michael flynn
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Jeff Sessions Is a Casualty of Trump’s Fight With the Press
Donald Trump and the Trumpettes are quickly learning that picking a war with the media was a bad look. If you are going to go against a group of people whose job is to literally go through all your stuff to see what they can find, you better have your shit tight. And President Vladimir…
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Groundhog Day: Democrats Must Make Sure Russia-Gate Isn’t Like 1996’s ‘China-Gate’
Name a successful president who takes campaign assistance from a “frenemy” of the United States, pretends not to know what his vice president does and does not know, and radically alters foreign policy toward the nation that helped him get into the White House. Raise your hand if you thought of Bill Clinton. As bad…
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Unique Views, Episode 31: 10 Minutes With Loretta Devine on a Shaky Cellphone
When we tell y’all that we are trying, I don’t think y’all understand what that really means. This podcast is held together with shoestring and bubblegum. It’s not a joke when we call ourselves the Sanford and Son of podcasts, and as Ms. Patti LaDanielle, aka The Root’s social-content producer, Danielle Young, told me, “Yeah,…
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The White House Had Russia on Its Friends-and-Family Cellphone Plan
The latest news coming out of the White House is only shocking if you believe that a restaurant in Washington, D.C., was really a secret meeting place for high-profile pedophiles or believe that the New York Times is failing, but it turns out that the White House and Russia kick it. The White House and…
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Why National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Didn’t Need to Resign
The Trump administration stinks. It has from the beginning, and two of the major offenses have been the administration’s obvious ties to Cousin Putin and lying. The entire campaign and presidency up to this point have had to answer questions about both, so it seems a little disingenuous that national security adviser Michael Flynn would…
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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Resigns After Revelation He Lied About Talks With Russian Ambassador
National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night after it was revealed he lied to Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States. From the New York Times: Mr. Flynn, who served in the job for less than a month, stepped…
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Could This Be 1st Step in Impeachment Process? Democrat Files ‘Resolution of Inquiry’ on Trump
A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a Resolution of Inquiry on Thursday that directs the Department of Justice to provide the House of Representatives with any and all information relevant to an inquiry into President Donald Trump and his associates’ conflicts of interest, ethical violations (including the emoluments clause) and Russia ties.…