Three Things: It’s All About the Cable, Mabel. Oh, and the Mooch
It’s not often we have so many stories related to cable television making headlines on the same day. And then Scaramucci’s exit blew it up. This is an open thread.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Meditations: What Is this Thing? Examining Trump-Russia
/49 Comments/in Russian hacks, Trump Administration/by RayneGiven what is before us, all that we know as fact about Trump-Russia, what is this thing?
Three *More* Things: Tarsmacked, Shuffled and Screwed?
/56 Comments/in Congress, Trump Administration/by RayneIt’s a mid-summer Friday, damn it all; time to play golf, right? Apparently not before stirring up the hornets’ nest. Yet another open thread.
Three Things: In the Debris Field After Health Care ‘Freedom’ Act
/30 Comments/in Congress, Health Policy, Trump Administration/by RayneSome bits related to ‘the show’ late last night on the Senate floor, and not. This is an open thread.
Three Things: #KillTheBill, Kill It Dead, Die Already [UPDATED]
/41 Comments/in Congress, Health Policy/by RayneDo NOT let yourself be distracted by any other shiny, obnoxious objects. Tens of millions of Americans’ lives — perhaps your own — depend on your focus.
Three Things: Killing Oil, Too Money, Kaspersky’s World
/32 Comments/in Cybersecurity, Economics, Energy Policy/by RayneThe end of oil lies ahead; an all-first class plane; Kaspersky AV going world wide for free. This is an open thread.
A Sword Never Kills: The Trump Administration’s Increasing Deadliness
/54 Comments/in Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, Trump Administration/by Rayne“A sword never kills,” said Seneca the Younger. It’s not the sword leaving death in trailers and elsewhere.
Call to Action: Senate Vote Ahead – Stop Trumpcare
/6 Comments/in Congress, Domestic Policy, Health Policy/by RayneA procedural vote — possible the first of a series of votes — is expected tomorrow on the latest Senate-generated iteration of Repeal-and-Replace-ACA. Let’s kill it now.
Trumpnami: Someone Tsurfed the News Tsunami?
/21 Comments/in Press and Media, Trump Administration/by RayneWhile we were floundering in Friday’s Trumpnami deluge, did you notice someone special surfing the wave? This is an open thread.
Trumpnami: Good Luck Staying Ahead of That
/32 Comments/in Congress, Mueller Probe, Trump Administration/by Rayne‘That’ — I can’t even come up with a family-friendly term for the tsunami of crap Trump set in motion this week. This is an open thread.