Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York – commonly known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” – was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to tender his resignation. I did not resign.
Category: History in the News
Bill Whalen
Years ago, the political strategist Dick Morris liked to suggest that America’s chief executive suffered from a split personality – a “Saturday night Bill Clinton” who lacked good moral judgment; a more pious “Sunday morning President Clinton” who was a devoted public servant. “Sunday Trump” is an orgy of panel shows dedicated to the controversy du jour – this weekend, Trump alleging that his predecessor ordered wiretaps for Trump Tower.
Flashback: First FISA Request on Trump Tower Came After Clinton and AG Lynch Met Privately on Tarmac
On June 27th of 2016 , Bill Clinton met secretly with Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. A week later FBI Director James Comey laid out in a press conference the many scandalous activities taken by Hillary Clinton while she was President Obama’s Secretary of State and then he said the famous words: We now know that the meeting between Bill Clinton and Attorney General Lynch occurred at about the same time that the Obama administration filed a request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor communications involving Donald Trump and several advisers.
US politics ripe for West Wing revival, says Janney
The West Wing wrapped in 2006 after seven seasons having forged a close relationship with the White House and counting former US President Bill Clinton among its biggest fans. ‘It would be just a great time for West Wing now, for whoever is disillusioned by what’s going on today.”
Donald Trump Changed His Tone But Not His Message: Be Afraid
Benjamin was Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department and is director of The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College gave a ray of hope that even the most incorrigible might have their moments of presentability. He didn’t refer to 3.5 million imaginary illegal votes in the November balloting, blame the military for the death of a after the speech found 70% of viewers said that it made them more optimistic about the direction of the country.
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama sign bumper book deal18 min ago
New York, Mar 1 : Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal to publish their memoirs with New York-based Penguin Random House, in a coveted contract reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars. America’s first African American president is already the author of two memoirs and a children’s book.
Obamas’ book deal bidding war hits $60M
The bidding war over a book deal with Barack and Michelle Obama has skyrocketed to more than $60 million – more than any presidential memoir in history. Penguin Random House has so far made the highest bid for global rights to the deal in which the former president and first lady are writing separate books but selling them together, the Financial Times reported Tuesday .
An FDA Regulation Is Snuffing Out Small Cigar Manufacturers
FDA attacks on small cigar makers are eliminating consumer choice with an illegal new rule, the nonprofit government watchdog Cause of Action Institute argued in an amicus brief filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The FDA failed to conduct a full cost-benefit analysis – as required by executive orders under former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – before issuing the “Deeming Rule,” which placed all tobacco products under FDA regulation in August 2016, according to the brief.
Remember James Carville? Democrats Should
It was a gloomy weekend for Democrats hoping to unify in opposition to President Donald Trump. Fresh from a divisive power struggle at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Atlanta, party leaders found themselves asked to choose between embracing their anti-establishment wing and empowering the moderates those insurgents want to purge.
TERRELL: The need for strong immigration laws
The system is broken regardless of your side of the equation. The United States is a sovereign nation and has an obligation first to its lawful citizenry.
Naming Arkansas airport after Clintons doesna t fly with GOP lawmaker
With his party now holding all of the levers of power in Arkansas politics, a Republican state lawmaker is pushing to remove the names of the state’s most famous Democrats – Bill and Hillary Clinton – from Little Rock’s airport. Sen. Jason Rapert says pilots have complained to him about flying into Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport and that Arkansas shouldn’t honor a former president who was impeached over his affair with a White House intern.
Enemy of the fools
President Donald Trump has declared journalists to be the enemies of the people, an allusion to history with which the neo fascist leader is probably entirely unfamiliar. Once the most authoritative source of information, as the home of the leader of the free world, the White House has become under Trump a font of falsehood and misinformation.
Trump Has a Grating Style but Significant Substanceby Michael…
His administration has accomplished quite a lot so far, and evidence is scant that he’s crafting an authoritarian government. ubstance and style – it’s easy to get them confused, or mistake one for the other.
