At this week’s G-20 summit in Germany, one subject the world’s most powerful leaders are discussing is why Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman did not cooperate with U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials as they investigated cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee, President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter this morning. He did not explain why Podesta, who did not work … Read More
U.S. Government Ethics Chief Resigns
Because of course. Being the ethics chief in the Trump Administration must be a thankless and busy job. And clearly, Shaub took a swipe at Trump in the second paragraph there. Shaub clashed with the White House over and over again regarding financial conflicts of interest, Kellyanne Conway promoting Ivanka’s jewelry, Hatch Act violations, etc. He was always ignored. Shaub … Read More
Trump Doesn’t Consider Intelligence Agencies To Be On His Team
This is a very interesting exchange between a reporter and President Trump in Poland earlier today: .@HallieJackson: “You THINK it was Russia, your intelligence agencies say it WAS Russia, why won’t you say it was?” https://t.co/uUyeTu9chV — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 6, 2017 Note Trump’s response to Hallie Jackson. He notes the reports that 17 intelligence agencies said it was … Read More
Did CNN Blackmail The Trump/CNN Wrestling GIF Creator?
This is a 21st century story. Future historians won’t be able to make sense of this. So after Trump tweeted a GIF of himself in his days as an occasional WWE character tackling and beating a wrestler with the CNN logo edited onto his face…. #FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 … CNN found the Reddit user who … Read More
It’s Not Just The President That Sucks: It’s The Institution He Is Degrading
This NY op-ed is timely. We should remember that this is not merely a bad president, but one who is destroying the institution and norms. It comes on a day when another publication, The Hill, informs that 70% of the U.S. population believes that civility has gotten WORSE since Trump took office. It comes on a day after a weekend … Read More
The First Hard Evidence of Collusion
And it comes from the staunch conservative outlet, The Wall Street Journal. New: GOP operative sought Clinton emails from Russian hackers, implied he was working with Mike Flynn. https://t.co/25qjKRRYRA — Shane Harris (@shaneharris) June 29, 2017 WSJ writes: Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from … Read More
The Blackmail of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzenzski
The fallout from Trump’s Twitter attack yesterday on TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzenzski (mostly the latter) continues, and it doesn’t go well for Trump. The couple wrote a devastating op-ed in WaPo, the title of which says it all: They are quite right — Donald Trump is not well. I question whether he ever was. But it is what … Read More
Healthcare Update
Yesterday was a strange news day and not just because of the Trump’s tweets about Morning Joe. I want to cover much of it, and it is going to take a couple of posts. First, healthcare. The Senate Health Care bill looks dead. McConnell wanted to get the Senate bill, BCRA, passed before the July 4 extended break. He wanted … Read More
I Wonder Why Trump Gets Negative Press
This morning: This, apparently, is what set him off: Not too bad. I mean, it’s not like they claimed he wasn’t born in America. I guess it was the “little hands” thing that may have done it. Then again, maybe it was the fact that Hannity went after Joe last night. Who knows if related, but @seanhannity did monologue last … Read More
How’s “Energy Week” Going?
The White House said this was “Energy Week”, but it just seems to be more bad-news-on-healthcare week. The Ashford Zone’s correspondent*, Amy Da Luz is in Raleigh outside Senator Burr’s office at an anti-BCRA rally. It is a pretty decent turnout. * She doesn’t know she’s our correspondent. By the way, I wrote something large on Facebook which I will … Read More
Trump Again Tweets Against His Self-Interest
The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 Sooooo…… is Trump finally admitting that Russia meddled? Because he rarely admits that. Maybe this says it best: Let me get this right: Trump says Obama colluded/obstructed by … Read More
All Hail ACHA 2.0
Well, after weeks of secrecy, the Senate version of Obamacare “Repeal and Rewhatever” (PDF) is here. Remember, the House version of the ACHA would result in 23 million people becoming uninsured, and even Trump called it “mean”. Is the Senate version any better? Not much: Here is how the Senate bill works: The Senate bill begins to phase out the Medicaid … Read More
Georgia 6th On My Mind
Well today is the big day. Georgia-6th, a strong Republican district, might actually flip to Democratic in what many see as a referendum on Trump’s presidency. The truth is, whether Joel Ossoff wins today or loses, it is almost irrelevant. Polls show him barely ahead but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that a district which “split” on Trump and … Read More
What’s This Tweet About?
Trump’s not busy enough. He’s got free time to watch TV and get defensive. His tweets this morning railed against the “fake news” media and how there was no proof that his campaign (or, in his phrasing, he himself) colluded with Russia to affect the outcome of the election. (He also incorrectly claimed that the investigation had only been going … Read More
Seth Abramson: What Mueller’s Obstruction Investigation Means For Trump
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