The Trump Administration and the Press

U.S. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1D5228DE00 The headline is perhaps more tongue-in-cheek than it ought to be, because Bump does an interesting bit of comparison between the end of the Obama administration and the start of the Trump administration to detail that, yes, the current administration is more adverse to the press than was than was the previous.

Clapper: ‘Obama Had No Knowledge’ Of FBI Informant In The Trump Campaign

James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, said Friday that former President Barack Obama had "no knowledge" of an FBI informant in the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. "I am sure President Obama had no knowledge whatsoever of an informant," Clapper said, adding that the FBI has many informants who play various roles within the department "who provide very valuable information and do so in a legitimate way."

Austrian Leader’s Blueprint for Europe’s Establishment:…

'Trump's son should be concerned': Wiretaps show Trump Jr. met with Putin ally - The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia's Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers Giuliani: White House wants briefing on classified info - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment - Exit poll result suggests huge majority of younger people voted Yes - Updated: - Ireland has voted by a landslide margin to change the constitution so that abortion can be legalised Trump says he'll spare Chinese telecom firm ZTE from collapse, defying ... (more)

Women Who Abort Face 81-Percent Increase In Risk For Mental Health Problems, Study Shows

Women who have abortions are much more likely to suffer mental health issues when compared to their peers who have carried their pregnancies to term, a British Journal of Psychiatry study showed. "Abortion and Mental Health" studied a group of women - some who had aborted and others who had not - for 14 years to determine if women who had abortions suffered from mental health problems afterward, according to CNS News Thursday.

Irish Citizens Are Turning Up In Droves To Vote On Abortion Referendum

The Irish are turning out in droves to vote Friday in a referendum that will determine whether abortion will remain illegal in the nation. Voting booths opened at 7 a.m., and initial reports show that many more voters have cast their ballots than did at the same time during Ireland's May 2015 referendum to legalize gay marriage, the Irish Times reported .

Reports from Cuba: Activist Iliana Hernandez detained 24 hours for…

The activist Iliana Hernandez, director of the independent television program Lente Cubano , was released Monday after being arrested at noon on May 20 outside her home in Cojimar, east of Havana, the dissident told 14ymedio . "I wrote a message on Facebook calling to celebrate the date on which the Republic of Cuba was founded," explains Hernandez, and State Security "thought I was going to organize something for that day."

“Miss Israel” and “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot to …

On left: How Castro's media depicted Jews That's Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin depicted as a murderous little monkey.) "Gal Gadot is on board to produce and possibly star in a movie based on Peter Kornbluh's Politico article "'My Dearest Fidel': An ABC Journalist's Secret Liaison With Fidel Castro." "When I first read Peter's article, I was entranced by his thrilling account of a complicated, fascinating woman in the midst of a high-stakes, real-life drama," Gadot said.

Fidel Castro in his own words: The Cuban revolution will not renounce terrorism

Beginning in the late fifties, Fidel Castro ordered the burning of Cuban sugar mills, warehouses, buses, factories. He also order bombings in stores, theaters, nightclubs, clinics throughout the island as part of the revolutionary campaign against the Batista dictatorship.

Reports from Cuba: Cuban festival in Washington: One more victory for Castroism

Omara Portuondo, Ballet Nacional, Pablo MilanA s, HaydA e MilanA s, Los Van Van , Teatro El PAoblico , Aldo LA3pez GavilA n, Jorge Luis Pacheco, Orquesta FaA lde , T eatro El PAoblico , Orquesta del Liceo de La Habana a The top drawer talent went to Cuba, to the Kennedy Center, to the Artes de Cuba festival. The best and most reliable, the ones who can be trusted to not defect or say something inappropriate-because it would not be to their advantage to do so.

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On Friday May 11, 2018, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein stating Comey testified the FBI didn't think General Flynn lied. Grassley also revealed Joe Pientka was the second FBI agent who joined Peter Strzok on January 24th, 2017 in an ambush style interview to take down General Flynn.

WikiLeaks to Trump: ‘Obama Already Did it to the French’, …

Responding to a tweet from President Donald Trump, WikiLeaks pointed out that the Obama administration ordered the CIA to hack Marine Le Pen and other candidates during the French election in 2012. In response, WikiLeaks noted that his presidential campaign wasn't the first one to be targeted, as "Obama already did it to the French."

RIP Richard Pipes

The great scholar Richard Pipes, known above all for his work on Russia and the Bolshevik Revolution, has died at 94. In 1999 I favorably reviewed his book on property as an institution, Property and Freedom: The Story of How through the Centuries Private Ownership Has Promoted Liberty and the Rule of Law.