Recent content by New Kid

It's not childish and vengeful. People from many spots across the political spectrum -- not just the left! -- are extremely worried about a President who appears to be unstable, primarily self-interested, and mired in chaos. It's not about a preferred applicant not being selected -- it's about...

Any investigation will inevitably bridge both administrations since the periods of time we're talking about run through the election, transition and inauguration. So yes, naturally members of the Obama administration would factor into the investigation. Is that supposed to be a threatening...

Not sure how this is relevant to the conversation, but I was a Sanders supporter from the start. I have no trouble criticizing the Democratic Party -- I do it all the time -- nor recognizing the integrity or merit of given Republicans, even though I likely don't see things the same way they...

Sure, I can agree that there's some measure of blame to go around in both parties for the general failures of our politics in the past two decades. I'm not a huge fan of the two party system, personally. But I also think that you're playing into a truly false equivalence if you're saying that...

Absolutely, Democrats are part of the government structure. Who's denying that? However, Democrats aren't connected to the topic at hand, which is the Trump administration's strangely close relationship with Russia, the resignation of Flynn less than a month into his role, and the resulting...

What does any of this have to do with Hillary Clinton voters? Trump won the election. He's now our President and is governing in ways that seem dangerous to lots and lots of people -- including prominent members of his own party and generals and so on. Are you actually trotting out tired...

I absolutely agree, Day-Tripper. I have very few points of policy agreement with Mike Pence. But I think he's a stable, rational man who believes in American institutions and doesn't want to destroy them. Right now, comparatively, that's enough.

So you don't think he lied to Pence? Instead, Pence lied about it publicly?

John McCain says it pretty well in the statement he released a few hours ago as head of the Senate Armed Services Committee. http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=BFF77261-231B-496F-BCA4-658C52D31734 Things are extremely dysfunctional at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave these...

What does winning look like to you? What does that term actually mean in the context of supranational problems and an increasingly digital-plus-service economy?

That's an interesting breakdown. Do you have the link? Also: I'd agree that Obama was treated well in the majority of media outlets at the start of his presidency, and that it went downhill from there. It's also true that he won his first term with a resounding popular vote victory (+7.2% ) and...

Apologies for what felt like an accusation. I think it resulted from a genuine point of confusion. Which is: In order to apply for refugee status from the US government you have to have been referred to the screening process -- you have to be officially 'invited' to go through the vetting by...

I feel like you've willfully misread the article that you provided. The five month timeline is from when they receive notice that they're allowed to begin the official application process. This isn't some casual thing. They'd been refugees for 3+ years at that point and had almost certainly...

Thanks for this measured reply. My first response is: Our relationship to refugees is SO different than that of European countries that, again, this doesn't seem to be more than a fear tactic. In 2016, Germany took 1,000,000 Syrian refugees. We took 10,000. All of this while we have a...

It fundamentally means that meetings can be held without them. For whatever reason the likes of Steve Bannon decides. Yikes. Also: Do you really think that a core operating problem of our government has been that the NSC Principals had meeting bloat? Seriously? What actual problem is this...