You always have to question the veracity of exclusive reports like this, and the unnamed sources. We don’t know who they are, or if they are knowledgeable. But here goes. From CNN: President Donald Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, nor was he told about the 2016 Trump Tower … Read More
The Blue Dye Theory
Seems like every news outlet is discussing the fact that Manafort’s lawyers shared information with Trump lawyers — specifically, Manafort has insight into what Mueller knows, and he’s sharing it with Trump (via the lawyers). My first reaction was “So what?” This happens all the time, especially when there are several potential targets of criminal wrongdoing. There’s nothing illegal with … Read More
Another Mueller Investigation Bombshell Drops — Ties Corsi And Stone To Assange
NBC: Two months before WikiLeaks released emails stolen from the Clinton campaign, right-wing conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi sent an email to former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone anticipating the document dump, according to draft court papers obtained by NBC News.“Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps,” Corsi wrote on Aug. 2, 2016, referring to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to … Read More
What’s With The Bandage On Trump’s Arm? Inquiring Minds Want To Know!
Trump Motor Skills, Coordination, Tremor. Trump wearing bandage with wires on left arm at Mar-A-Lago.That combined with his stumbling on way to the podium in France, sitting with his hands tucked, and drinking water with 2 hands.indicates a tremor & other coordination issues. pic.twitter.com/qvfhgTeWtc — Maria Lorraine (@MariaLorraine_) November 26, 2018 Stumbling and coordination issues point to many things. One … Read More
Breaking: Manafort Colluded
Last night: Prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III said Monday that Paul Manafort breached his plea agreement, accusing President Trump’s former campaign chairman of lying repeatedly to them in their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.Manafort denied doing so intentionally, but both sides agreed in a court filing that U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of … Read More
Trump <> Obama
Pres. Trump: “Obama had a separation policy; we all had the same policy” Reporter: “You did not” Pres. Trump: “I tried to do it differently, but Obama had a separation policy” Reporter: “Sir, it was different — you decided to prosecute everyone at the border" pic.twitter.com/KOdgXWGLQN — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 26, 2018 Remarkable exchange. It’s remarkable in that Trump … Read More
Trump Wanted DOJ To Prosecute Hillary Clinton and James Comey Because Of Course He Did
NY Times “bombshell”: President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president, saying that … Read More
Trump Gives MBS A Thanksgiving Pardon
BREAKING: Trump says he’s taking no new punitive measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of US-based Saudi columnist. — The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2018 Trump on MBS/Khashoggi: “Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe … Read More
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Asylum Ban
A federal judge is once again standing in the way of Donald Trump’s illegal orders—this time his proclamation blocking people who cross the southern border between ports of entry from applying for asylum: “Whatever the scope of the president’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,” Tigar wrote in his opinion. … Read More
Trump Insanity Mocked By Seth Meyers
Raking forest floors, dissing war heroes, complaining about Osama bin Laden captures — I can’t deal with the man’s tweets today. So Seth will…
But Her Emails
It is hard to fathom how stupid Ivanka Trump must be. To do this after her father railed against Hillary Clinton for so long…. Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a … Read More
Facebook’s Attempt To Clean Up “Fake News” Was a Huge Fail
The Guardian sums it up: Facebook hired a PR firm that attempted to discredit the company’s critics by claiming they were agents of billionaire George Soros, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Soros is a Jewish philanthropist who is the frequent subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories. At the same time, the social media company urged the Anti-Defamation League to object to a cartoon … Read More
Is Mueller Squeezing Trump?
For the past several days, several news outlets have noted the gloomy angry Trump and a dysfunctional White House. Even I commented on it here. The conventional wisdom is that Trump is pissed that his full-on efforts in the 2018 campaign failed miserably. And they did. Just yesterday, as the ballots are still being counted, three MORE Democrats won seats … Read More
The Country Turned Upside Down
The dysfunction of the White House — both internally and externally — cannot be understated. Some days it is just better to step back and take a photo of it from afar. Historians, this is a day with virtually NO breaking news…. Digby: Trump feels betrayed by all those Republicans who failed to win and made him look like a … Read More
Angry Trump To Fire More People?
There are several reports alleging that Trump is about to shit-can chief baby-cager Kirstjen Nielsen and possibly her mentor John Kelly too. Nielsen’s ass is in the hot seat because it turns out that even monstrous treatment of desperate people won’t stop them from trying to escape the intolerable conditions in their home countries. We’ve heard these reports before — especially about … Read More