The Mike Pompeo/Mary Louise Kelly/NPR saga continues: x Pompeo just spoke on his plane about his NPR meltdown, said “there’s a lot of history with NPR†and that he hopes â¦@NPRKellyâ© “finds peace.†Comments via â¦@TracyKWilkinsonâ©: pic.twitter.com/QAG3CDWYTw — Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 29, 2020 “Look,
Guess the Trumpian Empire will not brook tough questions. Be warned! x The State Department removed NPR reporter Michele Kelemen from the press pool on â¦@SecPompeoâ© trip this week to Europe and Central Asia following his dustup w â¦@NPRKellyâ©. Read statement by â¦@shauntandonâ©, State Department
It’s no secret that Donald Trump hates media outlets that challenge him and his administration. In the past, he’s singled out The Washington Post and CNN, corruptly using his office to try to punish them and their parent companies. Now he appears to be threatening NPR’s funding
Daily Kos’ Jen Hayden has a more complete rundown of Mike Pompeo’s interview with Mary Louise Kelly, in which the secretary of state got his arse handed to him on the air. But this seemed, well, pertinent, to say the least: x The coda to
A front-page diary right now is detailing how SoS Pompeo’s explanations for killing Soleimani make no sense: Mike Pompeo keeps blowing up Donald Trump’s excuses for blowing up an Iranian general. Turns out there’s a very good reason why Pompeo has to keep coming up
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd and blamed the Obama administration for the failure of Trump’s Iran policy. Mike Pompeo blames Obama for Trump’s Iran failure Chuck Todd displayed some smart pushback during parts of the interview with Pompeo. However, he
Chuck Todd asked the right questions today of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. I isolated the portion of whether Americans are safer because of its importance. Listen to the answer and decode. This is a political fraud that will get many killed. Chuck Todd drills Mike
SoS Pompeo claimed on the Sunday shows this morning that the Iraqi people want our troops to stay and help them fight terrorism: Pompeo dismisses Iraqi leader’s call for all foreign troops to leave Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday dismissed calls by Iraq’s
Darn that lack of absolute power. Or crony loyalty. Donald Trump has reportedly turned against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after becoming infuriated by the State Department officials who have testified in the impeachment inquiry. NBC News reports the president has confronted Pompeo about the
Enemies. Enemies everywhere! Keep your head on a swivel, Donny. Are you sure that’s really Ivanka? It could be Adam Schiff in a blond wig and couture. So now Donald Trump is reportedly miffed at one of his closest allies, the eternally obsequious Mike Pompeo, his
Philip Reeker, who, according to The Washington Post… “arrived at the Capitol shortly after 10:30 a.m., accompanied by his personal lawyer. According to an official working on the impeachment inquirer, Reeker gave his deposition under subpoena to get around an effort by the State Department to
dum-da-dum-dum x So it was evidently common knowledge in Ukraine that the price of getting US military help fending off Putin’s aggression was helping Trump’s 2020 re-election. The July 25 call just made it official! This strengthens an already strong case for extortion. https://t.co/lMyVnRvdGP— Laurence
Perhaps it’s a magical history tour to famous fascist sites. Or maybe Mike needed a Rapture support animal on the flight. x Just in: Sebastian Gorka is traveling with @SecPompeo to Europe, @Abs_NBC reports. He was seen getting into a State Department van headed to
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) stated that Pompeo was obstructing Congress. x Pompeo blocks depositions with State Dept officials in Ukraine inquiry. The officials are Ambassador Marie “Masha†YovanovitchAmbassador Kurt VolkerDeputy Assistant Secretary George KentCounselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and Ambassador Gordon Sondlandhttps://t.co/BrosS0xiv8 https://t.co/oplaRmVn9N— Anthony DeRosa🗽 (@Anthony)
Fatalism at the fore. Virginia Heffernan in the LA Times suggests that there may be no country for old men. x I have a theory: some old white men in politics fear irrelevance as death, and will do anything for relevance — taking whatever deal
