ever wanted when it comes to illegal immigrant criminals!!

Why are ya'all not jumping on President Trump's bandwagon and enthusiastically supporting this plan to the hilt!!???

Hyper Hysterical President Trump Derangement Syndrome indeed...

The con artist will thrive as long her marks are willing to be conned. Which is to say, Ilhan Omar has a bright future in the Democratic Party.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/ilhan-omar-con-artist/

Typical Democrat..

Talks out both sides of her ass...

Netanyahu’s victory, along with the emergence of a strong and coherent opposition under a compelling leader, marks several milestones in Israel’s progress
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-a-good-day-for-israel-with-many-more-to-come

As things go great for the USA, so things go really great for Israel... :D

Remember when ya'all cried hysterically that the world will end if the US actually moved it's embassy to Jerusalem??

Trump did what NO U.S. President had the balls to do and... viola'... Nothing happened..

US and Israel.. Joined at the hip.. NO daylight between us...

maybe not FTP#3, judge barry is in her eighties, was semi-retired already, and the tax violation in question was by FRED trump, which is to say, WAY past its statute of limitations. if i were in my eighties and semi-retired, i'd also very much want to be rid of a tax fraud investigation of my long-dead father.

Awwwwww, com'on Joshua...

Don't pee on their parade...

Don'tcha know EVERYTHING bad that happens in the world is the fault of Donald Trump....

Get with the program or get re-programmed.. :D

It's the Democrat Party way...

While Mrs. Clinton won 54 percent of all women (versus 42 percent who voted for Mr. Trump), the majority of non-college educated white women (64 percent) and a solid 45 percent of college-educated white women voted for Mr. Trump, helping to carry him to victory.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/10/in-2020-donald-trump-can-expect-women-to-vote-for-/

Every constituency that Democrats MUST HAVE to win any election is turning from them..

Black, hispanic, women.. All are flocking to President Trump in droves...

It's so cute that ya'all think Democrats actually have a chance to win the White House in 2020... :D

Yeah. Dumping asylum seekers in cities hundreds of miles from where their hearings will take place seems like a brilliant idea!

So, you DON'T support President Trump's idea to place illegal immigrant criminals where they can get the BEST care and coddling possible??

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

So, Democrats are ALL about "caring" and "compassion" for illegal immigrant criminals...

But NOT if they have to be the ones who have to do the "caring' and the "compassion"...

Is THAT what you are saying???

I would have thought **EVERYONE** here would support President Trump's idea..

I guess it's only lip service... :^/

Deputy Sheriff Justin DeRosier
Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, Washington
End of Watch: Sunday, April 14, 2019

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Seven Democratic House members, including Ocasio-Cortez, are supported by the progressive political action the Justice Democrats, which Pelosi could also have been referring to.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/14/pelosi-rips-aoc-says-her-posse-in-congress-is-like-five-people/

Oh wow! Pelosi diss'es Occasional Cortex!! :D

Blue on Blue attacks.. :D It's a wonderful thing..

President Trump is sure for re-election in 2020 by a landslide...

Yes, that's right.. He has a history..

Just like Mueller did not correct Trump’s lies, he won’t correct Barr’s either because they are both his superiors. Mueller’s got class.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to make it thru your day.. :D

OK, so it's YOUR belief that Barr is lying and that Mueller recommended that President Trump be impeached and then indicted for Russia Collusion..

"Aww right... Aww right...."
-Lane Smith, MY COUSIN VINNY

When Barr and Mueller release Mueller's redacted report, let's get together and compare notes, eh??

It'll be a hoot!! :D

Yeah. Dumping asylum seekers in cities hundreds of miles from where their hearings will take place seems like a brilliant idea!

It's a simple matter to transfer the illegal immigrant cases to the courts they are relocated to..

This idea proves that Trump is NOT concerned with there being illegals in our country.

Apparently, President Trump has come around to the Democrat's way of thinking... He wants to place the illegal immigrant criminals in an area where they will get maximum coddling.. :D

OR....

Or President Trump has determined that Democrats should learn FIRST HAND the consequences of their actions..

