As the 2020 presidential horserace heats up on the Dem side we, good handicappers and former jockeys that we are, bring you the latest odds and intel on the nomination. This is an update to an earlier piece from a couple of months ago. We’ll continue the process as warranted.
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When the last presidential election was cranking up, the Republican Party had a plethora of potential candidates. Some were very capable, some not so much. There were so many choices that the debates were divided into two tiers.
All in all, seventeen candidates were vying for the top spot at the table. First-tier candidates included Bush,…
Speaker of the National Herpetarium Nancy Pelosi told the president several days ago not to address Congress for the annual State of the Union (SOTU) speech because she can’t guarantee his security. DHS and Secret Service say there is no problem and they can fulfill their mission as usual. The president then issued the hilarious cancellation…
We’ve all read over the last couple of days how the president, out of his own pocket, treated the Clemson Tigers, the National College Football champions, to a fast-food feast at the White House. Wendy’s, Dominos, and McDonald’s fare was on hand and the Clemson QB liked it. He called the trip "awesome."
Seems innocent, right?…
If you’ve been looking forward to President Trump’s State of the Union address, you might be out of luck. Nancy Pelosi has refused to invite Trump to Congress, meaning he won’t be able to give the speech, at least not in the House chamber. The speech was expected to be delivered on January 29th, but…
If the Democratic Party and its leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer thought things were bad, they haven’t even begun to face their upcoming greatest battle. It will be President Trump’s next United States Supreme Court nomination, and they are powerless to do anything about it. President Trump is almost sure to get at least…
As I wrote this the president was on the southern border in Texas doing what successful pols do: showing, not orating. In fact, that’s where his recent speech should have been produced. Walking along the border flanked by Border Patrol agents, using talking points but not a script, would have been a helluva lot better…
This last Friday we heard about the meeting President Donald Trump had with Congressional leaders about the government shutdown and funding for the southern border barrier. It was interesting to listen to the different characterizations of the meeting depending on who was commenting. When the Democrats came to the podium, they said the meeting was…
After the departure of Jim Mattis, a great Marine and SecDef, perhaps we ought to give another type of Jarhead a try. Mattis is a man whose entire life has been devoted to the military and service to his country. While admirable in the extreme, sadly no one is taking any hills today in the…
We’ve all read in the news about Mitt Romney’s petulant little swipe at the president in The Washington Post. Apparently Mittens, still upset that a mere Queens street thug like Trump has hijacked the party from the exalted clutches of his genteel band of losers, feels it’s appropriate, in the Post no less, to trash the…
Lt. Gen. Austin Scott Miller has been chosen as the next commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. He is the 17th commander to oversee Afghanistan operations. Troops that deploy to Afghanistan usually serve anywhere from 180 days to a year, depending on military specialty or MOS. This constant rotation of troops was started back during…
Senator Mitt Romney made a lot of noise back in 2016, being one of the most outspoken critics of then-GOP nominee Donald Trump. Now, in a scathing op-ed written for The Washington Post, Romney upped the ante, likely setting the tone to his approach to the Senate.
Romney made it clear in his op-ed that he…
Supposedly, New Jersey’s attorney general has evidence that the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster issued fake social security numbers and green cards to undocumented workers. Anibal Romero, who is acting as counsel for several undocumented immigrants, claims to possess evidence that her clients were issued fake documents at the Trump National Golf Course.
Allegedly, Romero…
Let me set this straight. If you have read any of the many articles I have authored here at OpsLens.com or looked at my Bio on Our Team, you will see that I am a hawk. Always have been. To me, the objective many times can be correctly answered by the proper use of force.…
In a previous article, I wrote about the effects that have happened when countries have confiscated or banned private gun ownership. That article sparked comments on how such a thing could never happen in the U.S. But for years, there has been a movement to restrict private gun ownership. Granted, no outright ban has been enacted,…
This last week in the yuletide there has been stirrings of mirth, sadness, and a hard recognition of reality amongst media outlets that, if you follow politics and especially if you’re a conservative, have been institutions for quite a long time. Santa has different things in store to place in the stockings of The Weekly…
The Veterans Administration hospital system has been under fire for as long as I can remember. They certainly have had their share of mishaps and scandals. From false waiting lists to canceled appointments that may have even cost some veterans their lives to just plain dishonesty, the VA has seen rough times.
Not to go too…
In the first of this series we chronicled the 2019 challenges facing Ukraine, Russia, and France and their effect on U.S. interests. As French President Emmanuel Macron faces a no confidence vote in his Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, we’ll keep an eye on France and report back forthwith.
Today, actually tonight, just a couple of…
So we hear today that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen received a three-year sentence after a guilty plea over actions involving the president. Various pundits are now sure that this path will lead to an indictment of the president either by the Manhattan-based U.S. attorney, the Mueller team, or the attorney general of New York.…
As we head into 2019 Europe is at its most tumultuous for many decades. Though major war is not imminent, internal and external challenges abound. So, in this, the first in a series of pieces, let me regress to my former role as an intelligence analyst and give you a sitrep on the current situation…
From the Donald Trump administration comes a report claiming U.S. natural disasters were being made worse by global warming. That report was released on Friday, November 23, 2018. Three days later, President Trump said that he did not believe the findings of that report.
This is huge! We have the will of the people, our elected…
Monday the Ukrainian parliament voted, at its president’s suggestion, to impose martial law in the country for thirty days in response to provocative Russian naval actions near the Kerch Strait. The strait is the only outlet for Ukrainian ships to pass into the Black Sea. Three ships were taken and six sailors wounded by the…