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Glorious Leader Melts Down Over “Idiot” Report

Via Mediaite: President Trump, likely in response to the new reporting about John Kelly calling him an “idiot,” went off on the “Fake News” yet again tonight. NBC News reported earlier today that Kelly has called the President an “idiot” on multiple occasions. And perhaps Trump was watching CNN’s reporting tonight before tweeting, for that network reported Kelly used the …

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Omarosa Confirms “Shithole Countries” Comment By Trump In Tweet To Nigerian President: “FYI He Said It”

The New York Daily News reports: She may be out of the “Big Brother” house, but Omarosa is keeping the White House gossip coming. President Trump’s former aide lent her two cents to the discussion over the President’s infamous “s–thole countries” remark by tweeting directly to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. “President @MBuhari FYI he said it. #Naija,” she wrote on …

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REPORT: John Kelly Repeatedly Called Trump “An Idiot”

NBC News reports: White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president’s intelligence and casting himself as the savior of the country, according to eight current and former White House officials. The officials said Kelly portrays himself to Trump administration aides as the …

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Sessions Told WH: I Might Quit If Rosenstein Is Fired

The Washington Post reports: Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently told the White House he might have to leave his job if President Trump fired his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the exchange. Sessions made his position known in a phone call to White House counsel …

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Colbert Gets Orgasmic Over Hannity News [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: When the camera cut back to Colbert after Hannity’s name was revealed, he was lounging in a leather chair, moaning as he gently rubbed his own nipple and sipped from a glass of red wine. “Jon Stewart, after the show I’m going to come over and we’re just going to spoon,” Colbert said. “This is crazy! …

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Dem House Rep. Gerry Connolly: Fox Should Fire “Pig In The Mud” Fake News Reporter Sean Hannity [VIDEO]

“Sean Hannity has been among the lowest of the low, wrestling in the mud of birther conspiracy, Seth Rich conspiracies about the young man who was murdered here in Washington.  All kinds of conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton, and distributing false and fake news left and right. Now what we learn is he’s defending the president’s lawyer on television, he …

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REPORT: Hannity Hired Cohen To Investigate Left Wing Groups Calling For Hannity Show Boycott [VIDEO]

Media Matters reports: The mystery client that President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, fought in court to keep secret is Fox News host Sean Hannity, Cohen’s lawyer divulged on Monday. Cohen’s lawyers had acknowledged that Cohen had three legal clients since 2017 in a filing in federal court related to legal issues surrounding documents the FBI obtained by raiding …

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Trump Praises Himself On Handling Mueller Probe

He just had to get in a dig at the Clintons. The Hill reports: President Trump on Thursday defended the White House team heading up his defense in the ongoing Russia investigation. Trump declared he has confidence in the White House lawyer handling the Russia probe, who has come under fire from outside allies who want him to take a …

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Trump Fires Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin

USA Today reports: Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is being replaced, President Trump tweeted Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about his fate. He had been locked for months in a power struggle with a group of Trump political appointees among his senior staff who wanted him out. His ouster suggests they won the president over in the end, …

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BREAKING: H.R. McMaster Out As National Security Adviser, Replacement Will Be War Hawk John Bolton

The New York Times reports: Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump’s national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation, will resign and be replaced by John R. Bolton, a hard-line former United States ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said Thursday. General McMaster will retire from the …

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Comey Book Pre-Sales Soar Thanks To Trump

CNN reports: With an assist from President Trump, James Comey’s book is surging on the best sellers list. The book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” won’t be released until April 17. But on Sunday morning it was No. 2 on Amazon’s constantly updated list of best sellers. The ranking reflects a sudden spike in pre-orders. On Saturday morning, …

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Graham Calls For Senate Hearing On McCabe Firing

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he believes the Senate Judiciary Committee should hold a hearing on the firing of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. “I think we owe it to the average American to have a hearing in the judiciary committee where Attorney General Sessions comes forward with whatever documentation he has about the …

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Sessions Fires McCabe Two Days Before His Retirement

CNN reports: Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe late Friday, less than two days shy of his retirement, ending the career of an official who rose to serve as second-in-command at the bureau. McCabe had more recently been regularly taunted by President Donald Trump and besieged by accusations that he misled internal investigators at the …

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Trump To Fire National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

The Washington Post reports: President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration. Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is …

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LIVE VIDEO: Rex Tillerson Holds Press Conference

CNBC reports: Outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose firing was announced hours earlier, is slated to address reporters from the State Department briefing room on Tuesday afternoon. Tillerson’s ouster, first reported Tuesday morning, was quickly confirmed by President Donald Trump in a tweet. White House officials said Tillerson found out on Friday that he would be fired, according to …

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White House Response: Conway’s Hatch Act Violations Only Show Her Desire To Comply With Hatch Act

ThinkProgress reports: “Kellyanne Conway did not advocate for or against the election of any particular candidate,” the White House statement, attributed to deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley, says. “She simply expressed the President’s obvious position that he have [sic] people in the House and Senate who support his agenda.” In an Orwellian twist, the statement concludes by asserting that Conway’s …

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Trump: There’s No CHAOS In The White House!

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump reacted to another round of reporting about White House “chaos” by pretending to be the pragmatic businessman he played on “The Apprentice.” Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg repeatedly self-immolated Monday on live TV as he challenged a subpoena to appear before a grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe, as the president’s …

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OMG: Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg Calls Sarah Huckabee Sanders An “Unattractive Fat Slob” [AUDIO]

Raw Story reports: Completing his bizarre scorched-earth media spree, onetime Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg took to a local news station to call White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders a “fat slob.” “She’s a joke,” Nunberg said. “OK fine, yeah, she’s unattractive, she’s a fat slob, but that’s not relevant.” “The person she works for has a 30 percent …

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Sam Nunberg Continues Cable News Meltdown, Tells CNN That Hope Hicks Was Screwing Corey Lewandowski

Mediaite reports: HE’S STILL GOING ON TV! After delivering lengthy, wild interviews to MSNBC’s Katy Tur and CNN’s Gloria Borger on Monday, ex-Trump aide Sam Nunberg appeared on Jake Tapper’s show to AGAIN dish about the Russia investigation. And the former Trump campaign adviser kicked off his wide-ranging interview with the CNN host by claiming that former campaign manager Corey …

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REPORT: White House To Boot H.R. McMaster

NBC News reports: The White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions. The move would be the latest in a long string of staff shakeups at the White …

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