Corruption, Mandate, Recount, Soc Sec, Medicare, Medicaid

  • At Stinque, nojo grasps at anecdotal not-quite-evidence of a movement of Trump supporters to lock up a former Presidential candidate – – just not Hillary.
     
  • Last Of The Millenniums brings to the table a petty illustration of what corruption awaits the nation in the next administration
     
  • Donald Trump says that conflicts of interest can’t really exist if the President is the one engaging in setting policy for his own gain. Capt. Fogg at Human Voices examines Title 18 Section 208 of the U.S. code and thinks after Mr. Trump becomes President, he may indeed be legally free to engage in financial corruption.
     
  • Tommy Christopher, at Shareblue, seems skeptical about the election “mandate” claimed by the Trump campaign staff, especially considering the size of Hillary Clinton’s lead among voters.
     
  • Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged, doesn’t think a recount in strategic states will affect the Presidential result, but is still grateful to Green candidate Jill Stein for insisting on the reappraisal and confirmation.
     
  • Iron Knee at Political Irony notices that the Trump campaign has altered its websight. The promise not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid has been quietly removed.
     
  • Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is of special interest to those of us in Missouri. Before President Bush appointed him to lead the Justice department, he was our former Senator. He was defeated for re-election to the Senate by the deceased Mel Carnahan, who remained on the ballot after his death in a plane crash.
     
    Jon Perr at PERRspectives reports on Mr. Ashcroft’s strange defense of Donald Trump’s presumed choice for his Attorney General. The well documented racist incidents from the past of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions are dismissed as “30-year-old falsehoods” and “baseless attacks”. Really?