Day: August 5, 2018

It might be getting too hot in the kitchen. But if it’s just the whiner-in-chief whining, how would we know?

benfell

My contact information has been revised. Mainly, this is about swapping the primary and secondary contact numbers. Both are cell phones but I’m finding that in a majority of places—this includes Sonoma County, Marin County, the East Bay, and the Peninsula—where I go often, AT&T offers better mobile data coverage overall than Verizon. It’s not 100 percent by any means. If you fail to reach me on one number, by all means, try the other.

Updates

  1. Originally published, August 2, 8:54 pm.
  2. August 3, 7:05 pm:
    • A federal judge has ordered the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program fully restored.[1] (Unauthorized migration)
  3. August 5, 12:51 am:
    • “[A] federal judge in Washington issued a tome on why [Robert] Mueller’s appointment was rock-solid in the first place.” Evidently meaning Donald Trump’s attorneys and supporters should give up any hope of legally overturning Mueller’s appointment.[2] (James Comey)
  4. August 5, 2:16 pm:
    • If I were a Republican, I’d be thinking very hard about a president who brags about destroying the careers of people in my party.[3] (Donald Trump)
    • Donald Trump has thrown his son under a bus, admitting that the latter attempted to collude with Russia.[4] (James Comey)
    • Reproduced Donald Trump’s tweet in which—see above.

James Comey

Donald Trump (did not) really order(ed) Jeff Sessions to terminate the Robert Mueller probe.[5]

Chris Cillizza, “Donald Trump just tweeted something new about the Russia investigation — and it’s huge,” CNN, August 1, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions/index.html

Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s Sessions eruption hints at concern over direction of Mueller probe,” CNN, August 2, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/politics/mueller-investigation-jeff-sessions-tweet/index.html

Jennifer Rubin, “Why Trump is so freaked out by the Manafort trial,” Washington Post, August 1, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/08/01/how-the-manafort-trial-may-hurt-trump/

Laura Jarrett, “As questions swirl over Trump interview, judge guts potential defense strategy,” CNN, August 4, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/04/politics/judge-beryl-howell-mueller-appointment-trump-subpoena/index.html

Adam Davidson, “The Day Trump Told Us There Was Attempted Collusion with Russia,” New Yorker, August 5, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news-desk/swamp-chronicles/the-day-trump-told-us-there-was-attempted-collusion-with-russia

‘White Trash’

Leah Donnella is asking, not answering, the question “Why Is It Still OK To ‘Trash’ Poor White People?” and arguing that it’s an important question to ask.[6]

Leah Donnella, “Why Is It Still OK To ‘Trash’ Poor White People?” National Public Radio, August 1, 2018, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/01/605084163/why-its-still-ok-to-trash-poor-white-people

Unauthorized migration

Maura Dolan, “Appeals court rules Trump can’t withhold funds from California ‘sanctuary’ cities,” Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2018, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sanctuary-9th-circuit-20180801-story.html

Aris Folley, “Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA,” Hill, August 3, 2018, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400332-federal-judge-says-trump-must-fully-restore-daca

Donald Trump

Morgan Gstalter, “Trump: I ‘destroy’ careers of Republicans who say bad things about me,” Hill, August 4, 2018, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400423-trump-i-destroy-careers-of-republicans-who-say-bad-things-about-me

  1. [1]Aris Folley, “Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA,” Hill, August 3, 2018, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400332-federal-judge-says-trump-must-fully-restore-daca↩
  2. [2]Laura Jarrett, “As questions swirl over Trump interview, judge guts potential defense strategy,” CNN, August 4, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/04/politics/judge-beryl-howell-mueller-appointment-trump-subpoena/index.html↩
  3. [3]Morgan Gstalter, “Trump: I ‘destroy’ careers of Republicans who say bad things about me,” Hill, August 4, 2018, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400423-trump-i-destroy-careers-of-republicans-who-say-bad-things-about-me↩
  4. [4]Adam Davidson, “The Day Trump Told Us There Was Attempted Collusion with Russia,” New Yorker, August 5, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news-desk/swamp-chronicles/the-day-trump-told-us-there-was-attempted-collusion-with-russia↩
  5. [5]Chris Cillizza, “Donald Trump just tweeted something new about the Russia investigation — and it’s huge,” CNN, August 1, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions/index.html; Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s Sessions eruption hints at concern over direction of Mueller probe,” CNN, August 2, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/politics/mueller-investigation-jeff-sessions-tweet/index.html↩
  6. [6]Leah Donnella, “Why Is It Still OK To ‘Trash’ Poor White People?” National Public Radio, August 1, 2018, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/01/605084163/why-its-still-ok-to-trash-poor-white-people↩