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The coming parade of witnesses against Trump
alternet.org - Martin Longman, The Washington Monthly
They won’t be tell-all mistresses or victims of sexual harassment or victims of fraud and aggrieved contractors or pissed off members of the …
Wisconsin
Scott Walker possible contender for Interior Secretary's job
jsonline.com - Rick Barrett
Buy Photo Outgoing Gov. Scott Walker has emerged as a potential contender for the U.S. Interior Secretary’s job as Ryan Zinke prepares to steps down …
The Daily Signal
Conservative View
Media Misses: The Double Standard Is Real
dailysignal.com - Ginny Montalbano
The double standard is real and that was evident this week when Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” used incredibly vulgar language to …
Quartz
China
The Trump administration’s Africa policy is all about countering China’s influence
Quartz
Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled its new Africa strategy, a three-pronged plan focused on furthering US interests and countering the “great power competitors” of China and Russia. In a speech
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Opinion
Stuart Varney: If you hate Trump, you can say reprehensible things (and nothing will happen)
Fox News
Mika Brzezinski is a news anchor with MSNBC. She hates President Trump. Her show, "Morning Joe" is a struggle to watch, because it is an endless stream of contempt for our president. That contempt buys
Conservative View
[VIDEO] – Morning Mika apologizes on-air for ‘vulgar’ homophobic slur to everyone but MIKE POMPEO
therightscoop.com - by The Right Scoop
Morning Mika apologized this morning on MSNBC for the so-called homophobic slur she used against Mike Pompeo a couple of mornings ago: Brzezinski …
Foreign Policy
Yemen Shows How Quickly Foreign Policy Consensus Can Change
nationalinterest.org
Earlier this year, James Mattis, secretary of defense, headed over to Capitol Hill to attend both Republican and Democratic Senate luncheons. His …
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Donald Trump
Trump Considering Son-In-Law Jared Kushner For Next Chief Of Staff
HuffPost - S.V. Date
The president is in the third round of his search for a job not many people seem to want. WASHINGTON ― Having run through his first choices for his chief of staff vacancy without any luck, President Donald
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Opinion
Trump's next chief of staff will be a pretend chief of staff
USA TODAY - The Editorial Board
John Kelly is leaving this chaotic and demeaning White House. Now who wants to jump into a sandbox that's looking more like legal quicksand?: Our view These days in Washington, inquiring minds want to
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Trump Administration
How the Trump administration looked at the end of 2017 and how it looks at the end of 2018
Business Insider - John Haltiwanger and Skye Gould
• The Trump administration has seen an unprecedented level of turnover. • President Donald Trump's White House saw more firings, resignations, and reassignments of top staffers than any other young administration
Conservative View
Liberalism Bankrupts the Boy Scouts
spectator.org - George Neumayr
The other day President Trump called Rex Tillerson “dumb as a rock.” That was payback for an interview in which his former Secretary of State called …
Houston
Sixth-grader 'hates himself' because of his last name: Trump
chron.com - Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close An 11-year-old who shares a last name with the president has been punched and bullied at school because of his name, news …
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Politics
Pompeo challenges accuracy of reports that CIA is confident of Saudi prince’s involvement in Khashoggi death
The Washington Post - By Anne Gearan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to directly answer Wednesday whether he believes the denials from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince of involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and he
U.S. Politics
US anti-propaganda team fights China’s predatory lending
washingtonexaminer.com - Joel Gehrke
The State Department is launching a new initiative aimed at persuading impoverished countries to avoid going into debt to China by accepting …
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U.S. Politics
Turnover in Trump Cabinet, White House shows no sign of slowing amid new departures
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Video The comings and goings of President Trump's Cabinet President Trump has long promised to create jobs, and has consistently delivered -- especially in his own White House and Cabinet, where rapid
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Border Security
Mike Pompeo: Trump is committed to protecting America
Fox News
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighs in on the French terror attack, border security, Jamal Khashoggi murder, China, his speech in Brussels and Russia nuclear jets in Venezuela on 'Fox & Friends.'
Gun Control
Wednesday letters: Business and moral stands
houstonchronicle.com - www.houstonchronicle.com
Corporate courage Regarding “Holiday shop at Dick’s” (Editorial, Sunday): In September 2014, CVS Caremark stopped selling tobacco products because it …
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump reportedly hoped someone else would fire Kelly for him
MSNBC - Steve Benen
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen reports in recent months about John Kelly’s imminent ouster as White House chief of staff, but in each …
Bloombergadded this to Bloomberg
Opinion
Judging John Kelly
Bloomberg - Jonathan Bernstein
Changing the chief of staff can sometimes make all the difference. Bill Clinton’s honeymoon, previously the worst in the modern era, gave way to a …
Liberal View
CIA officials express 'extraordinary frustration' over Trump's 'lack of comprehension' of US intelligence
alternet.org - Alex Henderson, AlterNet
Click here for reuse options! “Either it doesn’t resonate, or there is a lack of comprehension,” one official complained to Miller.One of the …
The White House
Trevor Noah on the one job no one wants:
slate.com - Aja Hoggatt
Is this the most unwanted job in America?
Opinion
John Kelly leaves White House with his reputation in tatters
bostonglobe.com - Michael A. Cohen
He exposed himself as small-minded, dishonest, and sympathetic to Trump’s most egregiously racist and xenophobic policies.
Donald Trump
The Coming Collision
spectator.org - William Murchison
With Nick Ayers’ withdrawal as prospective chief of staff to the president, the way opens for a candidate who will swear on his mother’s grave to do …
New Zealand News
Foreign Minister Winston Peters to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence this week
nzherald.co.nz - Jason Walls
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will tomorrow travel to the US to meet with the Vice President, the Secretary of State and other senior members of …
Donald Trump
The David Pakman Show - December 10, 2018 from The David Pakman Show
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Episode Info: --On the Show: --Zoltan Istvan, leading transhumanist and author of the science fiction novel The Transhumanist Wager, joins David to …
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Opinion
Proof that Trump is lying about ‘fake news,’ from Trump himself
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
PRESIDENT TRUMP told the nation Sunday it was all “Fake News.” Reports were swirling that Nick Ayers, who leads Vice President Pence’s team, had been in line to become the next White House chief of staff,
New York Magazineadded this to Daily Intelligencer
Politics
‘Dumb as a Rock’: 5 Times Trump Insulted People He Appointed Himself
New York Magazine - Adam K. Raymond
Once a “star,” Rex Tillerson is now “dumb as a rock.” When Donald Trump was first considering Rex Tillerson for the role of Secretary of State, back …
Liberal View
Jared Kushner Won't Let A Little BONE SAW Ruin His Bromance With Mohammed Bin Salman!
wonkette.com - www.wonkette.com
One of the oddest, and probably most important, plot points in the story of why Donald Trump rolls over like a submissive Pomeranian for the Saudis, …
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Opinion
Ups and downs: Trump’s rotten, no good year
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
UP: Michael Cohen DOWN: Paul Manafort UP: Robert S. Mueller III DOWN: White House aides and President Trump’s lawyers who conspired with Manafort up through 2018 UP: Grounds for impeachment DOWN: Likelihood
Donald Trump
Trump easily turns on people
baltimoresun.com - Baltimore Sun
Isn’t it interesting that President Donald Trump, back in December 2016, raved about former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson having been chosen as …