You’d have a point if Obama had the power to close down Gitmo on his own, but chose not to. Nor was Congress trying to close Gitmo and Obama vetoed it. Obama could not close it without assistance.

Oh com'on...

Odumbo could have issued an executive order.. Hell, he didn't even have to do that.. As Commander In Chief, Odumbo could have simply ordered the military to close Gitmo and that would have been that..

Odumbo CHOSE not to...

There is no difference between Odumbo's campaign promise and Trump's campaign promise.

You just give Odumbo a pass because he has a -D after his name..

Sarah Sanders claims that Congress isn’t smart enough to understand his tax returns. Just because they don’t speak Russian doesn’t mean they cannot figure it out!

So, you STILL believe that President Trump colluded with the Russians.. :D Boy oh boy, your social construct delusion is STRONG, I'll give you that... :D

How sad is it that the GOP allowed someone trying to land a multimillion dollar real estate deal with Russia change the party’s platform without an explanation as to why they believe the party should no longer be opposed to Russia invading the Ukraine??? Why did Trump insist on this? Why was it the only thing he wanted added to the party platform?

So, all you have is whataboutism.. No real argument.. Gotcha...

Judge Trump Barry and the other Trump siblings and their financial advisors became criminally liable for said tax fraud upon Fred Trump's death when it became easily discoverable upon the filing of his estate taxes, but you're absolutely correct that the statutes of limitations for any criminal liability would have run long ago.

However, civil penalties and bills for back taxes, to include interest and penalties of up to 25 percent added to any unpaid taxes might still be warranted if fraud is found. Considering that the same accountant who handled taxes for Fred continues to handle them for Donald, I would wager that's not an issue that NY is going to let go of all too easily.

Donald is in for a world of hurt in New York, New York. Maybe they'll even share his taxes with Congress. :)

if not ralph nader, how about ralph malph?

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EFA464/don-most-happy-days-1974-EFA464.jpg

maybe not FTP#3, judge barry is in her eighties, was semi-retired already, and the tax violation in question was by FRED trump, which is to say, WAY past its statute of limitations. if i were in my eighties and semi-retired, i'd also very much want to be rid of a tax fraud investigation of my long-dead father.

maybe he had windmill cancer.

JL

The forecast you mention is for the US to spend $50 Trillion in health care over the next decade (includes Feds, States, Employers, Personal Expenditures, Etc).

That was the forecast in 2009, when we were debating the ACA in the first place (yeah, one trillion, over a decade, was actually small potatoes, in fact).

Talk about bending the cost curve! We're talking about the same forecast a decade later, rather than the $65 T that was forecast for the this decade prior to the ACA.

WOW!

How sad is it that the GOP allowed someone trying to land a multimillion dollar real estate deal with Russia change the party’s platform without an explanation as to why they believe the party should no longer be opposed to Russia invading the Ukraine??? Why did Trump insist on this? Why was it the only thing he wanted added to the party platform?

Yeah. Dumping asylum seekers in cities hundreds of miles from where their hearings will take place seems like a brilliant idea! This idea proves that Trump is NOT concerned with there being illegals in our country.

Do you think the administration plans on keeping tabs of where people are sent? Nope! This administration was not smart enough to keep records on the children they ripped from their parents and then lost in the system....why would you expect anything less from them with these adults? The plan was literally to DUMP them out on the streets of sanctuary cities and telling them they are on their own!

Trump promised you he'd release his tax returns. Don't his promises mean anything to you? I guess not...

See how easy it is to put the shoe on the other foot?? :D

You’d have a point if Obama had the power to close down Gitmo on his own, but chose not to. Nor was Congress trying to close Gitmo and Obama vetoed it. Obama could not close it without assistance. Meanwhile, Trump doesn’t need anyone’s assistance in releasing his tax returns. He is a crook, a con man, and a traitor.

Sarah Sanders claims that Congress isn’t smart enough to understand his tax returns. Just because they don’t speak Russian doesn’t mean they cannot figure it out!

Fair enough.. Although I am constrained to remind you that Mueller has a history of correcting the record when his actions are mis-characterized in the slightest.. Given this fact, it's unlikely that Mueller would have stood by silently if Barr said something that the report didn't say... The fact that Mueller is assisting Barr gives weight to this conclusion..

