CNN Poll: Six in 10 Americans say Trump doesn’t deserve a second term. Fewer said the same of Obama or George W. Bush at the same stage of their presidencies. https://t.co/rjvv755jrk pic.twitter.com/0A0DZRqLsi — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 10, 2019
Breaking News From CNN
Trump and John Bolton got into a heated argument Monday, according to two people familiar with what happened, over the President’s plan to host Taliban leaders at Camp David. Follow live updates: https://t.co/uTc6MPDsVP pic.twitter.com/Ev0gXI3ZdI — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 10, 2019
Breaking News From CNN
President Trump fires John Bolton and says he “strongly disagreed” with many of his national security adviser’s suggestions https://t.co/2WMkL2Uhhn pic.twitter.com/BOwNi8XoXi — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 10, 2019
Bolton Gone
And of course, we learn this by tweet: ….I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2019 I suspect this may have something to do with all the leaks … Read More
NC-9 Special Election Today Is A Bellwether
Remember North Carolina 9th District? They are having a special election today. Remember why? If not, here’s what happened… Essentially, there was a a ballot fraud scandal which led the state elections board earlier this year to invalidate the 2018 results and overturn what had appeared to be a Republican victory In February, the state election board, after hearing four days … Read More
Trump Destroying National Security Apparatus As CIA Loses Critical Asset Due To Trump
The Washington Post has the goods on the spy who came out of the cold: In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials. The operation, known as an exfiltration, followed mounting concerns among U.S. officials that the individual could be … Read More
Nothing To Do With Me?
NYT: WASHINGTON — Back in 2014, soon after acquiring a golf resort in Scotland, Donald J. Trump entered a partnership with a struggling local airport there to increase air traffic and boost tourism in the region. The next year, as Mr. Trump began running for president, the Pentagon decided to ramp up its use of that same airport to refuel … Read More
Breaking News From CNN
President Trump says evacuees will need “totally proper documentation” to enter the US from the Bahamas, where dozens of people died, hundreds are missing and 70,000 are homeless in the wake of Hurricane Dorian https://t.co/1nm2NgvTtv pic.twitter.com/GpQgsPUFdP — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 9, 2019
This Won’t Fly
Not the answer: The White House is considering a controversial proposal to study whether mass shootings could be prevented by monitoring mentally ill people for small changes that might foretell violence. Former NBC Chairman Bob Wright, a longtime friend and associate of President Trump’s, has briefed top officials, including the president, the vice president and Ivanka Trump, on a proposal to create … Read More
She’s Back
A blast from the past reboots herself…. Note: while the testosterone-filled ad might be pretty cool, Plame herself might have some issues to deal with.
I Got Nothing
Sometimes Trump does shit that is so alarming that you just can’t get your head around it. Here are Trump’s tweets on… well, read them. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday. They were coming to the United States tonight. Unfortunately, … Read More
Trump Turnberry Resort Brings Emoluments Clause Back Into Focus
Hmmmmm: The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump’s Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby. The review comes as additional instances of military personnel staying at Trump properties have been uncovered. The C-17 crew’s … Read More
Whither Weather
Last week, I largely avoided the controversy about Trump and Hurricane Dorian, mostly because it was such a small thing that I didn’t believe it would turn into a big thing. But that, of course, is why the Hurricane Dorian controversy — or “Sharpiegate” — is actually relevant: it shows the chaotic and psychotic nature of Trump, who was unwilling … Read More
Weekly List 147
This week is not the longest list with Congress out on summer break for the sixth and final week, but it is perhaps the most alarming in terms of the irreverent authoritarian actions by Trump, who continues to push boundaries having suffered no consequences for anything yet. Examples of his power base expanding were reported, including the Pentagon refusing to … Read More
Breaking News From CNN
President Trump says he canceled a secret meeting at Camp David tomorrow with Taliban leaders and Afghanistan’s President https://t.co/sm3oQsx27c pic.twitter.com/CduzGMpzni — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 7, 2019