Tag Archives: Politico
The Trump Plan for a Coup
Saturday, January 22, 2022
The Coup That Wasn’t: The website Politico has revealed the draft of a December 2020 Donald Trump executive order that would have commanded the Pentagon to seize all the voting machines in the country, essentially staging a military coup to prevent Joe Biden …
McCabe Took Notes, Facebook Mining
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Take a Memo: Fired former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe wrote contemporaneous memos about his interactions with President Trump and then Director James Comey, The NY Times reports. The memos, which remain with the FBI, could provide backing for Comey …
Destruction of State, “Jump in the Gulf”
Sunday, July 2, 2017
The State of State: Writing for Politico about the gutting of the State Department under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former State official Max Bergman says that, “This is how diplomacy dies. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. …
The Kushner Konnection, Frank DeFord at 78
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
The Russia House: The NY Times reports that, in an effort to establish a direct line of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the transition, Jared Kushner met with an influential banker whose financial institution is involved with Russian …
The Great Debate, Like a Rolling Stone
Monday, September 26, 2016
It’s Debatable: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are set to meet at Hofstra University tonight for the first head-to-head presidential debate that will present tough challenges to the candidates as well as the moderator, NBC’s Lester Holt. It’s expected to …
