LATE AFTERNOON RANT

You know we are in for some sad times when Ben Carson is mentioned as HuD Secretary and that can be considered good news.

Dr. Painter,the chief ethicist in George W. Bush's White House legal Office, raised question on local WTOP that Trump was going to be in violation of the emolument classes in the Constitution if he did not liquidate his holdings,including his D.C. Hotel. 

Rep. Amash of Michigan (Republican) raised the issue yesterday of Trump's foreign holdings. 

Conservatives like the National Review have raised concerns about General Mike Flynn for his extremism. Unfortunately,there is not much you can do about it.

But there is on Mike Pompeo, designated head of the CIA. Rep.Pompeo was part of the Benghazi cheerleading squad. He also supports Torture. You can let your representative know you oppose him and urge them to vote against his confirmation.

There is absolutely no reason to vote Democratic if they don't stop Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III from becoming the attorney-general. He wants to gut the Civil Rights office ala George W. and end enforcement of Voting Rights. John Ashcroft yesterday said he saw nothing wrong with Sessions. 

The Obama market is at 19,000. Remember the poor author who wrote the 20,000 market and then we got the Bush Depression? Obama is going to get us there.

Has anyone caught the change is our discourse. Now we are reading articles about the dollar and the market. Better resist now while the issues are still fresh.

Trump did a video of his 1st 100 days. He will withdraw from TPP. This brought an onslaught of reaction from Australia,Japan and even China. He said he would negotiate a series of bilateral agreements--by the way they already exist except for Vietnam.

He also said he would review the visa process. And start securing the border--what about the Wall?

Overall pretty weak tea. This morning his spokeswoman said he would not pursue prosecution of Hillary Clinton. Last I looked it isn't up to him. Rep. Chaffetz wants to continue to waste our money on his investigation. Kellyanne Conways said Trump's message would be a strong signal to Congress. 

It seems to me that resistance has to be on multiple levels. You have Trump and his nominees and policies and you have the Republicans and their crazy policies, which sometimes are separate. 

The NAACP, God Bless Them, are taking up the fight against Sessions. They also have the built-in D.C. corps of lobbyists to make their voice heard.

Nancy Pelosi has sent out messages that the Democrats are united against privatizing Medicare. 

Democratic Senators have raised where is the Replace Place to repeal Obamacare. Senator Schatz from Hawaii suggested the GOP just fix Obamacare and call it another name. CEOS from healthcare companies sent a letter to Trump that a replacement is necessary before any repeal discussion.

Trita Parsi of NIAC, an Iranian-American organization, told the Majority news that Iran likes business-minded leaders rather than Democrats like Hillary Clinton because they think a deal can be made. Parsi noted all the regime change people around Trump but noted that Trump's complaint against the Iran nuclear deal was that Americans couldn't do business with Iran. It was suggested the mullahs give him Trump Tehran for the peace.

But then again this afternoon a Trump surrogate said the Donald was prepared to fight WWIII.Now against whom this person wouldn't say.

A federal judge rejected my idea of just appointing Merrick Garland without a vote from Congress. Now I suggest appointing him during Christmas recess. It will be litigated and we many lose. But we gain a year with a slightly left Supreme Court. I'll take it.

President Obama is setting the record this afternoon for awarding the Medal of Freedom. Among the recipients are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Ellen Degeneres, Michael Jordan,among many others.

I'll be really lonesome when he goes.