Sealed grand jury appeal hearing in Mueller probe remains a mystery
December 14, 2018
POLITICO originally reported in October that Mueller’s team — which is investigating whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russians trying to influence the 2016 election and whether President Donald Trump tried impede the ongoing probe — had been dragged into court by a witness battling a grand jury subpoena. POLITICO discovered the Mueller connection after … Read more
Sen. Jon Kyl to resign December 31 – Let the Senate games begin
December 14, 2018
The Arizona Republic reports that, as expected, Jon Kyl will resign from the Senate on Dec. 31, setting up another appointment to John McCain’s seat: U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will resign from the U.S. Senate on Dec. 31, The Arizona Republic has confirmed, setting up a second appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey to the seat … Read more
Saudis Buy Huge Arizona Farmland After Sucking their own Aquifers Dry
December 14, 2018
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Fifteen years ago, the Saudi government told its farmers to grow wheat and paid them 5 times the market price to do so. In a county without a single lake or river, they told farmers to drill as deep as they wanted for water. Flash forward to 2011: the aquifers were sucked dry. Totally depleted. Bone dry … Read more
Taking Public Policy out of the Cathedral and into the Bazaar
December 14, 2018
In a previous post, I said we need to Innovate as well as Advocate. How? Here is one idea. For the non-engineers reading this, a quick explanation: Once upon a time, software was created by coding wizards in ivory towers, who would carefully prepare major software releases, having only trained testers examine them, before with … Read more
SDNY prosecutors close the circle around unindicted co-conspirator ‘Individual 1,’ Donald Trump (Updated)
December 12, 2018
Unindicted co-conspirator “Individual 1,” Donald Trump, saw his convicted co-conspirator, consigliere and “fixer” Michael Cohen sentenced to prison today. Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years After Implicating Trump in Hush-Money Scandal: Michael D. Cohen, a former lawyer for President Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday after denouncing Mr. Trump and explaining … Read more
Season 3 of The Apprentice – White House, episode one: ‘The Wall Brawl’
December 12, 2018
Season 3 of the alt-reality TV series The Apprentice – White House premiered Tuesday with Donald Trump trying to cash in on the trendy revival of old TV series this season by adding elements of his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fake wrestling days. Trump invited Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over to the … Read more
