Mike Pompeo might actually be as big a liar as Donald Trump and that's quite an achievement. Steve Linick, the inspector general who was most recently fired by Trump, testified before Congress that before he was fired he had...
Securing a high post in government via television is the way of the world these days, with the reality star *resident calling the shots. The newest star in the made-by-television firmament is Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, a former...
Brett Kavanaugh apparently had a pretty wild youth, going from one drunken revel and sexual assault to another. Ronan Farrow, the New Yorker: A third male student then exposed himself to her. “I remember a penis being in front of...
Rachel Maddow reported last night that after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin finished  briefing a bipartisan group of House members yesterday about the admin’s decision to drop sanctions against Manafort’s BFF Oleg Deripaska, he complained to reporters about having having to take a...
Another day, another weird development in Trump world. Come along as we play connect-the-dots. Less than ninety days ago, there was a major shake up at the Voice of America when Michael Pack, one of Steve Bannon's filmmaking buddies, took over as head...
Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe calls this letter "explosive." https://twitter.com/jaybookmanajc/status/1042386834284789760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1042386834284789760&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2018%2F9%2F19%2F1796961%2F-Letter-From-Kavanaugh-Ford-Classmate-Claims-This-Incident-Did-Happen There is no excuse not to have a full investigation of this matter with a lifetime appointment at stake.  
Bravely, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders placed herself in front of the media again in the White House Daily Briefing, and it did not take long for the press assembled to demand to know why they ought to take her or the...
Dan Coats is leaving his post as Director of National Intelligence August 15. Trump has nominated "Secret Society" conspiracy theorist John Ratcliffe to succeed Coats, but it's well known that Ratcliffe faces an extended and contentious confirmation process. That...
Former Fox co-president Bill Shine has just begun his tenure as Deputy Chief of staff and White House communications director. When he was hired his wife Darla, a self-described "happy housewife" who did racist rants on social media, deleted...
If you have two minutes, and want to see how the White House is supposed to work, watch this two minute clip. Yes, it's from the West Wing which was a show that idealized the presidency, yet they also...

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