Month: August 2018

‘It is “in the public interest”

www.whitehouse.gov

whitehouse.gov
‘It is “in the public interest” for the White House’s top communicator to be excused from federal ethics laws so he can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump’s top lawyer.

Bill Shine, Trump’s newly minted communications director, and Larry Kudlow, the White House’s top economist, who worked at CNBC before his White House post, have both been excused from provisions of the law, which seeks to prevent administration officials from advancing the financial interests of relatives or former employers.’

‘It is “in the public interest” for the White House’s top communicator to be excused from federal ethics laws so he can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump’s top lawyer.

Bill Shine, Trump’s newly minted communications director, and Larry Kudlow, the White House’s top economist, who worked at CNBC before his White House post, have both been excused from provisions of the law, which seeks to prevent administration officials from advancing the financial interests of relatives or former employers.’

Exclusive: Hacked Emails Take Us Inside the Billionaires’ Club Around Vladimir Putin

Exclusive: Hacked Emails Take Us Inside the Billionaires’ Club Around Vladimir Putin

thedailybeast.com
‘Exclusive: Hacked Emails Take Us Inside the Billionaires’ Club Around Vladimir Putin
How a little-known lawyer is at the center of a complex nexus of connections between Western fixers, Russian oligarchs, Vladimir Putin—and even Donald Trump’

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

politico.com
‘”I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.”‘

‘Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.’

Week 91

Week 91

theweeklylist.org
This was a week of widespread and outrageous corruption in the Trump orbit — from Congressman Chris Collins and insider trading, to Secretary Wilbur Ross and grifting, to Secretary of State Kris Kobach miscounting votes, to the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd” controlling the Department of Veterans Affairs, and more. The phrase “drain the swamp” has disappeared from Trump’s vernacular, as he and his apostles appear to be squarely inside the swamp.