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Trump’s Choice for Acting Attorney General

Trump’s Choice for Acting Attorney General Trump’s Choice for Acting Attorney General

His qualifications don’t really exist. For Trump, though, appointing him didn’t seem odd. A bully, the man was involved in a scam. In other words, they’re like two peas in a pod.

Nov 22, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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The White House and the Caravan The White House and the Caravan

Invasion by tired and poor but not white! We’ll stop them, Trump tells us, of that there’s no doubt. The troops have been sent. Will the Air Force be next? And nuclear weapons—have…

Nov 8, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Voting ballot box

The GOP and Voter Suppression The GOP and Voter Suppression

Amidst all the campaigning babble, One strategy’s always worth noting: To keep them from voting against us We simply need keep them from voting,…

Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Trump Kim hand on back

Donald ❤ Kim Donald ❤ Kim

Trump now says he’s in love with Kim Jong-un. In that seduction, Kim Jong-un was speedy. Some ego-stroking letters did the trick. It’s really simple when a man’s that needy.

Oct 18, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh

The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh

If the Federal Bureau had been no more thorough Than that when it was in charge, All the federal pens would have cell blocks left empty, And Dillinger’d still be at large.

Oct 11, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Brett Kavanaugh testifies

Kavanaugh’s Testimony Kavanaugh’s Testimony

He whined, he bullied and he wept— Behaving like an unhinged lout. The White House saw a grand display— Judicial temperament throughout.

Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault

Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault

She didn’t file a police report When claims were fresh and could be tracked. And, by the way, the same is true Of all those chicks that I attacked.

Sep 27, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Trump Oval Office Hands Raised

White House Revelations White House Revelations

It’s all just a plot by the “deep state,” he says, To bring down a man who they always have hated. These leakers of course were appointed by him. He faces a deep state that he has…

Sep 14, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

John Mccain Casket

Comparison Comparison

“Trump Rejected Plans for a White House Statement Praising John McCain.” —Headline, The Washington Post One person’s a hero for how he endured The hell with which he was beset. T…

Aug 30, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Manafort and Gates

Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates

Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…

Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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