“Trumpgrets” comes to the movement

I wrote about it for Salon this morning: The story of the regretful Donald Trump voter has already become a clichA . It started even before the inauguration, with reporters venturing out into the wilds of Real America to talk to the most fascinating people on earth and find out how they're feeling on any given day.

Analysis: Trump risks turning Breitbart into an enemy by sidelining Bannon – Fri, 14 Apr 2017 PST

The seeds of Breitbart's resentment were sown months before President Donald Trump cut down chief strategist Stephen Bannon this week. Now the question is whether the hard-right news site that cheered Trump to victory - and sent Bannon, its former chairman, to the White House - will turn on the president.

FBI director: Public should be aware agenda-driven fake news – Fri, 14 Apr 2017 PST

FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.

The bull and the girl

Popular Vote Loser Donald Trump just released his first budget,and it is filled with debilitating cuts to social services and... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... A good bit back, I wrote a piece about authors who loathed adaptations of their work . For example, Stanley Kubrick managed to make two films which are considered among some of the best he ever directed, which also pissed off the authors of the source material something awful.

Trump’s CIA Director Just Called WikiLeaks a “Hostile Intelligence Service”

Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo on Thursday denounced WikiLeaks as a "non-state hostile intelligence service," and he singled out Russia as one of the anti-secrecy organization's top collaborators. Pompeo is the latest top official in the Trump administration to note that Russia hacked into the emails of Democratic staffers with the intention of influencing the 2016 presidential election.

FBI director: Public should know of agenda-driven fake news

FBI Director James Comey said Americans should be aware of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections and mindful of the possibility that what they're reading might be part of an organized disinformation campaign. U.S. adversaries, including Russia last year, have "used all kinds of vectors to try and influence and undermine our own faith in our democratic processes" and have relied on increasingly sophisticated tactics, the FBI director warned.

Ap Fact Check: Trump forgets tense time in Us-Russia history

In a news conference and a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave skewed accounts of U.S. relations over time with Russia, auto jobs and health care under his watch. TRUMP: "We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia."

Ap Fact Check: Steve who? Trump shortchanges a relationship

In a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave a skewed account of auto jobs and health care under his watch and flatly contradicted himself on how long he's known his right-hand strategist, Steve Bannon. "Many years," Trump said of their relationship back in August, when he made Bannon his campaign chief.

Putin Says Level of Trust Has ‘Probably Worsened’ Since Trump Succeeded Obama

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Mir interviewer Radik Batyrshin at the Kremlin on April 11, 2017. The level of trust between Russia and the United States has not improved since President Trump took office, but has "probably worsened," President Vladimir Putin has said in a new interview.

Sanders: Trump will be a one-term president

Promising to "expose the Republican Party for what it is," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted Wednesday that President Donald Trump would be a one-term president as the liberal icon prepared to launch a nationwide tour to rally Democrats. "In terms of the first three months in office, Donald Trump is the least popular president in the history of polling," Sanders told The Associated Press.

“It’s not too late” to fire James Comey: President…

As the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference continues, President Donald Trump reminded the bureau's director that he is his boss and ultimately has the final say over his employment. Asked in a Tuesday interview on Fox Business Network if it was too late to ask FBI Director James Comey to resign, the president responded, "No, it's not too late."

Michael Hayden, former CIA director: Russiaa s election hacking wasna t an a act of wara

Russia 's involvement in last year's White House race was no "act of war," former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday, discounting claims raised across Washington amid lingering accusations over Moscow's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential race. "I would never use that term," the retired four-star Air Force general told The Hill in an interview Tuesday, separating himself from a growing list of Democrats and Republicans who claim Russia committed an "act of war" by interfering in last year's presidential election.

Trump downplays Bannon’s campaign role amid reports of infighting

Amid a flood of reports detailing division among the upper echelon of his White House, President Trump on Tuesday night refused to firmly back his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon - going so far as to minimize Bannon's role in the underdog presidential campaign. Bannon, the former executive chair of Breitbart News, served as the Trump campaign's CEO during the final, successful push to Election Day.

US Sen. Warren rakes in $5.2M in first 3 months of this year

In this March 27, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses business leaders during a New England Council luncheon in Boston. Warren is revving up her already formidable fundraising juggernaut, raking in more than $5.2 million in the first quarter of the year to bring her campaign account to more than $9.2 million according to fundraising totals released Wednesday, April 12, by her campaign.