Mueller has a history... of doing it ONCE! You seem to think he must always correct the record when someone misquotes or misinterprets his words. If that were true, then Mueller would have been correcting Trump’s lies and slandering of his team’s reputations on a daily basis. No, Mueller corrected a story that was based on a misinterpretation of the facts one time.

Just like Mueller did not correct Trump’s lies, he won’t correct Barr’s either because they are both his superiors. Mueller’s got class.

He won’t be the nominee. But he’s setting the terms of the debate—and that could damage the rest of the field, and the country.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/14/michael-avenatti-2020-democratic-primary-219910

How sad is it that Democrats, at ANY point in time, would let someone like Porn Lawyer Avenatti "set the terms" of the Democrat Party debate???

The Democrat Party is well and truly in decline...

Best news for this country to date....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4Ew2c3WsAYfqxA.jpg

Howdy Doody....

The reaction from the press and Democrats to Mr. Trump’s proposal tells you all you need to know about just how dishonest these people are about the debacle at the border.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/12/oh-work-nancy-pelosis-vineyard/

The genius of President Trump is astounding!!

Ship all the Illegal immigrant criminals to the cities who have professed their love and protection of said illegal immigrant criminals..

The beauty is in it's simplicity..

The Democrats want open borders and bridges?? Then build bridges directly from the border crossings to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City...

Let those city leaders house and feed millions and millions of illegal immigrant criminals.. Let those Democrats deal with MS-13 and the cartels...

Works for me...

But local artist Carrie Woodburn told the Times the design was too “aggressive,” saying she felt it didn’t represent the community. Laguna Beach is a city of about 23,000 residents, about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/southern-california-police-departments-new-patriotic-patrol-car-design-sparks-backlash

Get that?? An American Flag symbol "doesn't represent the community"...

I have caught some grief for using the term "Trump/America Haters" to describe Left Wingers..

Apparently the term is apt...

Have you been on another planet since Dec of 2016????

I mean, look at the facts..

Hillary demonized and castigated Candidate Trump during the campaign when he said he may or may not accept the election results..

Such blatant stamp your feet and whine and cry because you lost hypocrisy is the epitome of immaturity...

Have you been on another planet since Dec of 2016????

This also reeks of misogyny. Replacing 'Hillary' with 'Kerry' and 'Nancy Pelosi' with 'Barack Obama', does it have the same zing?

Abso-frakin'-loutly!! :D

Surely you don't think Hillary is so immature.

This also reeks of misogyny. Replacing 'Hillary' with 'Kerry' and 'Nancy Pelosi' with 'Barack Obama', does it have the same zing?

On the contrary, Mr Lewis is demonstrating the wisdom of his past experience with divided government. As you well know, (too) many of the bills that have passed, and will pass, the Democratically-controlled House are 'dead on arrival' in the McConnell-controlled Senate.

The bill 'contains language preventing the IRS from referring debts from some lower-income taxpayers to debt collectors. And it includes provisions to improve IRS customer service, address identity theft and authorize grants for nonprofits to provide free tax-filing assistance to low-income people'. I can't believe that you are advocating that this bill should have been loaded up with additional progressive ideas - no matter how worthy - to doom it to a quiet death, too!

In this instance, 'the perfect is the enemy of the good'.

The 'Generic Weekly News Roundup' is comedy gold, the snarky fill-in-the-blank items especially delightful.

I join the chorus to applaud your recovery.

In an earlier column, you advocated rest and lots of liquids, but I missed any mention of 'get a flu shot'. I hope you've remedied that in some subsequent column.

Finally, Rep. Ilhan Omar is proving to be a one-woman wrecking crew for the party as well as for the image of all American Muslims. On top of her anti-Semitism, Omar’s dismissive description of 9/11 as “some people did something” marks her as a heartless ingrate to the nation that rescued her family from civil war and possibly death at the hands of other Muslims.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/13/as-trump-soars-higher-dems-reach-their-lowest-point-yet/

No matter how ya'all wanna spin things, the clear fact remains that President Trump is enjoying a huge series of wins and Democrats are left in the mire and muck of their own hysterical bullshit...

