The Golden Globes last night were the first major awards ceremony to be held since the sexual harassment accusations against Harvey Weinstein were revealed. You could almost draw a direct line from #MeToo and Time’s Up (the anti-harassment initiative sponsored by powerful Hollywood women) to many of the evening’s most memorable moments, Without doubt, the most memorable moment came from … Read More
Congress Makes First Criminal Referral To DOJ In Trump-Russia Scandal — And It Is Steele!
This is, uh, bullshit. Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a senior committee member, told the Justice Department they had reason to believe that a former British spy, Christopher Steele, lied to federal authorities about his contacts with reporters regarding information in the dossier, and they urged the … Read More
New York Times With More Info On Trump-Russia Scandal and Comey Firing
Although much of the media is focussed on the allegations in Michael Wolff’s new book Fire and Fury, the New York Times let loose with an important article last night. Michael S. Schmidt’s report in the New York Times contains so many blockbusters that it’s hard to know where to begin. Here are the most critical claims: Special counsel Robert S. Mueller … Read More
Firestorm Over Fire And Fury Book
Katy Tur has a warning: A note of caution on Fire and Fury pic.twitter.com/o9OzV7ltWm — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018 Author Note 1/3 pic.twitter.com/555fXUyc4W — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018 2/3 pic.twitter.com/5dSpVmLB80 — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018 3/3 pic.twitter.com/YkhreQpEpA — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018 That is good to keep in mind. However, that is … Read More
Manafort Sues Mueller
This day continues to be bizarre. Manafort is suing the Department of Justice, and names Rosenstein and Mueller as defendants, claiming that Mueller acted outside his authority by indicting him. This is an extremely unusual move. If an indictment can be challenged legally, typically the defendant files a motion to dismiss the indictment as part of the criminal case. It’s … Read More
Bannon Turns On Trump In Russia Scandal… And Other Related News From A New Trump Tell-All
Two big developments in Trump-Russia scandal world: (1) In a New York Times op-ed, the CEOs of Fusion GPS (the opposition research firm that did oppo research on Trump resulting in the Steele dossier) made it clear that the FBI investigation into Trump did NOT come about as a result of the dossier, giving lie to the propaganda pushed by … Read More
Trump Takes To Twitter And Causes 25th Amendment Discussions
He doesn’t drink, but Trump was in his cups last night. There was this: And the natural almost universal response was (to put it mildly)… “Is THIS your job?” Then, THIS appeared on Fox News… … and TWO MINUTES LATER, Trump takes to Twitter to tweet a nuclear threat, plus make veiled references to his dick: The latter tweet has … Read More
Congressional Republicans Are Working To Bury Trump-Russia Investigations
Aside from the saber-rattling with North Korea, and the attempts to delegitimize institutions, perhaps the most troubling trend to come from the Trump Administration so far are the efforts by many Republicans in Congress to prevent a full accounting of Russia’s interference in our election and any possible Trump campaign conspiracy with it. This is particularly true in he House … Read More