Several U.S. senators are currently under investigation for possible insider trading in their personal finances, including Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. This week, the Justice Department ramped up its investigation of Burr by obtaining a subpoena from the court to seize the senator’s cell phone. This is a BFD. Burr steps aside … Read more
Donald Trump, whose lawyers told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he is simply too busy to be bothered with having to meet with his lawyers to raise frivolous objections to subpoenas sent to third parties, spent the weekend as he usually does when he is not golfing at one of his resorts — rage … Read more
David Gordon did a brief post about this on Friday, but I want to expand upon his post further. President Donald Trump tweeted his approval of his personality cult followers staging anti-lockdown protests against social distancing rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus, in dog whistle coded language familiar to his cult followers: As … Read more
So this actually happened today during the “Daily Trump Show,” which the cable networks inexplicably continue to air live. The Washington Post reports, Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules: President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill … Read more
I want to follow up on David Gordon’s post, The Mad King Has a Melt Down at Today’s White House Briefing, claiming he has Total Authority to Reopen the Economy. Mad King Donald began his “Daily Trump Show” with a propaganda video put together by a White House employee and paid for with taxpayer money … Read more