The repercussions of Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia don’t go away. Michael Flynn is a part of that relationship, although it is not clear how much of his interaction with Russian officials was directed by Trump. Trump keeps interactions at arm’s length so that he can claim he is not responsible for his administration’s wrongdoing. …
Another Friday Night Massacre
It’s Friday after hours, so President Donald Trump has fired another Inspector General. This one, for the Department of State, apparently was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Open thread!
Biden-Warren Opinion Piece in the KC Star
Former VP Biden and Senator Warren jointly wrote an opinion piece published in The Kansas City Star today. It’s about the lack of coronavirus relief oversight under the current embezzler in the Oval Office. The piece lays out the glaring issues with disbursement of federal funds now and recommends ways to clean up current and …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: May Day Is For New Beginnings
Or so we can all hope! Rapinoe offers to be Biden's running mate https://t.co/zyvZ5SQh9O pic.twitter.com/wEMW57UQ8M — Reuters (@Reuters) May 1, 2020 Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. But *this* would certainly be a major improvement: From Biden pool report tonight: "Biden pledged to support same-day voter registration nationwide and automatically restore the voting rights to former …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: Back to Work
This morning's mental health must: what a penguin weigh-in looks—and sounds—like: pic.twitter.com/p7Ogz9HZLP — Alexandra Rosas (@GDRPempress) April 4, 2020 The Democratic Shadow Cabinet didn’t take the weekend off… President Trump is using a global pandemic as cover to exact political revenge against the Intelligence Community Inspector General who revealed his misconduct. Firing IG Atkinson is …
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‘Tales of Thrilling Adventure’ Open Thread: Chris ‘Mad Bitcher’ Cillizza & His Talking Points of Derpitude
WATCH: Democratic witness Daniel Goldman perfectly explain the entire Trump-Ukraine scandal in 1 minute. He then warns that Trump is as we speak still trying to get Ukraine to influence the 2020 election. This clip needs to be on every nightly news show tonight. pic.twitter.com/62SJzLSoNI — Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) December 9, 2019 The whole thing …
Impeachment Inquiry Open Thread: Girl Power, Ivanka!
BREAKING: ABC News can confirm that the Trump “family member” referenced in the Inspector General report who had a friendship with dossier author Chris Steele, was Ivanka. She met him in 2007 at a dinner in London when he was still working for MI6. https://t.co/W64i5GPqVK — Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) December 9, 2019 … The prior …
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