Wednesday, February 20, 2019

I continue to have no idea what to make of any of this


Q: Your push to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. TRUMP: I don't know which report you're talking about. We have many reports.


It’s snowing in #NewYork. I need coffee. The closest cafe is inside Trump Tower. This is me walking to an alternative


BREAKING: Justice Department preparing for Mueller report as early as next week


First @CNN should show us the NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement - she signed with Trump so we know what the new politics editor is not allowed to say (and we are not allowed to know)


BREAKING: President Vladimir Putin warns new Russian weapons will target US if it deploys missiles to Europe.


The U.S. DOT said it will cancel $929 million in federal funds awarded by the Obama administration for a California high-speed rail project and is "actively exploring every legal option" to seek the return of $2.5 billion the state has already received


The hiring of Sarah Isgur makes absolutely no sense unless @CNN's objective is to help Trump win (again).


Terrorist groups like ISIS are sharing audio, video and other content via Amazon Drive. Big Tech needs industry standards on how to handle this threat.


Stephen Colbert: Andrew McCabe: There Was No 'Coup' To Remove Trump


Opinion: Voters seem to like their democracy


Top Deutsche Bank executives were so concerned the Trump Organization might default on $340 million of loans that they discussed extending repayment dates until after the end of a potential second term, sources say


LGBT campaigners say Trump's mission to to decriminalize homosexuality in “dozens of nations” doesn't square with his domestic agenda, or approach to Chechen persecution


Russia ally Wikileaks immediately comes out FOR the Bernie Sanders campaign


President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual State of the Nation speech in Russia


"The article is quite frankly dynamite, lengthy and well-documented," Andrew Napolitano said on Fox News.


Andrew McCabe on whether he ‘hates’ Trump


"Richard Painter, a former ethics attorney for President George W. Bush, told CNN he has never seen a Cabinet member's financial disclosure form rejected in this way."


NYT: Acting Att Gen Whitaker maybe have perjured himself before a US House committee by claiming Trump never tried to pressure him over the Russia probe.


Dangling pardons. Attempting to get a prosecutor to unrecuse. Threatening a cooperating witness. False public statements. Encouraging congressional allies to investigate the investigators to protect him. All of it a pattern of obstruction. All of it dangerous to the rule of law.


Nancy Pelosi to Europe: Trump is not the boss


CNN employees are concerned, according to numerous people who have reached out to me. They are asking what Isgur's role will be and questioning whether her sudden leap from the Trump admin to the CNN newsroom is an ethical breach.


West Virginia teachers are on strike to stop a pro-privatization, anti-union bill.


Cohen lawyer says testimony will offer "chilling" details about experience working for Trump


CNN's new political editor is a former Trump official who has never worked in journalism (but who did pledge loyalty to Trump in the Oval Office)


New report adds to questions of whether Whitaker lied to Congress


WH plan to give nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia under investigation


My testimony today at the European Parliament arguing that it would be ridiculous and immoral for the EU to drop the name Magnitsky on the EU Magnitsky Act in order to appease Putin. That’s the last thing the EU should do!


Whistleblowers from within Trump's National Security Council have told a congressional committee that efforts by former national security adviser Michael Flynn to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia may have violated the law.


READ: Justice Clarence Thomas's opinion criticizing landmark First Amendment case


SDNY May Ignore DOJ Guidance And Seek To Indict A Sitting President


Kentucky teen files $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post, alleging that the newspaper ignored basic journalistic standards and "rushed" to "assassinate" his character


Trump took no action on Mike Flynn except lying: NYT revelation


NYT bombshell outlines Trump's efforts to obstruct investigations


Trump privately raging at DNI head Coats for lack of loyalty: ‘He’s not on the team’


Trump Tariff Threat Leaves EU Looking for Plan B


More than 800 pages of emails shows what we could have guessed: Elaine Chao and her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have been using their positions to possibly provide political favors to people for each other, including large grants.


Stone could have bail revoked for social media attack on judge