2020 is President Trump's for the taking..

Oh how the mighty have fallen..

As goes the Clintons, so goes the Democrat Party...

Both are being left behind on the march to the future...

I can't quite decide what kind of pie we are being served. I'm leaning towards cow, but can' rule out half baked, completely baked or even pot.

disagree. the standard for proof depends on the idea. for example, you don't need to prove that pie tastes good, because it's self-evident. pie tastes good. the main problem with OD is DH.

JL

Putting your idea up for public discourse doesn't prove your idea can work. Putting your idea into practice is the only way to prove if your idea can work. Doing it multiple times is the only way of estimating how likely your idea will work for any given election. Do it: Prove it. Talking/Doing is as Pledging/Donating.

https://youtu.be/0rZdAB4V_j8

I can hardly wait for his 2020 ad!

That is a good idea! Opensecrets.org does something like it at the Federal level, but not at state and local levels. Reporting of campaign contributions is slow, so there is a "tombstone mentality" aspect to the concept, but you have to work with what you can get. Holding incumbents feet the fire is a useful thing.

Dark money is not reported. That is a real challenge facing any purity index. Advertising and web traffic may allow some insights into dark money, but dark money is designed to be murky.

Why don't you track your local politicians' contributions (you can go nationwide once you get the model working).

You can track several factors and display them in an easy to read way: total contributions; average contribution; median contribution; top 5 contributors; etc.

You can then create some purity scale from 0-100 based on your own criteria.

Keep the page updated once per week and let the top candidates know they are "winning" in the scale. They will then be motivated to refer to it and do your outreach for you.

You could give it a name, like the "People Not Money Scale".

Remember, most people here support your motivation, even if your delivery and execution (you have got re remove the 2015 Billy Joel competition) don't resonate.

There is a critical difference between the Anti-Collins Maine Fund and OneDemand.

The Main Fund raises real money, puts the money in a box, and will only release the money to a candidate if predetermined conditions are adhered to.

OneDemand raises pledges from people who promise to vote a certain way if the candidate only takes contributions less than $200 dollars.

Dollars carry a lot more clout than pledges. Try buying groceries with just a pledge.

The Maine Fund has teeth.

OneDemand offers up bleeding gums.

In other words, I think ya'all have to acknowledge that this was a huge win for President Trump and the Left will have to settle a participation trophy in that Mueller caught President Trump dotting a 't' and crossing an 'i'....

Fair enough.. Although I am constrained to remind you that Mueller has a history of correcting the record when his actions are mis-characterized in the slightest.. Given this fact, it's unlikely that Mueller would have stood by silently if Barr said something that the report didn't say... The fact that Mueller is assisting Barr gives weight to this conclusion..

It's unlikely that the redacted report will change the fact that President Trump has been wholly and completely exonerated when it comes to Russia Collusion..

AT BEST, the redacted report will provide a plethora of 'whataboutism' for the Left...

So, your desire to wait for the report is understandable.. But it's unlikely to change the facts..

Trump promised you he'd release his tax returns. Don't his promises mean anything to you? I guess not...

Obama promised to close down Gitmo. Don't his promises mean anything to you?? I guess not.... Heh

See how easy it is to put the shoe on the other foot?? :D

Having said that, promises Trump makes to shut up the Trump/America haters mean very little to me, you are correct...

It's the IMPORTANT promises that mean everything to me.. Like putting Justices on the SCOTUS that will protect my 2nd Amendment rights.. Making America great again..

Promises made (and KEPT) like that are all that matters to me..

On another note, what's yer take on President Trump's idea to send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities.. A stroke of genius!!! :D

On a final note...

Glad to see you up and around.. I wouldn't wish a heavy dose of the flu on anyone...

I know this will shock you, but I fully agree with you. On the RNRHOF thing. They should have let Yes in on the first ballot, and there are FAR too many people in there who don't really qualify as "rock and roll."

So on one thing, at least, we do see eye-to-eye.

Balthasar [8] -

Good point about Pelosi...

