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2018-06-15T23:11:20-04:00

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White House Officials Employ Time Honored Method to Avoid Trump-Putin Hookup

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 11:11 pm By Susan Wright

This might be the best strategy for dealing with President Trump’s really awful, no-good whims. A new report out on Friday states that the president has been so obsessed with getting Russian President Vladimir Putin over to the White House, so he can show him his room, that he’s been asking for it to be a thing since last year. So how are White House officials dealing with it? They’re ignoring him and hoping he forgets about it. An unnamed... Read more

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2018-06-15T18:40:21-04:00

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Rand Paul’s Angry Neighbor Gets to Cool Down in a Prison Cell

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 6:40 pm By Susan Wright

This is justice. Back in November 2017, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was the victim of a blindside attack by a neighbor, Rene Boucher, 59. Apparently, Boucher, a doctor, just like Senator Paul, came unhinged because of yard debris the senator was stacking too close to the property line. Neighbors say this wasn’t the first dispute, but whether it was or not, there was absolutely no sense in it, and it brings into question Boucher’s mental state. The attack was carried... Read more

2018-06-15T14:20:44-04:00

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Trump Fixer, Michael Cohen, Is Ready to Sing Like a Bird

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 2:20 pm By Susan Wright

There are some people that can take mountains of abuse, whether mental, emotional, or otherwise, and they don’t crack. You have to believe, however, that there are limits to how much anyone will take, and when those limits are reached, there’s going to be a distinct, memorable reaction. As former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort was hauled off to jail on Friday due to witness tampering in his case, you have to figure Trump “fixer” and longtime personal attorney, Michael... Read more

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2018-06-15T12:46:39-04:00

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President Trump Wants the Kind of “Respect” Kim Jong Un Gets

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 12:46 pm By Susan Wright

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve read my concerns about President Trump’s bizarre affection for Communist dictators and strongmen – China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and most recently, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. I don’t know which of those are most concerning, but given that an American president has now openly and actively revved up machinations meant to alienate and unbalance long held relationships with geopolitical allies and neighbors, while praising the aforementioned dictators, to not be concerned now... Read more

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2018-06-15T09:56:55-04:00

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James Comey Considered Requesting a Special Counsel Investigation Into AG Loretta Lynch

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 9:56 am By Susan Wright

I’m going to give former FBI Director James Comey some latitude he has not been receiving since the unveiling of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on Thursday. What the report revealed is that as director, James Comey did the wrong thing. He neglected to follow protocol and keep Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the loop, as far as the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server and her handling of classified information. Do I think an attorney general as... Read more

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2018-06-14T22:33:27-04:00

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North Korean Defector Has One Question for President Trump: Why?

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 10:33 pm By Susan Wright

Why, is a good question. The answer is heavily wrapped up in callousness, indifference, and ego. Kim Yong Hwa is a North Korean defector and the chairman of the North Korean Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea. Part of her group’s mission is to provide bottles of rice, waterproof Bibles, and financial aid to the impoverished people of her homeland. Since April 2016, the organization has sent nearly sixty tons of bottled rice down waterways from South Korea into North... Read more

2018-06-14T19:36:38-04:00

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We’re Just Beginning to Hear of Some of the Ludicrous Statements by Trump to Our Allies at the G7 Summit

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 7:36 pm By Susan Wright

I keep coming back to this because the more we see from this new age of Trumpism and how it has overtaken the Republican party, the more important it seems to be that we examine every detail of our president’s behavior. Whether President Trump is a Russian asset or not, his behavior certainly should raise suspicions. To begin with, his praise of Communist dictators – Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un – is very much out of place... Read more

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2018-06-14T14:39:14-04:00

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DOJ Inspector General Report: James Comey Broke Protocol, but There Was No Bias

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 2:39 pm By Susan Wright

So the heavily anticipated Department of Justice Inspector General’s report will be released soon, and it is remarkable in just how unremarkable the early reports are of what will be released Thursday afternoon. So first of all, let’s begin with the findings regarding former FBI Director James Comey. According to two sources, what the report will show about Comey is that he screwed up in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Most notably, he was supposed to keep then-Attorney General Loretta... Read more

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2018-06-14T12:25:01-04:00

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WOW: New York AG’s Office SUES Trump Family and the Donald J. Trump Foundation for Cashing in on Charity

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 12:25 pm By Susan Wright

Because of course they did. News breaking this morning involves a suit brought against the Trump Foundation by the New York Attorney General, alleging that President Trump’s “charity” foundation broke state law that restricts any charity’s participation in election activity. Specifically named in the suit is the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump. So, his whole family was being skeevy with funds donated to the foundation, meant for charitable efforts. “Self-dealing” is... Read more

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2018-06-14T10:44:34-04:00

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South Korean Newspaper Does Not Share Trump’s Enthusiasm for the Trump-Kim Summit Outcome

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 10:44 am By Susan Wright

We’ve been getting all the hot takes from those who either have been duped into believing what went on in Singapore this week between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was the greatest act of diplomacy ever, and those of us who never ate paint chips as kids, who see our president’s monumental blunder of incompetence on the world stage. The days following the Trump-Kim summit have been no better, with President Trump praising a brutal thug’s... Read more

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