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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 …
Cohen to Call Trump a “Con Man”
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Liar, Liar: President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to testify in Congress today that Trump is a “con man” and a “cheat” who knew his adviser Roger Stone was communicating with WikiLeaks, and who ordered Cohen to lie about a …
Cohen to Talk, Sympathy Note
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Trump World: President Trump will be in Hanoi today for his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but back in Washington Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to spill the beans in front of a House committee. Cohen …
Oscar Upsets, The Peace Train
Monday, February 25, 2019
The Envelope: “Green Book” won best picture at the Oscars last night, annoying Spike Lee and Jordan Peele, who made BlacKkKlansman.“I’m snakebit. Every time someone’s driving somebody, I lose,” Lee complained later. That’s a reference to the year his Do the Right Thing lost to Driving …
Hardened Criminal, Burning Aid
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Hardened Criminal in a Tie:Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a “hardened” criminal who “repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” the Special Counsel’s office told a federal judge in a filing made public yesterday. Prosecutors made no specific suggestion …
