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There will be matters still to be resolved related to Trump Russia beyond the pardons.

Like the counterintelligence limits of the Mueller report, there are still slender skeletons to be revealed in the corruption of US interests. Trump’s inquiry about a strike against Iran last week was not about Iran’s nuclear proliferation as much as it was part of much larger regional conflict among nuclear...

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November 19, 2020

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(CA-25) George Papadopoulos, Mueller Report footnote, loses election, gets divorced

Little noticed in the wait for the awarding of delegates last week was the loss of Mueller investigation felon, George Papadopoulos in CA-25. Only 1500 people voted for George in the GOP primary. He might have done better marrying Maria Butina. Papadopoulos launched his long-shot campaign to fill the CA-25 seat made vacant...

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March 10, 2020

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Judge in Roger Stone trial slaps down motion to disqualify her

Roger Stone’s lawyers recently threw a Hail Mary, filing a motion to disqualify Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who presided over Stone’s trial for being a worthless ratfucker witness intimidation and lying to Congress. Well, the response to the motion is in, and it didn’t go Stone’s way: x BREAKING: Judge denies Roger...

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February 24, 2020

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Federal prosecutors recommend 0-6 months for Mike Flynn

Mike Flynn gets the sentencing memorandum in the aftermath of his “assistance” to the Mueller investigation. The tune-changing, much like Paul Manafort’s results in a shift in the sentencing recommendation. THREAD: Why are federal prosecutors recommending 0 to 6 months in prison for Michael Flynn? — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January...

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January 7, 2020

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Fox News convinced Comey's 89-year-old mother-in-law that he was going to jail

The Washington Post ran an op-ed from James Comey today in which the former FBI director recounted the findings from the DOJ inspector general’s report on the Russia investigation while taking a melancholy victory lap of sorts. The IG report — which concluded that the investigation into Trump’s campaign was conducted properly, with...

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December 10, 2019

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Boom! if there were an FBI coup d'etat in 2016, we'd surely know it

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 publicly alleged a treasonous conspiracy...

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December 8, 2019

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Snakes On A Plane. RNC Knew When Wikileaks Would Dump the Emails In 2016.

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 the Clinton campaign that Russia...

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November 2, 2019

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strangely, the search for Clinton emails returns to scrape a bottom of the diversion barrel

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. Ignoring the lack of a...

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October 12, 2019

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Mueller Report Versus Whistleblower Complaint.

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 small to see. If anyone...

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October 5, 2019

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Adam Schiff humiliates Meghan McCain over question of collusion

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 stupid question to ask you...

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July 26, 2019

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Sarah Sanders pokes her head out to predict six more weeks of bullsh*t

The Mouth of Sauron emerged from her volcano lair yesterday long enough to gaslight the ever-living fuck out of us. x DidnÃ¢Â€Â™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 a total witch hunt https://t.co/gUDSHnDiC0...

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July 26, 2019

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It’s not Collusion it’s Corruption

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 the polluted brand of Republican...

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July 24, 2019

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About Trump's “Strategy?” Stop Laughing, It Worked.

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 see, hear, or read about...

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July 23, 2019

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Can the press atone for its Mueller coverage this week?

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 go beyond the White House...

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July 22, 2019

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Fox News host: Mueller doesn't know the details of the Mueller report

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 the cruelty be beamed over...

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June 26, 2019

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Justin Amash scorches Don Jr., bakes his ashes into a scone, and eats it with a dollop of marmalade

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 among his brethren, Republicans have...

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June 13, 2019

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Amash constituent 'surprised to hear' the Mueller report included anything negative about Trump

‘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 — and rarely do I diarize. But...

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May 31, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 123)

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 9 civilian conservation centers 1404. Used...

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May 31, 2019

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Major bookmaker changes odds of Trump impeachment from 8-to-1 to 2-to-1

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 had included new allegations that...

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May 30, 2019

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Hannity, et al., are freaking out over Mueller press conference

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 the Robert Mueller press conference —...

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May 29, 2019

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Bannon: Trump will lose supporters when they discover he's just another non-billionaire scumbag

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 the book, scheduled to be...

