Tag Archives: Trump administration

Sarah Sanders Busted In Lie During Interview In Which She Attacks Fellow Ex-WH Staff As “Disgruntled” Liars

ABC News reports: Sarah Sanders, whose memoir was published Tuesday, told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos that the cacophony of negative comments from former officials — including former  Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — contrasted sharply with her own account because hers was “honest.” “It’s really simple,” Sanders …

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Nine Pharmas Issue Joint Pledge On COVID Vax Efficacy

The Hill reports: Nine pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday issued a rare joint pledge seeking to reassure the public about the safety and efficacy of their vaccines for coronavirus. The statement from the top drug companies working on coronavirus vaccines, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna, comes amid fears of political pressure from President Trump on the vaccine approval process and doubts …

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Fox News: Steve Mnuchin Heard “Losers” Comments

Mediaite reports: Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin doubled down on her previous reporting which claimed President Donald Trump disrespected veterans and war dead, adding that Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin was in the room with the president when he disparaged four-star generals. Griffin reported Mnuchin was at the Tank meeting in the Pentagon on July 20, 2017, when …

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NBC: Trump May Fire Defense Sec. Mark Esper

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump has long been unhappy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and White House officials have talked to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about taking the top Pentagon job should Trump decide to fire Esper, three senior administration officials said. Two senior administration officials said Trump discussed the position directly with Wilkie at the White House …

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WaPo: DeJoy Reimbursed Staffers’ Donations To GOP

The Washington Post reports: Louis DeJoy’s prolific campaign fundraising, which helped position him as a top Republican power broker in North Carolina and ultimately as head of the U.S. Postal Service, was bolstered for more than a decade by a practice that left many employees feeling pressured to make political contributions to GOP candidates — money DeJoy later reimbursed through …

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POLL: Skepticism Grows Over Rushed COVID Vaccine

CBS News reports: Skepticism about getting a coronavirus vaccine has grown since earlier this summer, and most voters say if a vaccine were made available this year, their first thought would be that it was rushed through without enough testing. Just 21% of voters nationwide now say they would get a vaccine as soon as possible if one became available …

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Sanders Calls Ex-Colleague A “Foulmouthed NYC Jew”

Business Insider reports: In “Speaking for Myself: Faith Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House,” Sarah Sanders describes former White House colleague Josh Raffel as “a liberal, aggressive, foulmouthed Jew from New York City,” according to Jewish Insider, which obtained a preview copy of the book. During his time working at the White House, Raffel …

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WH To Feds: Cancel All Racial Sensitivity Training

The Washington Post reports: President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies’ racial sensitivity trainings, casting some of them as “divisive” and “un-American,” according to a memo by the White House Office of Management and Budget. In the two-page memo, OMB Director Russell Vought says Trump has asked him to prevent federal agencies from spending millions in taxpayer dollars on …

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USPS Police Block Dem Rep From Scheduled Visit

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Postal Service police officers barred a Florida congresswoman from scheduled tours at two mail processing complexes Friday, blocking entry to the facilities and threatening to escort her from the property if she refused to leave. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) had arrived at the Royal Palm Processing and Distribution Center in Opa-Locka, Fla., for a …

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World Famous Liars Deny “Losers And Suckers” Report

The Trump campaign today published a collection of world famous liars denying The Atlantic report that Trump called US Marines killed in a famous World World I battle “losers” and “suckers.” The report also says that Trump didn’t want amputees appearing in parades because “nobody wants to see that.” Other famous liars are at the link above. The Atlantic story …

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Pentagon To Shutter 170 Year-Old Stars & Stripes

USA Today reports: Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists, his administration’s latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper. In a heretofore unpublicized memo, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter the Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has been a lifeline and a …

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WH Model Now Predicts 410K Deaths By Jan. 1st

ABC News reports: A key forecasting model often cited by experts and used by the White House has revised its prediction of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., now estimating a peak of 410,451 by January 1. The model created by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington posted an update Friday predicting an additional …

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Stephen Miller Calls WWI Report “A Despicable Lie”

The Washington Examiner reports: Former and current White House officials angrily denied a report that President Trump disparaged American war dead, saying instead that he was “livid” that bad weather meant he could not visit a French cemetery for U.S. soldiers killed in World War I. Stephen Miller, senior adviser to the president who was on the trip to France, …

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Justice Dept To Bring Anti-Trust Suit Against Google

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case against Google as soon as this month, after Attorney General William P. Barr overruled career lawyers who said they needed more time to build a strong case against one of the world’s wealthiest, most formidable technology companies, according to five people briefed on internal department conversations. …

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Fauci: Vaccine Won’t Be Approved Unless Effective

“I mean I will look at the data and I would assume and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be the case that a vaccine would not be approved for the American public unless it was indeed both safe and effective. And I keep emphasizing both safe and effective. If that’s the case, Jim, I would not hesitate for a …

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Federal Debt To Exceed Size Of Economy In Next Year

The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. debt has reached its highest level compared to the size of the economy since World War II and is projected to exceed it next year, the result of a giant fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that federal debt held by the public is projected to reach or …

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Conway: “Hidden” Trump Voters Will Give Him The Win

The Hill reports: Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway warned that there are more “hidden” supporters of President Trump who will boost him during his reelection bid in November. “The person who coined the term, ‘hidden, undercover Trump voter in 2016,’ there are even more of them, and they’re even more committed now, and they’re going to surprise you as …

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USPS Paid $286M To DeJoy’s Ex-Employer Since 2013

The Washington Post reports: The United States Postal Service has paid about $286 million over the past seven years to XPO Logistics, the former employer of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. He still holds at least a $30 million stake in the company, which has ramped up its business with the Postal Service since he took the helm at the agency. …

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Bill Barr Denies Police Brutality, Attacks Voting By Mail

CNN reports: Attorney General William Barr, in an exclusive interview on CNN, broadly defended the actions of police, saying shootings of Black Americans often weren’t racially motivated and weren’t as common as public demonstrations have made them seem. “I don’t think there are two justice systems,” Barr said in a sometimes contentious interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf …

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Federal Food Aid Now Arrives With Trump Branding

ProPublica reports: Millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table may discover a new item in government-funded relief packages of fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat: a letter signed by President Donald Trump. The message, printed on White House letterhead in both English and Spanish, touts the administration’s response to the coronavirus, including aid provided …

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