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Communications Breakdown, Job Slowdown
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Get the Message: President Trump’s chief of communications Bill Shine announced that he’s resigning to spend more time with his family and work on the 2020 re-election campaign. The White House is putting a happy face on it, but it’s not …
Manafort Off Easy, Cohen Sues
Friday, March 8, 2019
To the Slammer: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to less than four years in prison for his conviction on financial crimes, far less than the 19-24 years recommended in federal sentencing guidelines. Noting that Manafort had once led …
Cohen offers Proof, The Hipster effect
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Lies and Lying Liars: President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen yesterday produced evidence that the President’s other lawyers doctored Cohen’s false testimony to Congress in 2017. Following Cohen’s open testimony last week, the White House claimed Cohen was lying when he …
New York Eyes Trump, Border Rush
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
The One You Don’t Hear: Just days after President Trump’s former personal lawyer testified before Congress that the Trump organization lied to the IRS and its insurance companies about the value of its properties, regulators in New York have subpoenaed records …
Document Sweep, AIDS Cure
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Road to Perdition: Laying groundwork for possible impeachment of President Trump, the House Judiciary Committee yesterday issued demands for documents from 81 people and entities in a sweeping new inquiry into potential corruption, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power by …
Twister Kills 23, The Troubled President
Monday, March 4, 2019
In Like a Lion:Tornadoes ripped through three southeastern states yesterday, killing at least 23 people in Alabama. The storms also touched down in Georgia and Florida. The twister in Florida was described as being a half-mile wide with winds up …
The President as Victim, Ripley Docks
Sunday, March 3, 2019
The Persecuted President: In a long, rambling, and off-script speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, Donald Trump took on the mantle of victim in the Special Counsel investigation. Trump attacked former Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions, former FBI Director James Comey, …
SpaceX Launches, Trump Covers
Saturday, March 2, 2019
To the Moon, Alice: The private company SpaceX early this morning launched the first American spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts since the retirement of the space shuttle. Success could put Americans back in space in their own vehicles. The launch of …
Trump Cleared Jared, Believe the Dictator
Friday, March 1, 2019
Insecurity:Overriding the objections of security officials, President Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to give Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner a top clearance, The NY Times reports. Among the agencies that didn’t want Kushner to get the highest security clearance …
Korea Breakdown, “Racist, Conman, Cheat”
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Summit Breakdown: President Trump’s second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un broke down and Trump abruptly left the country. “Sometimes you have to walk,” Trump said at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. He said Kim had insisted that all of …