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May 29, 2019

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House Dems ridicule Trump's 'no coverups' claim in series of snarky letters

The other day Donald Trump risibly claimed that he doesn't do coverups and is, in fact, the most transparent president, like, ever. And boy did we all larf to beat the band … like these people in this random deli somewhere: x I was at a deli when TrumpÃ¢Â€Â™s Rose Garden press...

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May 25, 2019

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Dem congressman fixes Trump's 'no obstruction, no collusion' sign

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 impossible to know whether Trump’s...

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May 23, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 120)

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 expand the category of people...

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May 10, 2019

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Remember when the House voted 420-0 to demand release of entire Mueller report?

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 Donald Trump’s sigmoid colon with...

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May 8, 2019

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370+ former prosecutors say Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not POTUS

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 the findings of the Mueller...

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May 6, 2019

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Former FBI official: Trump gave Putin the green light to attack us again

It’s almost as if Donald Trump isn’t taking the Russian attacks on our country the least bit seriously. Of course, if Russia suddenly decided to intervene on the Democrats’ behalf, you can pretty much bet Trump would send the U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet to Moscow before eventually realizing it’s not a...

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May 4, 2019

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Lindsey Graham forgot to hide these virulently anti-Trump tweets

As D.C. doctors finish suturing Lindsey Graham’s lips to Donald Trump’s regal buttocks, you might take a moment to recall that he was once one of Trump’s biggest detractors, as the following tweets prove … After Trump insulted John McCain’s service by saying he likes people who weren’t captured (by the...

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May 3, 2019

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Washington Post: 'Barr has lit his reputation on fire'

The Washington Post’s editorial board is not pulling any punches in the wake of Attorney General William Barr’s craven, self-serving testimony today. In fact, according to the venerable paper, Barr has done no less than torch his reputation. Just a sampling: Mr. Barr has lit his reputation on fire, and he...

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May 2, 2019

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Lindsey Graham is proud to tell you he doesn't care if Trump broke the law

The gelding of Lindsey Graham is complete. If only the operation had been quicker. Watching Donald Trump hack away at his gonads with a meringue whisk for four years kind of put me off my oats. Politico: Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said he doesn't care if President Donald Trump told...

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April 28, 2019

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From Mueller Report: Julian Assange Calls Hillary Clinton a “Sadistic Sociopath.”

I am not a journalist, but I have been reading this argument about how some view Julian Assange of Wikileaks as a journalist, even though he is a personally repulsive human being. Given the low regard that many of use hold the modern practice of journalism — bothsiderism and false equivalency,...

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April 28, 2019

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It's Now Inevitable.

I wrote recently on the difficult dichotomy of whether to impeach, or not impeach. I touched on the risks and benefits of both courses of action. I personally was ambivalent, leaning slightly towards investigating the shit out of Trump to tar him for 2020. But the news I saw yesterday...

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April 27, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 118)

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. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1349. Exacerbated tensions by moving to sanction countries, including...

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April 26, 2019

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Trump's 'blame Obama' mantra reaches new heights of absurdity

Should we all send Trump copies of the DSM-V with the relevant excerpts underlined? Who has a couple of weekends to spare? I mean, seriously. What will it take for Republicans to have him committed? Will it finally be enough when he gives the Queen one of the jars from his...

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April 25, 2019

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Trump: 'I have been the most transparent president in the history of our country'

I can only assume he means “transphobic.” The Hill: “We're fighting all the subpoenas,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a conference in Atlanta on opioid abuse. He dismissed a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee for testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn as...

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April 24, 2019

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Hillary: 'Any other person who had engaged in those acts would have been indicted'

Hmm, that sounds pretty close to “Lock him up,” right? Politico: Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that President Donald Trump escaped obstruction of justice charges only because of a Justice Department rule barring the indictment of a sitting president. “I think there’s enough there that any other person who had engaged...

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April 24, 2019

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Kushner: Mueller probe more harmful than Russian attack, which amounted to 'some Facebook ads'

Looks like Little Lord Fauntleroy is toeing the Trumpian line, and then some. Today, he noted that the investigation into Russia’s ratfucking of our Democracy was way worse than the ratfucking itself. Because … well … uh … take it away, Boy Kush. Yahoo! News: “If you look at what Russia did, you...

