For those who might have paid attention to some of the things I have said in the past, you will note a fairly common thread: don’t jump to conclusions when you first read a headline - wait until you have more facts. Today …… ….more and more Trump supporters are muting themselves after ridiculous rants following the execution of the Mar-A-Lago search warrant. No longer are you hearing “defund the FBI.” Instead there is an effort to search for the smallest ray of hope…

In response to the outcry over the SCOTUS decision to let a draconian Texas law banning abortions after only 6 weeks & allowing publicly sanctioned vigilantes to enforce the law, Alabama’s governor decides to try and justify the unjustifiable. Well…

alreporter.com/2021/09/14/opi… ….you’re only part right @govivey - empowering women does not have to be inconsistent with protecting the unborn, but sadly it usually is, primarily because you and your colleagues in the male dominated AL legislature, just like Texas, make it inconsistent.

Please bear with me and read the full thread. As I expected the 1/6 Select Committee is devolving into the same partisan bickering too often seen in DC these days. I was all in for an independent commission, but frankly somewhat opposed to a Select Committee for fear that it …

https://twitter.com/aldotcom/status/1418422021579546624

… would devolve into a partisan circus & the findings would be lost or ignored. I hate to be proven right but these folks are so predictable.That said, with McCarthy pulling out, the remaining committee members have a real opportunity to do something meaningful. Here’s how: …

THREAD: Hi folks, @realdonaldtrump’s tweet about soybeans today got me thinking about how much misinformation is out there about many of his recent tariffs.

Let’s take a look at the facts, shall we? Join me for #Trade101. Tariffs = a tax on a particular class of imports or exports. Commodity = a mass-produced unspecialized product — this is important because it means it can be produced ANYWHERE.