Current Affairs

…a supposed supporter of Donald Trump. However, as this analysis shows, the account fails to pass the smell test.

Folks, when Barack Obama was President, I never took much notice of the activities of Michelle Obama. That was because, as I recall, her name was not on the ballot in the two Presidential elections.
I similarly take relatively little notice of the activities of Melania Trump, for the same reason. I would have to say that my level of interest in the family of the current POTUS is slightly higher, but only for the reason that the current POTUS seems to think that it is OK for him to have family members take his place at sessions of international summits with other country leaders. As far as I can recall, this did not happen under the previous POTUS. It is also, in geopolitical and government management terms, a Really Bad Idea.
As for the weird concept of the wives of Presidents being “classy” or not “classy”, well, I never heard a male person described as “classy” in the same context, which makes me think that the idea of “class” in this context is a male judgment. In other words, so what?
As I said at the outset, I don’t generally vote for political candidates based in any way on the image or superficial behavior of their spouses. Maybe when a politician tries to run for office while married to a paroled axe-murderer I will take a slightly different view, but not at this time.

…brings a new complexity to the phrase “it’s complicated”…

…courtesy of the ACLU, which has filed an Amicus Brief in support of the defendants to coal business owner Bob Murray’s attempt to silence media outlets because They Are Mean To Him.

…then you eliminate your credibility as a participant in global treaties.

If Trump tears up Iran Deal even though Iran is complying, why would China or DPRK think he'd stick to a nuclear deal on Korean Peninsula? https://t.co/3GvaykEfIx

— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) August 1, 2017

This should not be difficult to understand. However, the POTUS either has not understood this, or does not care.

This overview shows the various waves of immigration, driven by differing imperatives and events.
History also shows us that anti-immigrant sentiment in the USA is not exactly a new development. The insurgent candidacy of Millard Fillmore was driven by anti-immigration sentiment, that netted him 22% of the popular vote in the 1856 Presidential election.

…in which a group of police on what was probably an illegal raid decided that since they thought they had destroyed the surveillance cameras, they would, um, let their guard down. Not noticing that there was a backup surveillance system.
The courts were not impressed.

Somebody collects the most jaw-dropping legal advice questions from Reddit.

If this poll is a fair reflection of the views of self-identified Republicans, this is frightening. It is communicating the message that 45% of the self-identified Republicans polled have no intrinsic respect for the principles of free speech as implemented in the First Amendment.
I am going to lay this out here. The idea of the First Amendment is that the government does not get to disallow or censor speech simply because it does not like what is being said. Closing media outlets is in total conflict with that principle. If you think that the idea of shutting down media outlets that you don’t like is OK, you are an enabler for totalitarianism and fascism.