The United States Intelligence Community is operating on the working presumption that Donald Trump is a national security risk who cannot be entrusted with highly classified national security information. The president of the United States is a national security risk to the United States. Period. Full stop. (If there truly was a “deep state” conspiracy … Read more
Back in June, Donald Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents (it’s not like he hasn’t already done this before): Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners — such as China … Read more
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas was devastated this week by the deadly category 5 hurricane Dorian that parked on top of the islands for almost two days. Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated Dominica, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico in September 2017. Puerto Rico has yet to recover. It … Read more
Lawyers for Deutsche Bank and Capital One repeatedly refused on Friday to tell an appellate court in New York whether the banks are in possession of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, citing “contractual obligations” not to disclose the information and drawing the ire of a panel of judges. Oral Argument Summary: Trump v. House Financial … Read more
As I’ve said before, “At some point the Russians figured out that the best way to defeat America is by old-fashioned capitalism and corruption: find easily corruptible politicians in key positions of power and simply buy them, through bribery or with campaign contributions.” “Moscow Mitch” McConnell took a beating this week in investigative journalism from the … Read more