Quotes of The Day
“Here is a simple truth. If you support Trump, you have decided you are willing to accept and embrace dishonesty, venality, hatred, ignorance, manipulativeness, cheating, stealing & rage. This is profoundly disturbing and sad.”-Tony Schwartz (co-author of Trumps book 'The Art Of The Deal”
“Republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter; that words of a president matter, the rule of law matters, and the truth matters. Where are those Republicans today?”-James Comey
“Meanwhile, when we watching Cohen, Jared and Ivanka met with Saudi Prince Bin Salman. It cannot be a coincidence that they chose a day when they knew they could fly under the radar to meet with the man who ordered the murder of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”-Cathleen Burke
“A woman went into premature labor while being detained, Her baby died and this is ICE's response: “a stillbirth is not considered an in-custody death”.-Jessica Valenti
“Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true. This doesnt mean you should be duplicitous or deceitful, but don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.”-Ivanka Trump (quote from her new book)
“Once you realize that trickle down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rich as what they are–a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make us all richer, as we were told.”-Ha-Joon Chang (international economist)
“I like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes intellectual acumen, obvious integrity and courage to speak her mind and champion her constituents beliefs more than her “youthful enthusiasm”. We could use a hell of a lot more elected reps like her, rather than they grey careerists we have been stuck with for so long.”-John Gilman
“Roughly 11 million taxpayers lost $323 billion in deductions courtesy of Trump and the GOP's tax law, according to report from the Treasury Dept. These cuts will go down as one of the biggest bait& switches in American history.”- Robert Reich
“Memo to Kelly Anne Conway: No American officeholder has an “absolute right” to do anything. Even George III's rights and powers were bounded by Parliament and an unwritten British Constitution. Trumps are even more circumscribed.”-Lawrence Tribe
Songs Of The Day (I'm joining friends to see JD Souther and Karla Bonoff tonight at the Dakota in Minneapolis. My first show at that venue. I hear its very cool.Here are a couple of my favorite cuts from those two)
