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Category: Open Government

WTF News: We Televise Fear

Trump had better be careful about hate-tweeting Fox

August 29th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Media & Culture, Open Government

Donald Trump may think he doesn’t need Fox Noise Channel. But he does. He needs Fox even more than they need him. After all, they’re a media outlet, and they can always turn on a dime and go back to having an adversarial relationship with the President.

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Matt Shea at a rally for guns

Revealed: Matt Shea aided group training young men for ‘biblical warfare’

August 14th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Open Government

Archconservative Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told The Guardian that “it almost sounds like going back to the Hitler Youth concept”.

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Caricature of Donald Trump

Baltimore Sun editorial board trashes Trump: “Better to have a few rats than to be one”

July 29th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

The Baltimore Sun isn’t having any of Trump’s despicable attacks on Representative Elijah Cummings or Maryland’s 7th District.

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Inside a party with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein

Birds of a feather flock together: Newly unearthed video shows Trump and Epstein partying together in ’92

July 18th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Via NBC News, this is quite the find: “Newly found footage from NBC News’ archives shows Donald Trump apparently talking about women with Jeffrey Epstein, now a registered sex offender, at a party at Mar-a-Lago in November 1992.”

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Detainees mistreated by the Trump regime

Inspector General finds detainees ‘standing on toilets’ for room at packed border facility

May 31st, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

The Trump regime’s un-American conduct continues to reach disgusting, horrific depths.

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Robert Mueller speaks

Robert Mueller announces resignation from the Department of Justice, comments publicly on his investigation

May 29th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Robert Mueller has announced his resignation from the Department of Justice and commented publicly on the investigation he led as Special Counsel. Mueller’s complete statement can be watched here.

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Left Coast United in Defense of our American Values

Timothy Egan: The Left Coast is effectively opposing the Trump regime

May 10th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

“The West Coast is crushing it against Trump. Using the law to fight a bully, the Constitution to challenge an authoritarian, and facts against Fox News-driven fantasy, California, Oregon and Washington have stalled some of the most despicable of Trump’s retrograde policies.”

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Doug Ericksen with Cambodia's dictator

Cambodians who fled to Seattle ‘shocked’ as details emerge of Republican Doug Ericksen’s $500K deal with regime

May 6th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government, World Community

Donald Trump booster and Tim Eyman pal Doug Ericksen has teamed up with disgraced former State Representative Jay Rodne to promote the interests of Cambodia’s authoritarian Hun Sen regime in the United States. The pair have a deal with the regime worth half a million dollars.

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A Republican apology

Corrupt, through and through: North Carolina Republican Chair indicted in probe

April 2nd, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government, Party Politics

“A federal grand jury has indicted the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and a major Republican campaign donor on conspiracy and bribery charges,” The Charlotte Observer reports.

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Mike Simpson, Republican of Idaho

Idaho Republican: “If President Obama had done the national emergency, Republicans would have gone crazy”

March 3rd, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Mike Simpson, a long-serving member of the United States House of Representative, has publicly acknowledged the party’s “IOKIYAR” double standard. 

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Caricature of Donald Trump

Trump blows off ceremonial presidential duties so he can sulk in the White House

November 14th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Open Government

Trump may project confidence through social media or when he appears in public, but it’s apparent that behind the scenes, he’s not feeling confident at all.

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Outspin. Outlast. Presenting.... Survivor: (Trump's) White House -- Updated with More Departures

Trial balloon or imminent news? Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say

November 12th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

The Washington Post reports that Trump may want yet another member of his Cabinet to pack their bags and get lost.

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Paul Volcker

Paul Volcker, at ninety-one, sees ‘a hell of a mess in every direction’

October 23rd, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

“The central issue is we’re developing into a plutocracy… We’ve got an enormous number of enormously rich people that have convinced themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart and constructive. And they don’t like government, and they don’t like to pay taxes.”

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After publicly cursing out her son, Pam Roach blames Democratic activists for her behavior

October 11th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

The Pam Roach Show is back, starring the incredibly obnoxious Pam Roach, who nicely epitomizes the Washington State Republican Party.

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Caricature of Donald Trump

Donald Trump defrauded the public by helping his parents dodge their tax obligations, New York Times investigation finds

October 2nd, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Reporters David Barstow, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner explain how Trump used a multitude of tax dodges to inherit money from his parents and project the illusion that he is a wealthy, successful businessman. The truth, of course, is much different: Trump is a liar, a cheat, and a con man.

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Trump chief of staff John Kelly

Trump’s chief of staff reportedly told White House colleagues: “I don’t even know why any of us are here… This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

September 4th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Trump’s chief of staff reportedly told White House colleagues: “I don’t even know why any of us are here… This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

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The Republican Formula

American democracy is on a knife’s edge

August 27th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

“A year ago it seemed possible that there might be limits to the party’s complicity, that there would come a point where at least a few representatives or senators would say, no more. Now it’s clear that there are no limits: They’ll do whatever it takes to defend Trump and consolidate power.”

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Devin Nunes

Leaked audio from Cathy McMorris Rodgers fundraiser catches Devin Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick

August 8th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Find out what Devin Nunes and Cathy McMorris Rodgers had to say behind closed doors last week about impeaching Rod Rosenstein.

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The Republican Formula

Trump threatens another federal government shutdown if he doesn’t get his stupid wall, rattling Republicans

July 30th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

“We’re going to have a challenging midterm anyway, and I don’t see how putting the attention on shutting down the government when you control the government is going to help you.”

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Ryan with Pence and Trump

Dana Milbank: Paul Ryan has been living in a cave

June 18th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Trump congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his “election”? PAUL RYAN: “I don’t know the content of that conversation.” Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama

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Outspin. Outlast. Presenting.... Survivor: White House

Democrats watch the Trump Show from the bleachers

May 7th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Open Government

Trump has overwhelmed the news industry, exhausting capacity and journalists alike. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been the subject of more legitimate corruption

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