Paging Doctor “No”

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Updates

  1. Originally published, February 2, 3:17 am.
  2. February 2, 3:22 pm:
    • Kamala Harris laughed about bullying poor people when prosecuting parents for their kids truancy.[1]
  3. February 3, 1:00 am:
    • So what’s going on with Brexit? Oh, um, nothing new. But the Telegraph has a cartoon[2] that captures the moment. I realize the Tories are the party of Empire, but I honestly don’t know why British politicians think the Europeans will negotiate with them further.

Brexit


Cartoon by Andy Davey for the Telegraph, January 31, 2019 (published on line the day before).[3]

Andy Davey, [cartoon], January 30, 2019, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/01/telegraph-cartoons-january-2019/

Net Neutrality

Jon Brodkin, “FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t ‘telecommunications,’” Ars Technica, February 1, 2019, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/02/throttling-of-firefighters-hurts-fcc-case-as-it-defends-net-neutrality-repeal/

Unauthorized Migration

Donald Trump is hearing the word “no” a lot, lately. I know he doesn’t like being told “no,” so what happens when he’s told “no” by forces that won’t take “no” for an answer?

Sean Sullivan, Erica Werner, and Seung Min Kim, “McConnell privately cautions Trump about emergency declaration on border wall,” Washington Post, February 1, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-privately-cautioned-trump-about-emergency-declaration-on-border-wall/2019/02/01/5ff1262c-2646-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html

Kamala Harris

I am remembering about Hillary Clinton laughing about attacking a rape victim in defending her client.[4]

Joe Patrice, “Kamala Harris Chuckling About Bullying Poor People Should Be Disqualifying — That It’s Not Says Something Deeply Disturbing,” Above The Law, February 1, 2019, https://abovethelaw.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-chuckling-about-bullying-poor-people-should-be-disqualifying-that-its-not-says-something-deeply-disturbing/

  1. [1]Joe Patrice, “Kamala Harris Chuckling About Bullying Poor People Should Be Disqualifying — That It’s Not Says Something Deeply Disturbing,” Above The Law, February 1, 2019, https://abovethelaw.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-chuckling-about-bullying-poor-people-should-be-disqualifying-that-its-not-says-something-deeply-disturbing/↩
  2. [2]Andy Davey, [cartoon], January 30, 2019, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/01/telegraph-cartoons-january-2019/↩
  3. [3]Andy Davey, [cartoon], January 30, 2019, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/01/telegraph-cartoons-january-2019/↩
  4. [4]Josh Rogin, “Exclusive: ‘Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,’ Rape Victim Says,” Daily Beast, June 20, 2014, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html↩

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