Due to technical issues, my weekly appearance on Halitics (YouTube videocast) had me doing only audio, depriving America of my pretty face. But there was much to discuss. Ezra Klein’s lead story in the Sunday NY Times Opinion section advocated for the Democrats not funding the coming spending bill, giving the party a chance to stir things up and make some deals with the GOP, and with the public paying attention, talk about future Democratic Party policies.

Last March, Schumer gave in and received a lot of criticism. Hal and I agreed the Democrats should not be complicit with Trump and the GOP’s disastrous policies, and use the attention to make a deal as well as to make their case to the American people.

We also discussed a Thom Hartmann article about Trump blowing up a boat and killing 11 people in international waters near Venezuela. The Trump Administration claimed these men were bringing drugs to America. How do we know this? There is no evidence, no congressional approval, and no international authorization. This was murder, but Trump knows he won’t be held accountable because the Supreme Court has granted him immunity for crimes committed while in office, and there is no international court that will step in. This something fascist dictators can get away with. Let’s face it, everybody is afraid of Donald Trump, and no one can stop him from doing whatever he wants.