Infighting Is Funny

GOP Senator: Trump Must Recognize Putin Is A Liar

“The Senate Intelligence Committee has reviewed the 2017 IC (intelligence community) assessment and found no reason to doubt its conclusion that President Putin ordered an influence campaign aimed at the 2016 U.S. elections with the goal of undermining faith in our democratic process. Russia has conducted a coordinated cyberattack on state election systems, and hacked critical infrastructure.  They have used …

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Junior Cancels Headlining Gig At Fundraiser For Jeb Bush’s Son After Jeb Tweets Against Migrant Policy

Axios reports: Donald Trump Jr. and George P. Bush had formed an unlikely alliance despite their fathers, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, loathing each other — with Don Jr. backing George P. in his re-election campaign for Texas land commissioner, and even planning to headline a New York fundraiser for him on June 25. Two sources close to Don Jr. …

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REPORT: John Kelly Has Given Up On Trying To Rein In Trump’s Wild Behavior Even If It Leads To Impeachment

Politico reports: Kelly’s status in the White House has changed in recent months, and he and the president are now seen as barely tolerating one another. According to four people close to Kelly, the former Marine general has largely yielded his role as the enforcer in the West Wing as his relationship with Trump has soured. While Kelly himself once …

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Right Wing Group To Trump: Fire Pruitt Now [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: A conservative activist group is out with a new television commercial calling on President Trump to fire his embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt. “EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is embarrassing President Trump,” the voiceover in the advertisement by the American Future Fund (AFF) says before running through some of Pruitt’s recent high-profile scandals, like spending …

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McConnell Begs Trump To Pull Back From Tariffs

The Louisville Business Journal reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging President Trump to “pull back from the brink” from an international fight over tariffs, warning they could start a “trade war.” “I don’t think anything good will come out of a trade war, and I hope we pull back from the brink here,” McConnell said at the …

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Hatch: Trump’s Tariffs Are A “Tax Hike On Americans”

The Hill reports: GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, on Thursday, blasted the Trump administration’s decision to slap steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico saying the financial penalties are a “tax hike on Americans.” “My position remains unchanged: Tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are a tax hike on …

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Napolitano: Spygate Claims Are “Baseless” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Fox News’s Andrew Napolitano said late Tuesday there is “no evidence” to support President Trump’s “Spygate” theory that the FBI planted spies during his 2016 presidential campaign. Napolitano, the news network’s senior judicial analyst, said on “The Story With Martha MacCallum” that Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is making a “baseless” claim. “The allegations by Mayor Giuliani over …

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Gowdy Slams “Spygate” Claims: When Trump Finds Out What Happened, He’ll Be Glad For The FBI [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Outgoing Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the House Oversight Committee Chairman and Trump supporter, said in an interview on Fox that the FBI was justified in using a secret informant to assist in the Russia investigation. Gowdy, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, attended a classified Justice Department briefing last week over the FBI’s use of …

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White House Strategic Comms Director Mercedes Schlapp Fingered By Fellow Staffer As “Worst Leaker”

Jonathan Swan reports at Axios: Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering. Sadler, Mercedes Schlapp, Raj Shah, and John Kelly all gathered in front of the Resolute Desk for …

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State TV’s Lou Dobbs Rages: Trey Gowdy Is A Phony!

“Trey Gowdy is a phony! Think about it. He was in charge of Benghazi, he was in charge of various committees, but what did he do? Nothing! He’s never done anything! No charges, no indictments, no revelations, nothing has ever happened except he gets to have some terrific moments as I think he did with Hillary Clinton. After 11 hours …

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Blankenship To Attempt Third-Party Senate Run

Politico reports: West Virginia coal baron and former prisoner Don Blankenship announced on Monday that he plans to launch a long-shot third-party Senate bid after finishing a distant third in this month’s Republican primary. Blankenship said he would run in the general election as the Constitution Party nominee. But he would need to overcome a “sore loser” law in West …

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Conway: Some Leakers Are Senior Officials [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Thursday on Fox & Friends, guest host Abby Huntsman asked Conway if she’s pinpointed the leakers. “Somewhat, yes,” Conway said. The White House counselor went on to say that some higher-ups are involved. “They’re not all in the press and comms shop,” Conway said of the leakers. “And they’re not all junior folks. I mean, let’s be very …

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REPORT: Trump Wants To Publicly Identify At Least One White House Leaker To Make An Example Out Of Them

The Daily Beast reports: According to two sources who have spoken with the president about this issue in recent days, he has expressed his desire for at least one prominent “leaker” to be conclusively identified and “dealt with,” in order to make an example of him or her. Some Trump allies outside the White House are equally, if not more, …

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State TV Hosts Bemoan White House Leakers: It’s Just Sad That Trump Can’t Trust His Own Staff [VIDEO]

“The president relies on his advisors to be around him, to speak their mind. If the advisors feel like if I say something that that person doesn’t like and they are going to leak it, the president is not getting good advice. So he is owed the sanctity of a private conversation. Nonetheless, there is leaking from the White House …

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Kellyanne Conway: White House Staffers Who Leak To “Shiv Each Other” Will Be Found And Fired [VIDEO]

CNN reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday she expects personnel changes as a result of leaks within the White House staff. In an interview with Fox News, Conway said she had “several discussions” with President Donald Trump Monday about White House leaks. Asked if she expects personnel changes as a result, Conway said, “I do, actually. Yes I …

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Trump Rages: My White House Leakers Are Traitors

Mediaite reports: Trump’s tweet comes as the White House continues to face major criticism because Sadler said that McCain’s opposition to CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel is irrelevant because he’s “dying anyway.” Critics are demanding an apology from the over those insensitive remarks, and yet, the White House has dug in with their position that the leak of Sadler’s comments …

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Blankenship To “Cocaine Mitch”: This Isn’t Over [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports: Despite finishing last place in the West Virginia Republican primaries last week, Don Blankenship is still releasing advertisements attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who funneled thousands of dollars into that race to oppose him. In a new 60-second spot shared on Blankenship’s Facebook page over the weekend, the failed Senate candidate attacked McConnell for …

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REPORT: WH Aide Plotted Spying On His Coworkers To Catch Leakers Or Those Seen As “Disloyal” To Trump

The Daily Beast reports: A former National Security Council official now working for Attorney General Jeff Sessions explored ways to surreptitiously monitor the communications of White House staff for leaks or perceived political disloyalty to Donald Trump, according to three former Trump NSC officials familiar with the effort. Ezra Cohen-Watnick, whom former national security adviser Michael Flynn brought onto the …

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OKLAHOMA: NRA Vows To Unseat GOP Gov. Mary Fallin After Veto Of No-Permit Or Training Open Carry Gun Bill

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill late Friday that would have authorized adults to carry firearms without a permit or training, dealing a rare defeat to the National Rifle Association in a conservative state. The veto comes after opposition from the business community and law enforcement authorities, including top officials with the Oklahoma State …

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Sam Nunberg On Cohen: The President Doesn’t Let People Get Away With Making Money On Him [VIDEO]

He’s baaaaaack! Raw Story reports: Appearing on MSNBC, a ducking and weaving Sam Nunberg refused to say specifically what he told a grand jury empaneled by special counsel Robert Mueller looking into outside influence in President Donald Trump’s campaign, but admitted he was questioned about Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s finances. Nunberg said that he had no idea what Cohen was …

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