Who Knew What When At The White House
The scandal over a former White House staffer accused of domestic abuse has raised questions about who is handling sensitive information inside the West Wing.
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The History Of Military Parades In The U.S.
Steve Inskeep talks with commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of military parades in the U.S.
Lies and Failed Security Clearances
In the world of President Donald Trump, a failure to obtain necessary security clearances does not mean much if someone works for the President of the United States. In 1981, I joined the Congressional office staff of Rep. Paul Findley as press secretary and legislative assistant and we moved to Washington after 17 years as a newspaperman in Illinois and Virginia.
The White House’s latest defense of Rob Porter doesn’t add up, two Obama lawyers say
White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter watches as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office at the White House. CREDIT: Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that the White House's personnel security office's consideration of former staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned last week after two of his ex-wives accused him of domestic abusive, was still ongoing when Porter resigned.
Kamala Harris Asks FBI Director If Trump Should Recuse From Trump-Russia Intel
HARRIS: If the president asked you tomorrow to hand over to him additional sensitive FBI information on the investigations into his campaign, would you give it to him? WRAY: I am not going to discuss the investigation in question with the president, much less provide information from that investigation to him. HARRIS: And if he received that information and wanted to declassify it, would he have the ability to do that from your perspective? HARRIS: And do you believe the president should recuse himself from reviewing and declassifying sensitive material related to this investigation? WRAY: Happily, I am no longer in the business of doing legal analysis.
Huckabee Sanders Pronounces Media A Danger To National Security
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, spokeswoman for the man who spent over a year shouting "Lock Her Up!" at his rallies in order to express displeasure for Hillary Clinton mishandling some classified information in their fever dreams, scolded media today and claimed they were a danger to national security. NBC's Kristen Welker was asking Sanders some pretty reasonable questions about why Rob Porter was allowed to have access to classified documents when he did not have the clearance to do so.
‘Game-Changer’: Confirming Fears, Satellite Images Reveal Seas Rising at Increasing Rates
In a new study published Feb. 12, scientists found that global sea level rise is accelerating each year. As the Trump White House continues to advocate for the increased use of fossil fuels for energy-while every single other nation on Earth has committed to decreasing greenhouse gas emissions that are driving global warming-scientists have found that global sea level rise is accelerating each year.
Blue Apron? ‘Um, No.’ Anti-Hunger Advocates Decry…
A girl pays for her mother's groceries using Electronic Benefits Transfer tokens, more commonly known as food stamps, at a farmers' market in New York City. benefits-about 80 percent of eligible families-would receive half of their benefits in the monthly food boxes, which would contain shelf-stable milk, juice, grains, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned meat, fruits and vegetables.
Murder by Methanol: Hazardous Fact Sheet on Methanol
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Cripple Creek 1894: The Time a State Militia Came to Help Strikers, not Hurt Them
From the annals of labor history, we are pleased to offer this in a series of occasional essays relating stories of working people standing up for their rights. It was the first time-and likely the last-that a state militia force was called out in support of a striking union, rather than against it.
Tet Offensives, Hungry China and Dumbed Down Americans
With their brief existence, and dumbed down now by a degraded and warped education, most Americans have a telescoped and cartoony sense of history, so nothing matters, really, beyond the last two or three presidential elections, and each foreign country is represented, at most, by a caricature or two, so Germany is Hitler and Merkel, China is Mao and Xi, Russia is Lenin, Stalin and Putin, Japan is no-name-comes-to-mind, Korea is Little Rocket Man, Vietnam is Ho Chee Mann and Mexico , right next door, is, ah, Speedy Gonzales.
C&L’s Late Nite Music Club With Kyuss
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How can Republicans stop losing seats in special elections?
Scott Walker has a plan: stop holding them . It may not surprise you that he's willing to violate Wisconsin law in doing so: The governor is deliberately denying Wisconsinites representation in the legislature by refusing to call special elections to fill open seats in the State Assembly and the State Senate.
How Donald Trump Plans to Enlist Fossil Fuels in the Struggle for Global Dominance
The new U.S. energy policy of the Trump era is, in some ways, the oldest energy policy on Earth. Every great power has sought to mobilize the energy resources at its command, whether those be slaves, wind-power, coal, or oil, to further its hegemonic ambitions.
Donald Trump Opposes Due Process For Anyone Differently Situated From Himself
Donald Trump's belief that the presumption of innocence is irrefutable if one of his associates is involved is rather, ah, selective: A pretty good indicator that there's something unusual about Trump's sudden interest in legal procedure is how incongruent it is with his political strategy. Trump plays offense.
It took mere minutes for Trump to undermine RNC spokesperson’s…
During an MSNBC interview on Saturday morning, Republican National Committee spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said that the Trump White House "stands with women, unmistakably." Less than an hour later, Trump completely undercut McEnany's talking point with a tweet in which he defended men accused of sexual assault.
Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything?
Great article on another Democratic group that is dedicated to taking back state legislatures. Donald Trump has certainly helped.
A Message to the Wall Street Journal: ‘Give Voice to Accuracy, Instead of Partisanship’
The "one-sided" Republican memorandum known as the "Nunes Memorandum" after the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes , was released by the White House on Feb. 2, 2018. Responsible journalism is journalism responsible, in the last analysis, to the editor's own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest.
2/10/2018
A frenzy takes over the halls of the Pentagon as the end of the budget year looms. No office wants to end the year with money left in its budget.
Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden: Trump’s Parade Is ‘Bullsh*t’
So, Trump wants a parade . Not just any parade, but a grand, overblown military parade.