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BooMan wrote a new post, Casual Observation, on the site Progress Pond 2 days, 18 hours ago

You know, I think there should be a big penalty and more shame involved for those responsible for enacting legislation that is subsequently ruled to be unconstitutional:

A federal appeals court has ruled that […]

BooMan wrote a new post, I’m a Peeliever, on the site Progress Pond 3 days, 12 hours ago

BooMan wrote a new post, How Donald Trump Conned His Way to a Reputation for Great Wealth, on the site Progress Pond 3 days, 19 hours ago

Part of me thinks that if this had come out prior to the 2016 presidential election, it would have been devastating to Donald Trump, and part of me thinks that there’s simply no evidence that anything could […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Inside the Dirty Tricks of Roger Stone, on the site Progress Pond 4 days, 17 hours ago

[The excerpt below is from a much longer article I wrote on the 2016 election which is not yet published. This segment is about the relationship between Roger Stone, Randy Credico and Donald Trump. Randy Credico […]

BooMan wrote a new post, It Might Not Matter if Michael Cohen Flips on Trump, on the site Progress Pond 4 days, 21 hours ago

Anywhere you look this morning, you can find an article speculating on the likelihood that Michael Cohen will cooperate with federal prosecutors and implicate the president of the United States in serious crimes […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Sometimes Things Break and They Don’t Get Fixed, on the site Progress Pond 5 days, 7 hours ago

Sometimes things break and they don’t get fixed, and that’s what has had me worried of late. We have an incredibly resilient system of government, and my admiration has grown as I’ve seen it […]

BooMan wrote a new post, If Cohen Was in Prague, Trump Will Be Removed from Office, on the site Progress Pond 1 week, 1 day ago

If Michael Cohen went to Prague, then Donald Trump will be impeached, convicted, and removed from office, assuming he doesn’t resign. Digby says it is the whole enchilada, and she’s right. But Adam Davidson may be […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Senate and Governor Approval Numbers are Bad News for Democrats, on the site Progress Pond 1 week, 4 days ago

If you’re a Democrat, there is almost no good news in the latest Morning Consult governor and senator Approval Rankings. They can take comfort that it looks like they’ll be taking back the governor’s office in […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Trump’s Death Star Had a Weakness, on the site Progress Pond 1 week, 6 days ago

Where to start? The president’s own executive branch of the government has such overwhelming evidence of criminality that they felt compelled to seek and were able to obtain the consent of the judicial branch of […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Will the GOP Abandon the House to Save the Senate?, on the site Progress Pond 2 weeks ago

If it’s true that the Republicans are losing their edge with educated white voters over sixty, they’re going to suffer a political bloodbath in November bigger than anything most people have given themselves the […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Trump Will Gift Syria to Putin, on the site Progress Pond 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Far from effecting the overtly promised removal of the Russian sanctions and unable to stop his own government from cracking down on the oligarchs, I think Donald Trump is desperate at this point to produce a […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Brian Stelter is All Wrong About the Ad Boycotts, on the site Progress Pond 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Imagine for a moment that you are Brian Stelter. Your job is to talk about how the media are performing and your platform is CNN. Do you think your employers will be pleased with you if you take the position that […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Revisiting Carter Page and the Rosneft Deal, on the site Progress Pond 3 weeks, 3 days ago

I wrote about the 19.5% sale of Russian energy giant Rosneft during the transition, on January 11th, 2017. It was topical at the time because I wanted the Senate to ask Steve Mnuchin and Rex Tillerson about the […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Is This How You Drain the Swamp?, on the site Progress Pond 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Here is something you should know about Elliott Broidy, who currently serves as the national deputy finance chairman for the Republican National Committee.
In 2009, Mr. Broidy pleaded guilty to a felony charge of […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Battle of the Catholics, on the site Progress Pond 4 weeks, 1 day ago

The man who likes to think of himself as the world’s biggest Catholic:

CNN commentator and former Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Rick Santorum on Sunday suggested students protesting for gun control legislation […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Hope Hicks Should Tell What She Knows, on the site Progress Pond 1 month ago

Olivia Nuzzi has written a wonderful profile on Hope Hicks focusing on her decision to resign from her positions in the White House. It’s filled with juicy palace intrigue but it doesn’t directly address what its […]

BooMan wrote a new post, Gina Haspel’s Confirmation as DCI Must Be Opposed, on the site Progress Pond 1 month, 1 week ago

John Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program and all he got for thanks was a twenty-three month long visit to the hoosegow. He doesn’t think that Gina Haspel should be confirmed as the next Director […]

BooMan wrote a new post, The Problem With California’s Primaries, on the site Progress Pond 1 month, 1 week ago

There are some things I like about the way California does its federal elections, but I definitely do not love one of the unintended consequences of their reforms. What’s different about California’s […]

BooMan wrote a new post, The PA-18 Election Should Have Been Competitive All Along, on the site Progress Pond 1 month, 1 week ago

I’m reading a lot of premature obituaries of Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate in tomorrow’s special election in Pennsylvania’s Eighteenth Congressional District. In 2016, Hillary Clinton led in dozens of […]

BooMan wrote a new post, David Brooks Tries to Understand the Youth, on the site Progress Pond 1 month, 2 weeks ago

To a degree, I understand that David Brooks’s myopia is a product of his upbringing and that this isn’t very unusual. I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s, and it wasn’t a typical experience. […]