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
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
CNN Sues Trump For Barring Jim Acosta
This is a fight that Trump probably wants, since the “Fake News” — in particular, CNN — is a punching bag he likes to use. CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House. The lawsuit is a response to … Read More
The Psychology of Trump Supporters
Wow. This is too good NOT to post here. It hits it all. From Raw Story: It should be strongly emphasized that not all Trump supporters are racist, mentally vulnerable, or fundamentally bad people. It can be detrimental to society when those with degrees and platforms try to demonize their political opponents or paint them as mentally ill when they … Read More
It Really Looks Like The Elections Hit Trump Hard
Either that, or he is not well. It is worth noticing this series of events over the last week: Trump held a news conference after the midterm elections in which his affect was clearly depressed, until he engaged in a confrontation with CNN’s Jim Acosta. The president traveled to Paris to take part in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the … Read More
Trump’s Eyes
How Trump looks at allies versus Putin This was in France this weekend as world leaders gathered to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War One. The overseas trip, largely ceremonial for everyone, was a complete disaster for Trump, starting with his failure to show up because of rain: On Sunday, in unrelenting rain, more than … Read More
Are We Overly-Concerned About Whitaker?
Whitaker as Trump’s new Attorney General. Yes, there is cause for concern since he is a Trump loyalist, but I may be in the minority here in thinking that it is not the “red alert” that others make it to be. Here’s why: (1) Opining on TV and print about how the Mueller investigation could or should be curtailed is … Read More