Michale [11] -

To answer your ongoing query, I'm waiting for at least the redacted version of the Mueller report before commenting on it. I considered Barr's summary to be nothing more than spin, personally. So maybe sometime next week, how's that?

:-)

Mopshell [12] -

OK, we can all quibble about MFA, but you're right -- anything is better than what we've got. France and other places (Japan?) merged private health insurance in with their state-based plan -- there are lots of examples out there, but the main hurdle is getting Americans to realize that they DON'T have the best system in the world. I think once that's achieved, a serious discussion about relative merits of different systems can begin.

As for Trump's tax returns, I've been meaning to get around to delving into the Teapot Dome scandal, which is where the relevant federal law came from. It would certainly answer some questions as to the intent of the law, that's for sure... maybe next week...

Michale [13] -

Trump promised you he'd release his tax returns. Don't his promises mean anything to you? I guess not...

Heh.

-CW

Whaaa???

Democrats are gin'ing up for ANOTHER witch hunt???

One would think they would be a little gun shy about their witch hunts, what with the LAST one totally and utterly blowing up in their faces, eh??

I guess trying the same thing over and over hoping for a different result is the Democrats' MO these days... :D

Loved the generic weekly news roundup - very funny!

I really like Elizabeth Warren's tax proposal for corporations but won't be supporting anyone who signs onto the non-Democrat Sanders' Lazy Person's Healthcare Bill. I personally think American deserve a healthcare program specifically designed for them from the ground up instead of taking Medicare - which was not designed to be a universal program - and just stretching it, warts and all, to sort of fit as best it can. Wht a con that is!

But most Americans have very little idea of how good a universal healthcare program can be so you're easily persuaded to embrace anything that sounds even slightly better than what you currently have. Unfortunately, you might just get what you're asking for instead of what you really deserve, gravel instead of diamonds. I hope wiser heads prevail in time.

Re trump's tax returns... TP2 isn't entirely accurate. The relevant law - in this case federal tax code section 6103(f)(1) - states that:

any return or return information which can be associated with, or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, a particular taxpayer shall be furnished to such committee only when sitting in closed executive session unless such taxpayer otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.

In other words, Trump's tax returns cannot be released publicly without Trump's written consent - and that's not going to happen! I think what will be public is whatever legal action is taken because of what they find in those tax returns.

Also, Ways and Means are not the only ones requesting Trump's tax return. From Washington Post:

The chairman of the House oversight committee said Friday he intends to subpoena President Donald Trump’s accountant for his financial records.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told committee members in a letter that Mazars USA wouldn’t turn over records for Trump, his company and related entities without a subpoena.

Cummings said he expected to issue the subpoena Monday for statements of financial condition, independent auditor’s reports, annual statements and other documents spanning from 2011 to 2018.

I don't know if there's any law preventing those from being made public. Hopefully we'll find out one way or another by the end of this month.

If I didn't know better, I would think you were making an effort to avoid the painful and decimating and utterly demoralizing topic?? :D

Especially when one considers how many commentaries ya devoted to Mueller in the last 2 years.. :D

Please tell me this is his signature when he emails Kelly-Anne in the White House.

...........

from: George
to: Kelly-babes

Hi Hon:

Can you remember to get the carrots?

Smootches,

George Conway

Lawyer. Windmill cancer survivor.

Of course, you know that the IRS bill couldn't move on the floor unless Pelosi approved of it? So somehow she's both most impressive and most disappointing?

Did I miss something?

Love the Mad Libs, it provides the foundation for a trump cards against the rule of law game.

As for TP Number 4 you forgot to include the Trump winery which has been increasing it's numbers for visa's for seasonal migrant labor for the last 4 years.... Surely there are qualified Americans who will take those jobs, right?

In any case glad to see you back at the keyboard.

Yep, the finale to a full week of columns!

Well, OK, I kind of cheated a little bit (see first section), but it's certainly better than nothing, right?

:-)

-CW

Well, I laughed so hard I cried so...

Bit of both! ~ Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, Guardians of the Galaxy

An FTP!

Someone must have been drinking his fluids... the ones with the little umbrellas.

I am entirely too stoked to read it *just kidding*

Thank you! :)