Observations: The Qando Podcast

Roseanne Barr got herself fired for an intemperate personal tweet. Meanwhile, Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a c*nt on national TV, but she's fine. Black voters seem to be more well-disposed towards the Trump Administration, while the Democrats' lead in the generic congressional polling has turned negative. Maybe the voters don't like Liberal busybodies telling them how to live any more than they like it when conservative busybodies do. We've let tariff restrictions expire for Canada, Mexico, and the EU. Welcome back Smoot-Hawley! At least, this time, Japan doesn't have a navy. The on-off-on again summit with Kim Jong-Un is back on. Trump made some pardons that seem to be a bit politically...pointed. Finally, the EPA was rocked by another financial scandal when it was revealed that the agency bought a dozen fountain pens at the going market price.