Trump Administration

Meadows: Donald Trump’s America Is Peaceful [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that most of President Trump’s America is “peaceful” in response to fatal shootings at protests in Kenosha,Wis. and Portland Ore. that Meadows blamed on Democrat-run cities. Chuck Todd, the moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” challenged Meadows on the Trump campaign’s narrative that Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s …

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Rubio Calls DNI Briefing Change A “Historic Crisis”

The Hill reports: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), acting chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said congressional oversight is facing a “historic crisis” after the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified Congress on Saturday that the intelligence community will be scaling back in-person congressional briefings on election security. “Congressional oversight of intelligence activities now faces a historic crisis,” Rubio said …

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Two Men Used Fake IDs To Steal $3M In Bailout Funds

More diligent oversight by the Treasury Department: Two South Florida men used fake and stolen identities to steal over $3 million in coronavirus relief funds, authorities said. Jean Fleuridor, 41, of Weston, and Hasan Brown, 44, of Miami, made separate appearances this past week in Miami federal court on bank fraud conspiracy charges, according to court records. According to a …

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DNI Ends Election Security Briefings For Congress

CNN reports: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that it’ll no longer be briefing on election security issues, a senior administration official told CNN. It’ll provide written updates, the official said. The official added that other agencies supporting election security, including the Department of Justice, Department of Defense …

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HUD Staffer Tricked NYC Tenants Into Being In RNC Clip

The New York Times reports: It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton [photo], a longtime Trump associate who oversees federal housing programs in New York. Ms. Patton told a leader of a tenants’ group at the New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest, that she was interested in speaking with residents about conditions in the …

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Meadows: Biden Says There Should Be More Rioting

Fox News reports: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden only condemned the ongoing violence in Kenosha, Wis. and cities across the country this week because he “sees this as a political liability,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows charged on “The Daily Briefing” Friday. “After 90 days [of] Portland rioting, and … month after month things have gone on, he’s …

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Tell-All Book: How Melania Trump Froze Out Ivanka

Vanity Fair reports: During the inauguration, Wolkoff writes that she and Melania launched “Operation Block Ivanka,” making sure that she was seated out of frame in the photos of President Trump being sworn in. Once they were in the White House, Wolkoff writes that Ivanka and her staff wrote to her and Melania about co-hosting several events that were traditionally …

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Merkel Laughs Off Grenell’s Claim Trump Charmed Her

Politico Europe reports: German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted with a smile — and no comment — when a reporter asked if it was true that U.S. President Donald Trump had enchanted her. Richard Grenell, the former U.S. director of National Intelligence and ambassador to Germany, claimed earlier this week that he watched Trump “charm” Merkel, despite the famously chilly relationship …

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House Committee To Hold Mike Pompeo In Contempt

The New York Daily News reports: The House Foreign Affairs Committee pulled out the big guns against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, announcing its plans to hold him in contempt over his “alarming disregard for the law,” including his potentially illegal speech at the Republican National Convention this week. The committee’s chairman, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), said Pompeo …

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FDA Chief Cans New Spox After Plasma Controversy

Politico reports: FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn [photo] is ousting his top spokesperson after only two weeks on the job, in a move that follows unhappiness with the agency’s communications strategy, according to an email he sent to senior leaders on Friday that was shared with POLITICO. “Effectively immediately, Emily Miller will no longer serve the FDA as the assistant commissioner …

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Conway Rages When Asked If Trump Will Denounce Vigilantes: “Are You Trying To Incite More Trouble?”

The Daily Beast reports: The outgoing White House counselor was talking about the “unfortunate” violence in American cities and the need for “law and order” when CNN reporter Joe Johns asked, “Is the president calling on his supporters in Kenosha, people like Kyle Rittenhouse, to stop the violence?” “The president wants everybody to stop the violence,” Conway said in response. …

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Pence Won’t Speak At Wisconsin College Due To Unrest

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Wisconsin Lutheran College said Vice President Mike Pence won’t serve as the school’s commencement speaker Thursday after “careful consideration of the escalating events in Kenosha.” The college, which is in Milwaukee, said it has chosen Rev. Mark Jeske of St. Marcus Lutheran Church as a substitute speaker for Saturday’s event. The commencement is not on …

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CDC Reverses On COVID Testing Protocols After Outcry

The New York Times reports: The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scaled back the agency’s recommendation advising some people not to get tested after exposure to the novel coronavirus, now saying “testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable Covid-19 patients.” The statement by Dr. Robert R. Redfield was issued to …

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White House Threatens WaPo For Trump Org Reporting

The White House has responded to new Washington Post reporting on how Trump is spending millions in public money on visits to his properties. In response to questions for this report, White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that Trump has “turned over the day-to-day responsibilities of running the company though he was not required to, [and] has …

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Kushner Sneers At Striking NBA Players: They’re Very Fortunate To Be Rich Enough To Take A Night Off Work

Mediaite reports: Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, took a shot at NBA players over their strike in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s Squawk Box Thursday, calling NBA players “very fortunate” to have the means to be able to engage in a boycott of their own jobs. “NBA players are very fortunate that …

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McEnany Tells Biggest Lie Told So Far At RNC: Trump “Stands By All Americans With Preexisting Conditions”

Mother Jones reports: Wednesday night, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany went on prime time TV during the third night of the Republican National Convention and told what might be one of the biggest lies of the evening. President Trump, she said, “stands by Americans with preexisting conditions.” To prove it, McEnany told a personal story. “Tonight, I’m here to …

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Pence At RNC: You Won’t Be Safe In Biden’s America

The BBC reports: US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned that violence will spread in American cities if Joe Biden wins the White House in November. “The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,” said President Donald Trump’s deputy in a keynote speech to the Republican convention. Mr Pence depicted the vote as a choice between law-and-order …

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Fauci: I Was Having Surgery Under General Anesthesia When Trump Admin Had CDC Change Testing Protocols

“I was under general anesthesia in the operating room. Last Thursday, I was not part of any discussion or deliberation regarding these new testing recommendations. I’m concerned about the interpretation of these recommendations. “I’m worried it will give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern. In fact, it is.” – Anthony Fauci, after the CDC …

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Don’t Buy Homocon Richard Grenell’s Bullshit Tonight

Just in via press release: Today, the Human Rights Campaign launched a new video on the Trump-Pence administration’s abysmal record on LGBTQ rights and the Trump campaign’s attempt to lie to voters. The video comes ahead of a speech by Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence and the LGBTQ outreach liaison for the Republican National Committee. The video, …

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WH Pressured CDC Into Changing Testing Protocols

CNN reports: A sudden change in federal guidelines on coronavirus testing came this week as a result of pressure from the upper ranks of the Trump administration, a federal health official close to the process tells CNN. “It’s coming from the top down,” the official said of the new directive from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new …

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