[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into a riff about how terrible our infrastructure is.
Kevin DrumIf you donโt want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.
Kevin DrumThey [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.
Kevin DrumI think [Hillary] Clinton owes the press some thanks for going so far overboard on the emails and the Clinton Foundation over the past year.
Kevin DrumIโm just some white guy in California, and nobody in Flint is going to pay any attention to what Iโm saying. I donโt blame them. Nor do doctors want to publicly agree with me, because nobody wants to downplay the effects of lead poisoning. I get that too. I can already imagine the number of tweets and emails Iโm going to get demanding to know why I think Flint is no big deal.
Kevin Drum