I wouldn’t mind having some of this Mueller iconography for my backyard bar, particularly the candles: I don’t see it so much among the bitter cynics at this here blog, but Mueller’s legend as the Patron Saint of Justice who is poised to smite TrumpCo has reached epic proportions in some quarters. I wish they’d …
Trump-Russia
Performance Review Scheduled
According to ABC News, which got its info from a Russian readout of a recent call between Trump and Putin, Trump invited Putin to visit the White House. (The White House’s version of the call readout neglected to mention the invitation.) President Donald Trump proposed hosting Vladimir Putin at the White House during a recent …
Tick-Tock, Mofos!
Acting on a tip from valued commenter and awesome law-giver Cleek in the thread downstairs, I call your attention to CBS News and Washington Post stories about the Mueller team’s interest in Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates’ work with a Russian intelligence agency asset. Via The Post: The FBI has …
Fox Investigates Hen House Malfeasance, Finds “No Issues”
Here’s a shocker via CBS News: White House officials have been looking into whether $500 million in loans that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations, according to the head of the federal government’s ethics agency. David J. Apol, acting director of …
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Soo-weeeeee Generous (Open Thread)
The Trump White House is as leaky as a rowboat constructed of colanders, window screen and Scotch tape. That’s entirely on the recalcitrant man-baby at the top, who delights in pitting aides and advisers against one another. Trump is like a sadistic child who fills a glass jar with dung beetles, wingless flies and fire …
Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO
London’s Channel 4 ran the last segment of their Cambridge Analytica undercover exposĂ© today — the part about the Trump campaign. Immediately afterward, CA suspended its CEO: An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran âallâ of President Trumpâs digital campaign â and may have broken election law. As …
The Widening Gyre
Before we get to today’s unpleasantness, here’s a downy woodpecker drumming in our bamboo stand this morning: As I mentioned on Twitter earlier, downy woodpeckers are the smallest woodpecker species in North America, and their eggs are about the size of jelly beans. Isn’t that cool? Stop reading here if you’d like to hold onto …