Dumb of the Week

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

There is way too much Dumb in the world (and closer to home) to fit into this remnant space, but that seems to be the case every week.

I could write about how a handful of feckless Democrats caved on their steadfast resolution to protect Affordable Care Act tax subsidies, effectively ending the government shutdown by giving Republicans exactly what they wanted. Get ready for your insurance premiums to skyrocket.

I could write about how the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on a lower court ruling requiring SNAP benefits to be paid for November. It’s telling when a president is actively fighting against helping to feed people who need help.

I could write about how new emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, author Michael Wolff and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell released by the House Oversight Committee Nov. 12 claimed President Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” and called Trump the “dog that hasn’t barked,” and said Trump spent “hours at my [Epstein’s] house,” with one of the alleged sex trafficking victims.

I could write about these and a hundred other topics, but I’m out of space, so I’ll just gesture broadly around at… everything.