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.”
LaunchInspector General finds detainees ‘standing on toilets’ for room at packed border facility
The Trump regime’s un-American conduct continues to reach disgusting, horrific depths.
LaunchRobert Mueller announces resignation from the Department of Justice, comments publicly on his investigation
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.
LaunchTimothy Egan: The Left Coast is effectively opposing the Trump regime
“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.”
LaunchCambodians who fled to Seattle ‘shocked’ as details emerge of Republican Doug Ericksen’s $500K deal with regime
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.
LaunchCorrupt, through and through: North Carolina Republican Chair indicted in probe
“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.
LaunchIdaho Republican: “If President Obama had done the national emergency, Republicans would have gone crazy”
Mike Simpson, a long-serving member of the United States House of Representative, has publicly acknowledged the party’s “IOKIYAR” double standard.
LaunchTrump blows off ceremonial presidential duties so he can sulk in the White House
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.
LaunchTrial balloon or imminent news? Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say
The Washington Post reports that Trump may want yet another member of his Cabinet to pack their bags and get lost.
LaunchPaul Volcker, at ninety-one, sees ‘a hell of a mess in every direction’
“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.”
LaunchAfter publicly cursing out her son, Pam Roach blames Democratic activists for her behavior
The Pam Roach Show is back, starring the incredibly obnoxious Pam Roach, who nicely epitomizes the Washington State Republican Party.
LaunchDonald Trump defrauded the public by helping his parents dodge their tax obligations, New York Times investigation finds
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.
LaunchTrump’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.”
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.”
LaunchAmerican democracy is on a knife’s edge
“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.”
LaunchLeaked audio from Cathy McMorris Rodgers fundraiser catches Devin Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick
Find out what Devin Nunes and Cathy McMorris Rodgers had to say behind closed doors last week about impeaching Rod Rosenstein.
LaunchTrump threatens another federal government shutdown if he doesn’t get his stupid wall, rattling Republicans
“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.”
LaunchDana Milbank: Paul Ryan has been living in a cave
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
LaunchDemocrats watch the Trump Show from the bleachers
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
Launch‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages
“This portrait of Trump at a moment of crisis just over a year after taking office is based on interviews with twenty-two White House officials, friends and advisers to the president and other administration allies, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss Trump’s state of mind,” The Washington Post says.
LaunchThe United States of America is decadent and depraved
“We cannot blame everything on Donald Trump, much though we might want to,” writes James Traub. “In the decadent stage of the Roman Empire, or of Louis XVI’s France, or the dying days of the Habsburg Empire so brilliantly captured in Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities, decadence seeped downward from the rulers to the ruled. But in a democracy, the process operates reciprocally. A decadent elite licenses degraded behavior, and a debased public chooses its worst leaders. Then our Nero panders to our worst attributes — and we reward him for doing so.”
Launch“Trump, Trump, Trump!” How 45’s name became a racial jeer
The New York Times examines “a phenomenon distinct from the routine racism so familiar in this country: the provocative use of Trump, after the man whose comments about Mexicans, Muslims and undocumented immigrants — coupled with his muted responses to white nationalist activity — have proved so inflammatory.”
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