Quotable
Month: July 2017
Russia
Trump Circus Distracts From ‘Chilling’ Senate Testimony
“While Trump tweeted his transgender ban and Scaramucci cussed up a storm, a financier provided chilling testimony about Russian operatives and their American enablers,” Metro reports. “Financier Bill Browder was scheduled to testify before the […]
Senate
Thumbs Down! GOP Fails Again to Deny Health Care to Millions of Americans
“Senator John McCain brought down the latest Republican health-care plan early Friday morning,” The Atlantic reports. “In a moment of high drama on the Senate floor, the Arizona senator, stricken with brain cancer and railing […]
Dysfunction
Priebus On the Outside Looking In
USA Today: “It’s on: Scaramucci vs. Priebus.” “The near-constant infighting within President Trump’s staff burst back into public view Thursday, after newly hired White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci — less than a week on […]
Fascism
Who’s Next?
“President Donald Trump’s three-tweet plan to stop transgender individuals from serving in the military has yet to be clarified or implemented, but as it stands could run headlong into established case law,” CNN reports. “The […]
Dysfunction
Republicans Continue to Bumble Their Way Through ‘Repeal & Replace’
CNN “Six months and change after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Senate Republicans were finally successful Tuesday afternoon in kicking off consideration of a House-approved bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. But the tension that […]
Unhinged
‘Be Prepared!’
Republican President Trump “decided to unload the details of his electoral victory and political battles onto America’s youth during his speech Monday night at the quadrennial Boy Scout Jamboree,” The Week reports. “In Trump’s freewheeling speech […]
Dysfunction
Trump Floats Rudy Giuliani As Possible A.G. Replacement
Business Insider: “President Donald Trump is reportedly thinking about bringing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on as his Attorney General, White House sources told Axios on Monday.” “Axios’ Mike Allen wrote that Trump ‘has recently […]
Dysfunction
Spicer Exit Caps Week of Defections
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship, Trump Administration officials are dropping at an alarming rate: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary (Source: The New York Times) Spokesman for Trump’s legal team resigns just […]
Unhinged
Trump Inquires About Pardoning Aides, Family, Himself
At the six month mark of his administration, and in the shadow of a special investigation into his Russian connections, Republican President Donald Trump “has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members […]