David Waldman

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | David Waldman

And not just any Wednesday, either. It’s Trade War with China Wednesday!Greg Dworkin and I will attempt to analyze the impact on the price of Chinese food this Christmas. And whatever comes in between now and then. Of course, there’s still an endless supply of other, equally outrageous stories to catch up with. But just because we know what they are doesn’t guarantee we’ll have the time we need to digest them.

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | David Waldman

In an unusual turn of events, Monday was just as chaotic as the weekend. Mostly because stock markets don’t trade on Saturday and Sunday, and this was the first chance they had to vomit during proper operating hours. It was also the first day back in court for the latest round of emergency cases surrounding the administration’s kidnapping activities. We’ll have a lot of catching up to do on that.

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | David Waldman

Trump was away on a long weekend, distracted by extra golf, which is just fine! These days, he tends only to make weekend “news” when he blabs to reporters on his way to and from his weekend jaunts. So that’s still really only the length of two flights. He used to cause more trouble on weekends, but now he’s semi-retired and semi-out-of-it.

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | David Waldman

Welcome to this very special Friday edition of KITM!Usually, on Fridays, Trump is preparing to jet out of town for yet another golf weekend, so there’s not much happening in the way of official stuff. The “news” comes later, when he walks out on his way to the helicopter, or blabs to the press on the plane. But this week, Trump knocked off early! After crashing the economy, he took off on Thursday for a longer-than-usual golfing weekend.

2 weeks ago | dailykos.com | David Waldman

Because The Donald waited until after the markets closed yesterday to announce the “details” of his tariff “plan,” Greg Dworkin had to wait until this morning to chime in on the results. And even though in the modern age there’s trading done at all hours, all around the world, we still had to wait until 9:30 for The Old Man’s version of “the market” to open. But we knew it was gonna be bad. For everyone and everything (except Russia). How could it have been otherwise?