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I'm here to report that 2017 was a lousy year. Sure, there were some good things. Well, a few good things. Senate race tops the list of victories for the good guys and decency, sanity and common sense.
But mostly the news of 2017 was bad. For long-term impact, the worst bad news was the all-out assault by the Trump crowd and its court jesters in Congress on some of the country's most revered institutions -- institutions that we rely on as sources of truth and stability and even-handedness and occasionally wisdom in turbulent times.
I mean the Justice Department and its Federal Bureau of Investigation; the CIA and the nation's assortment of intelligence agencies; the federal court system, and lastly the press.
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Trump says he has asked his pal Putin repeatedly if his hackers meddled in our election and Putin says, repeatedly, "Not us." Guess that takes care of that, eh?
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Either way, it's no breach of law. Last I looked, no law prevented federal employees from supporting or even contributing to a political party. The Hatch Act, as I understand it, does forbid government employees from using their federal working hours for a political candidate or campaign. But beyond that, they're free, like the all Americans, to support the political party of their choice.
The real Trump target here is Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor, and his inquiry into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Trump's minions want to tarnish the Mueller effort as a "witch hunt" staffed by Democrats and Hillary Clinton partisans.
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So far, no "collusion" with the Russians has been found but Mueller's probe continues and Trump clearly fears that all that smoke might eventually produce some fire. It's time to tarnish Mueller -- or try.
Then there's the court system, perhaps the crown jewel in our democracy. Trump has wasted no time trashing it, especially those federal judges who've tossed out his clumsy attempts to bar Moslem immigrants.
And don't overlook the bigoted tirade he launched at a Latino federal judge handling a suit involving a Trump entity. Citing the judge's Mexican surname Price Of Cigarettes, Trump declared him obviously biased, ignoring the fact that guy was born in this country and lives in Indiana. A Hoosier, no less.
Finally Buy Tobacco Online, there's Trump's assault on an institution older than the country and accorded a special place in the Constitution -- the press. I'm a special pleader here, but with good reason. For without an unfettered press there is no democracy. There's Russia.
People fault the press today because much of it has chosen sides in the current political standoff. That has serious drawbacks -- overstatement and excessive partisanship-- but it's also further evidence that our American press is uniquely free.
We choose up sides and fight it out in public. Nothing's hidden. It's the way it should be.
Trump just can't handle that. He sees any criticism as "fake news," something he acquired personal familiarity with when, as "John Miller," he reportedly fed gossip glorifying himself to the New York tabloids. He has even criticized the press in general as "enemies of the people."
A dinner pal of mine singled me out personally one evening as an "enemy of the people." He was kidding, I'm sure. Well, I think he was kidding. I hope he was kidding.
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I'm here to report that 2017 was a lousy year. Sure, there were some good things. Well, a few good things. Senate race tops the list of victories for the good guys and decency, sanity and common sense.
But mostly the news of 2017 was bad. For long-term impact, the worst bad news was the all-out assault by the Trump crowd and its court jesters in Congress on some of the country's most revered institutions -- institutions that we rely on as sources of truth and stability and even-handedness and occasionally wisdom in turbulent times.
I mean the Justice Department and its Federal Bureau of Investigation; the CIA and the nation's assortment of intelligence agencies; the federal court system, and lastly the press.
Each has come under attack, usually unfounded and unjust, by the White House and its congressional coat-holders. For example, the White House refuses to accept the mountain of evidence amassed by our intelligence agencies that Vladimir Putin's minions interfered in the 2016 presidential election process Pack Of Cigarettes.
Trump says he has asked his pal Putin repeatedly if his hackers meddled in our election and Putin says, repeatedly, "Not us." Guess that takes care of that, eh?
Not really. It simply prompts the inescapable question: "Why believe Putin and not our intelligence services? What's Trump afraid of? Or what has Putin got that Trump wants Marlboro Black Menthol. . As they tell it, the bureau is a nest of Democrats. Could be. Then again, it might be a nest of Republicans, too.
Either way, it's no breach of law. Last I looked, no law prevented federal employees from supporting or even contributing to a political party. The Hatch Act, as I understand it, does forbid government employees from using their federal working hours for a political candidate or campaign. But beyond that, they're free, like the all Americans, to support the political party of their choice.
The real Trump target here is Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor, and his inquiry into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Trump's minions want to tarnish the Mueller effort as a "witch hunt" staffed by Democrats and Hillary Clinton partisans.
Mueller, a Republican deemed unimpeachable by leaders of both parties, did find one staffer who was publicly critical of Trump Cheap Cigarettes Near Me. But he promptly removed him.
So far, no "collusion" with the Russians has been found but Mueller's probe continues and Trump clearly fears that all that smoke might eventually produce some fire. It's time to tarnish Mueller -- or try.
Then there's the court system, perhaps the crown jewel in our democracy. Trump has wasted no time trashing it, especially those federal judges who've tossed out his clumsy attempts to bar Moslem immigrants.
And don't overlook the bigoted tirade he launched at a Latino federal judge handling a suit involving a Trump entity. Citing the judge's Mexican surname Price Of Cigarettes, Trump declared him obviously biased, ignoring the fact that guy was born in this country and lives in Indiana. A Hoosier, no less.
Finally Buy Tobacco Online, there's Trump's assault on an institution older than the country and accorded a special place in the Constitution -- the press. I'm a special pleader here, but with good reason. For without an unfettered press there is no democracy. There's Russia.
People fault the press today because much of it has chosen sides in the current political standoff. That has serious drawbacks -- overstatement and excessive partisanship-- but it's also further evidence that our American press is uniquely free.
We choose up sides and fight it out in public. Nothing's hidden. It's the way it should be.
Trump just can't handle that. He sees any criticism as "fake news," something he acquired personal familiarity with when, as "John Miller," he reportedly fed gossip glorifying himself to the New York tabloids. He has even criticized the press in general as "enemies of the people."
A dinner pal of mine singled me out personally one evening as an "enemy of the people." He was kidding, I'm sure. Well, I think he was kidding. I hope he was kidding.
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