Trump speech to conservatives evokes campaign
President Donald Trump’s speech Friday to a leading conservative group was like a series of greatest hits from his campaign rallies. He reminisced about his victory in the Republican primaries.
Chelsea Clinton, daughter attend Muslim solidarity rally
New york, Feb 22 – Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of President Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, attended with her two-year-old daughter Charlotte an anti-Trump rally here to show solidarity with the Muslim community. Clinton on Sunday joined hundreds of protesters to attend the rally in Times Square here, The Hill magazine reported.
Galloway on Film: Brad Grey’s Paramount Exit and Studios in Turmoil
It’s one of the worst-kept secrets in journalism that most public figures play a role in creating their obituaries. They don’t decide the wording of the stories, or even the angles such final assessments take; but prominent people usually grant major newspapers interviews about their lives and careers, often multiple times over the years, and in doing so subtly shape how they’ll be perceived.
February 20, 2017: Seeking a solution
Seeking a solution With regard to “Did Trump nix the 2-state solution?” , the assertion that then-president Bill Clinton “wed the Israelis and Palestinians to the notion that the only resolution to the conflict is a two-state solution” flies in the face of historical factuality. The 1993 Oslo Accords did not require a sovereign Palestinian-Arab entity.
Closing in on Clinton! Hillary’s former aide faces criminal charges
Trying to put Hillary Clinton in prison while Obama was President and Loretta Lynch was having secret meetings with Bill Clinton was harder than everyone expected. Now that the powerful democrats are out of their position and have been replaced with members of the GOP, the forces that be are able to conduct their investigations without abrupt disruptions and distractions.
Closing in on Clinton! Hillary’s former aide faces criminal charges
Trying to put Hillary Clinton in prison while Obama was President and Loretta Lynch was having secret meetings with Bill Clinton was harder than everyone expected. Now that the powerful democrats are out of their position and have been replaced with members of the GOP, the forces that be are able to conduct their investigations without abrupt disruptions and distractions.
Chelsea Clinton Attempts To Get Witty On Twitter – And Gets…
Man, I’m sure that when Chelsea Clinton pulled this on Twitter, she thought she was being uber clever. I’m positive that elusive synonym she was seeking on Twitter was ‘Donald Trump’.
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Chaos doesn’t poll all that well, as it turns out
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.
Bolten, Fleischer, Card: Three veteran swamp creatures who could rescue Trump’s White House
President Trump ‘s dismissal of former White House national security adviser Mike Flynn amid the furor over his correspondence with Russian officials has forced the fledgling administration to confront an important truth: To restore order, serious changes must occur. Some say Trump should begin by re-evaluating his senior staff in the West Wing and adding a voice with previous experience in the executive branch.
17 artists you won’t believe have won a Grammy
From puppets and presidents to cartoon characters and comedians, a whole host of unlikely suspects have got their hands on that coveted golden gramophone trophy over the past six decades. Ahead of the 2017 ceremony on February 12, here’s a look at 17 of the most utterly baffling winners.
The trouble with Trump hysteria
Tom Nichols is a professor at the Naval War College and the Harvard Extension School and the author of “The Death of Expertise” . The views expressed are entirely his own.
Obamas gear up for speaking gigs and book deals
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama announced Friday they have picked the prestigious agency that represents Bill Clinton, Mia Farrow and others to handle their post-White House speaking gigs. The Harry Walker Agency will represent both Obamas for speaking appearances, said Kevin Lewis, a spokesman for the former president.
Media conference revisits Nixon’s infamous interview 0:0
Try as they might, the American Magazine Media Conference could not avoid wading into political waters – even when there are no political leaders stopping by. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain and former President Bill Clinton each stopped in over the years.
NJ Gubernatorial Hopeful Proposes Council to Aid Immigrants
One of the candidates in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race announced his plan to establish an immigration council in the state to assist legal immigrants whose immigration status could be threatened by new federal policies under President Donald Trump.
Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name?
New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn’t really matter, except to men who are less educated. Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name? New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn’t really matter, except to men who are less educated.
Leftists Go Nuts at the Thought of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
The intolerance of the “tolerant” left has never been more evident than during the many cabinet hearings this year. The democrat vitriol has been on full display in virtual every hearing, but possibly none more contentious than that of nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos.
We’ll lose college students if Israel becomes a partisan cause
So even while a typical bit of punditry over the past few presidencies was to assert that Bill Clinton, or George W. Bush, or Barack Obama was “the most pro-Israel president in history,” Israel advocates nevertheless kept their heads and painstakingly maintained strong relationships on both sides of the aisle. Now some are eagerly making the same grandiose claim about President Donald Trump – that he will be the greatest friend Jerusalem has ever had.
Trump’s White House not yet open for tours
Nearly two weeks after his inauguration, President Donald Trump’s White House isn’t yet open to the public for tours. The administration hasn’t appointed anyone to run the White House Visitors Office, which organizes tours and major events such as the Easter Egg Roll and the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.
Today in History
On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Trump undoes parts of Obama agenda with executive actions
President Donald Trump signed three executive memorandums on Monday, kicking off his first full week in the White House by undoing parts of his predecessor’s agenda and renewing a longtime Republican priority on abortion funding. Trump signed a memorandum that freezes hiring for some federal government workers, a notice to abandon the proposed Pacific Rim trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and another executive action to reinstate a ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option.
Trump’s pick for Secretary of State gets key backing
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, talk to Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson on Capitol Hill in Washington during the inaugural luncheon. Photo / AP Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson’s bid to be the next secretary of state received a major boost when a pair of Republican senators who had expressed consternation about him announced they will vote to confirm him, a move that effectively clears the way for him to win confirmation.
Just feet from swearing-in sit Clintons
Hillary Clinton looked on from fewer than 10 seats away as Donald Trump took the oath of office. She was fulfilling the role of a former first lady instead of becoming the first woman to be inaugurated as president.
Thank you for being here, Trump to Hillary Clinton
Washington, Jan 21 : : Donald Trump on Friday thanked his former presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, as they met for the first time since the end of the most contentious White House races in American history, media report said. I was very honored very, very honored when I heard President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today, and I think its appropriate to say, Trump said during a luncheon at the National Statuary Hall.
Hillary Clinton Attends Inauguration, Donald Trump Thanks Clintons at Capitol Lunch
Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, was present at the Capitol for the inauguration of her former election rival, President-elect Donald Trump. It’s customary for former presidents and first ladies to attend the inauguration of a new president.
Obama leaves letter for Trump in Oval Office
U.S. President Barack Obama walks with a letter before he departs the Oval Office for the final time as sitting president, at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2017. In keeping with presidential tradition, President Obama slipped a letter into the desk in the Oval Office for President-elect Donald Trump — on Thursday the letter that George W. Bush wrote to him was released by Bush, as well as the letter that Bill Clinton wrote to Mr. Bush, each on the last day of his presidency.
Hillary Clinton Looks Classy AF Attending Donald Trump’s Inauguration & Twitter Reacts
In fact, the 2016 presidential candidate put on her best smile as she waved at the crowd upon her arrival with husband Bill Clinton ! While we were wondering if it would be awkward for her to attend considering she overwhelmingly won the popular vote, Hil definitely didn’t show it. And dressed in a white pantsuit , Hillary looked absolutely flawless and chic.
All change for the Trump White House
From the role of the First Lady to presidential getaways, Donald Trump’s White House is going to look very different from that of his predecessors, even without a bling ballroom makeover. Franklin Roosevelt had his “fireside chats” broadcast over the wireless, John F Kennedy deployed his dashing good looks to black and white television and the grand orator Barack Obama saw few problems that could not be solved by a hefty speech.