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• 'Trump's delusional state': Ex-DOJ official says the president can't grasp his own legal risk — or the 'national security emergency' he created December 12, 2018
  "It's not surprising that our American policy for Russia for the last two years." In a new interview with Reuters, President Donald Trump tried to downplay the voluminous evidence ofcontacts between his campaign and Russia — including some information that was just released in the criminal sentencing memos of key aides in the run-up to […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• Trump issues an ominous and dangerous warning about the consequences of impeachment December 12, 2018
  Trump believes he has the people on his side in the event of impeachment. Evidence is scant. With Democrats now taking over the House, and new revelations from the prosecutions of President Donald Trump's inner circle coming out by the day, talk is inevitably turning toward the possibility the president could be impeached before his […]
  Matthew Chapman, AlterNet
• 'God forbid!' MSNBC panel breaks into hysterical laughter at GOP congressman's pathetic and damning defense of Trump December 12, 2018
  The GOP efforts to whitewash Trump's wrongdoing are transparently embarrassing. As the evidence that President Donald Trump committed serious crimes piles up, the Republican Party's defenses of his actions are growing even more pathetic and ridiculous.On MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" on Tuesday, the sheer absurdity of officials' responses to questions about Trump's wrongdoing caused the […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• 'A very good ally': Trump still refuses to disavow Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi killing December 12, 2018
  The president was once again given the opportunity to condemn the man implicated in the murder of a Washington Post journalist. Once again, he refused. On Tuesday, Reuters interviewed President Donald Trump. And when the subject came around to Saudi Arabia, the president was sickeningly unwilling to disavow the Saudi crown prince's involvement in the […]
  Matthew Chapman, AlterNet
• 'Waiting for the guillotine': Another Trump official reportedly expected to be fired as John Kelly gets kicked out December 12, 2018
  The GOP's devastating loss in the midterms and the coming investigations could prompt a big White House shake-up. With White House Chief of Staff John Kelly heading for the exit — though perhaps a bit later than initially planned — President Donald Trump is preparing for more staff shake-ups, according to the Wall Street Journal.Unsurprisingly, […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• 'Irrational and unhinged': Conservative writer explains how Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi outsmarted Trump December 11, 2018
  Through completely unforced errors, the president backed himself into a corner and took responsibility for a government shutdown, writes Jennifer Rubin. On Tuesday, a televised meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Chuck Schumer (NY) to negotiate border security and a spending resolution ended horribly for the president.After the […]
  Matthew Chapman, AlterNet
• Trump's latest racist attack on immigrants echoes Nazi propaganda December 11, 2018
  There are deeply pernicious trends in the president's rhetoric. In a disturbing continuation of his years-long effort to stoke paranoia and visceral hatred of immigrants, President Donald Trump employed a false and malicious rhetorical attack Tuesday that has been echoed by both Fox News and Nazi propaganda.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump suggested […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• Nancy Pelosi just insulted Trump's 'manhood' after fiery Oval Office debate: reports December 11, 2018
  Trump is threatening to shut down the government over border wall funding. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insulted President Donald Trump Tuesday, according to multiple reports, about one of the issues he's most sensitive about: his manhood.After a fiery debate with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• Lawmakers humiliate themselves by peppering Google CEO with embarrassingly uninformed questions December 11, 2018
  These are the people who are supposed to make the country's laws. Cybersecurity, online privacy, and the role of massive internet companies in our lives are key issues the government will have to tackle in the years to come. But if Tuesday's congressional hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai is any indication, the prospect for future […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
• Kellyanne Conway reveals that John Kelly will stay on longer as chief of staff as Trump scrambles to find a replacement December 11, 2018
  Trump has denied that few want the job. It seems President Donald Trump just can't get rid of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, no matter how much he loathes him.Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the president, announced Tuesday that Kelly will be staying on past the end of the year, despite Trump's previous […]
  Cody Fenwick, AlterNet