Via TPM: FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is stepping down, NBC News reported Monday. According to NBC, McCabe will officially remain at the FBI until mid-March, which is when he can retire with full benefits. The news follows reports last week that President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions pressured FBI Director Chris Wray …
The Lajes’ Protocol: Known Nunes and Unknown Nunes
As Betty wrote this morning, and as I’ve written about here and here, Congressman Nunes and his staff have put together a cherrypicked memo, based on classified information provided to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence by the Department of Justice and the FBI. They are threatening to release it against the objections of the …
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Buh Bye Rodney
.@USRepRodney announces his retirementWatch @northjersey for story soon — Herb Jackson (@HerbNJDC) January 29, 2018 Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11) is a powerful House Committee chairman. He represents a district that slightly leans Republican (Cook PVI 3) in a neutral year. It is full of well-educated suburbanites who have significant concerns about SALT tax deductions. This …
Open Thread: Fighting the Repubs’ Current Ransom Attempt
(I’m putting this together at 6am, before going to bed, in the knowledge that it may be outdated by the time it appears on the front page. Do your worst, Trickster God!) The Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant framework is an act of staggering cowardice which attempts to hold the #DREAMers hostage to an unmistakable campaign to …
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Noisy Desperation
Yesterday, The Times* published a story that purports to reveal the central outrage against Trump that inspired his stooge Devin Nunes to write the classified memo currently figuring so prominently in wingnut fever-swamp conspiracy theories. If the reporting is accurate, the intolerable anti-Trump bias the memo reveals is that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein requested a …
The billion dollar counterfactual
New York and Minnesota both run Section 1331 Basic Health Plans for people who make between 138% and 200% Federal Poverty Level (FPL) ($16588-24,040 for a single individual). This is an option from the ACA. The states filed a waiver that passes through 95% of the combined Advanced Premium Tax Credit (APTC) and Cost Sharing …
Monday Morning Open Thread: (Fighting for) Respect
A surprise appearance from Hillary Clinton reading Fire & Fury at the Grammys pic.twitter.com/VAYk70pqAj — David Mack (@davidmackau) January 29, 2018 (Full clip here; explanation here.) . All across America, people who tuned in to watch bands like Aerosmith for the nine millionth time are extremely, extremely confused right now. — The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) …
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