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April 23, 2019

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Trump Approval Hits New Low in Morning Consult Poll; Sanders Beating Trump in PA, MI, and WI

morningconsult.com/… http://www.msn.com/… Donald Trump’s approval is 39% versus 57% who disapprove and has taken a considerable hit from the revelations in the Mueller report. The 18-point deficit marks Trump’s worst net approval rating — the share of voters who approve minus those who disapprove — since he took office. It surpasses...

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April 22, 2019

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Leading impeachment scholar: Mueller report is an 'invitation to impeachment'

The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent spoke with Columbia University constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt, the co-author of Impeachment: A Handbook, about the Mueller report and whether it opens the door to an impeachment of Lames the Giant Peach. The answer, in a nutshell? Hells ya! A few choice excerpts from Bobbitt’s side of the interview:...

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April 22, 2019

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Russian state TV broadcasts useful idiot Sean Hannity's commentary on Mueller report

Well, in our country he’s a useless idiot, but the Russians have managed to find a use for him other than converting oxygen to carbon dioxide to feed their beets. The Daily Beast: The Russian government-owned Rossiya 1 news channel recently broadcasted excerpts from Fox News primetime host Sean Hannity’s on-air monologue, which...

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April 21, 2019

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Schiff doubles down: 'Ample evidence of collusion in plain sight'

Adam Schiff is not backing down … because why should he? Republicans are sticking to their talking points (I have a feeling if Trump drowned a puppy in 2 inches of water the entire GOP would harmonize about how it was self-defense), and Schiff is sticking to his guns as well....

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April 21, 2019

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Define Collusion and Make It a Crime, Limit Pardons, and Examine Foreign Financial Entanglements

Congress needs to act to clarify and define that acting in concert with a foreign nation or foreign group to subvert or influence US elections is a felony with a substantial penalty. Hearings for such a bill will more fully expose what Trump and his Trumpets were up to in...

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April 20, 2019

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Susan Collins calls Mueller report an 'unflattering portrayal' of Trump; oh … burn … please stop

Everyone’s favorite moderate Republican has stuck her dreck out once again, challenging Donald Trump in the milquetoastiest of terms over the new/old/easily predicted conclusions of the Mueller report. The Hill: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller's report gives an “unflattering portrayal” of President Trump, including an effort to oust...

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April 20, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” 2019 1st Qtr Brief

Since the Trump Presidency began back in January 2017, we have endeavored to maintain a comprehensive listing of all the administrations misdeeds in the Everything Awful The Trump Administration Has Done Omnibus (full list here), and have attempted to categorize and score them accordingly. Today is April 20th, which means that as of...

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April 20, 2019

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Mueller report footnote: Trump could be vulnerable to criminal prosecution when his term is over

If you need another reason to vote (i.e., get the ocher arsehole out of office anon), here’s a good one, from page 390 of the Mueller report: Here’s the text version (emphases mine): A possible remedy through impeachment for abuses of power would not substitute for potential criminal liability after...

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April 19, 2019

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Anonymous Republican: 'A normal person would have been indicted for this'

I assume by “normal person” he means “not the president” — not “a tool-using hominid who’s not totally fucking insane.” But the sentiment still holds. The indispensable Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair has an insider’s look at the mood inside the White House in the wake of the redacted Mueller...

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April 19, 2019

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HBO to Trump: Knock it off with the 'Game of Thrones' tweets

So somehow Donald Trump thinks a report that uncovered more moral rot than a late-night Caligula cotillion totally exonerates him. Then again, he says and does pretty much anything, more or less randomly, that bounces around for more than three seconds his Wiffle Ball of a brain. Like, you know, that we...

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April 19, 2019

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 117)

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. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1336. Offered to pardon the Secretary of Homeland Security...

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April 19, 2019

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This much is certain: Trump tried to cover up a 'sweeping' Russian attack on the U.S.

The bar has been set so low for this president that a damning report that can’t conclusively point to criminal wrongdoing is somehow being spun as a glorious triumph for Donald Trump and his skittering phalanx of swamp rodents. And damning it is. For this reason alone, if nothing else: “Although...

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April 18, 2019

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Ken Starr says Mueller report may not be 'fair and balanced'

Yes, Ken Starr, who somehow turned an investigation into a failed real estate deal into the world’s longest Penthouse Forum letter. This guy is worried about the Mueller report appearing overly politicized. This guy. Talking Points Memo: “So many questions have been raised about that staff and their leanings and...

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April 17, 2019