Ben Wittes of Lawfare outlines some questions in advance of the Monday’s release of the IG report on the Russia investigation. Advance reports indicate exoneration. href=”https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1203307823926595585? (1) It is important to remember the big questions and allegations that make Mr. Horowitz’s investigation important: The President has
Buzzfeed has gotten hold of a tranche of the Mueller Report’s unpublished memos and southpaw on Twitter has been sifting through them. One of the more explosive states that, according to Rick Gates, the Republican National Committee knew in advance when Wikileaks would drop the emails from
Hoping to intimidate witnesses in other investigations, the Trumpian shibboleth of security breaches by HRC returns to the meme-hopper. No mention of Jarvanka’s private email server or of Trump’s public appeals for emails that were oddly coincident with a 2016 meeting with Russians in Trump Tower.
I thought I would summarize what the concensus seems to be on why the Mueller Report basically failed to launch an aggressive impeachment inquiry versus the impact of the intelligence whistleblower complaint. I tried uploading the image into this diary directly, but the dimensions were too
In the annals of journalism, only two sentences have had the power to send a frisson of dread down the spine of any politician: “Hello, I’m Mike Wallace, and I’m from 60 Minutes” and “I’m Meghan McCain from The View, and I have a really
The Mouth of Sauron emerged from her volcano lair yesterday long enough to gaslight the ever-living fuck out of us. x Didn’t take long for Mueller to once again vindicate President @realDonaldTrump. No collusion. No obstruction. And now Mueller all but admits it was all along
In a closely contested TV football game, viewers let out a relieved sigh, take a bathroom break, maybe grab a sandwich or a hand full of chips and take a deep breath, anticipating a conclusion. I find myself unable to inhale cleanly after taking in
We’ve all seen, heard of, or read about it. A well dressed, well off, PhD who gets skinned down to his skivvies by a 16 y.o. high school dropout with a 3 card monte table on a street corner. And no matter how often we
Former special counsel Robert Mueller's upcoming public testimony before Congress Wednesday not only provides a key opportunity to educate the public on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, it also allows the Beltway press a chance at redemption. It gives news organizations an opportunity to
Fox News could easily replace Brian Kilmeade with a backyard chicken impaled on a mop handle and few would notice. But that would be cruel, and I certainly don’t endorse it. In fact, as a vegan animal rights advocate, I’m more than happy to let
I’m not one to speak well of a Republican — particularly a Tea Party Republican — but Rep. Justin Amash at least knows how to read a report and draw some glaringly obvious conclusions. And because he has a talent for reading comprehension that’s exceedingly rare
‘Twas flying on twin gossamer wings of IPA and THC* just now when a minor yet notable news item caught my eye. I don’t drive, operate heavy machinery, wheedle Middle East peace plans out me scurvy bunghole, or try to FaceTime old girlfriends while in my cups —
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1403. Moved to close
It’s amazing what a verbal recap of the major conclusions of a report that’s been out for nearly six weeks can do. Seriously, did anyone read this thing? Judging by the reaction from the right-wing media especially, one would think Robert Mueller’s press conference yesterday
When you live 24/7 inside a giant acrylic hamster ball full of unicorn glitter farts and faerie dreams, reality can really chafe you when it finally rears its head. Sean Hannity and some Fox regulars are finding that out now. Today, in the wake of
Steve Bannon took a break from turning into compost for long enough to speak with Michael Wolff for Wolff’s latest book, Siege: Trump Under Fire. And Bannon had a lot of salty things to say about his ex-boss. The Guardian secured an advance copy of
Aaaannnndddd … mic drop x Fixed the President's Rose Garden sign for him. pic.twitter.com/faQZ4xAPhy — Jim Himes (@jahimes) May 22, 2019 Himes is a Democratic representative for Connecticut’s 4th congressional district. His Twitter says he’s also an apiarist, so he ostensibly knows what stings. Unfortunately, it’s
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1370. Moved to dramatically
Yup, on March 14 of (***checks calendar***) … oh! … this year! The House voted 420-0 to demand that the entire Mueller report be released. And it didn’t list conditions like, say, it can be released only if William Barr decides not to buy a time-share in
Only 370? Where are the rest of them? In a stinging rebuke to William “Low — No, No Lower … Lower” Barr, hundreds of former federal prosecutors have signed a statement asserting that Donald Trump would have surely been charged with obstruction of justice based on