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White House correspondent at HuffPost. Author of THE USEFUL IDIOT -- Now fully updated post-January 6. http://amzn.to/3dwnydp
As a journalist, it's not my job to tell you who to vote for. As a journalist, it IS my job to warn you that if we vote Donald Trump back into office, it may be the last vote we ever cast. amazon.com/gp/product/B08…
Some media reporting that the Philippines will "pay a 19% tariff". No, they won't. American purchasers of goods from the Philippines will pay the 19% tariffs. The burden falls on the buyers, not the sellers. Thank you for your attention blah blah blah
Again, it's important to note that had @PamBondi not fired Maurene Comey last Wednesday on Trump's personal authority, then Ms Comey would be expected to participate in @DAGToddBlanche's meeting with the sex trafficker. Now there'll be no witnesses repping interests of victims.
Trump has been lying about Russia and 2016 since early 2017. Only now, he's got his Putin-sympathetic director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard helping him. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ru…
Why would talking to a sex trafficker who worked with another sex trafficker who used to party with the President demand courage?
Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi’s direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.
This is specifically Noems fault. She refused to mobilize them to Texas for 3 days. Almost all of the experience has been forced out of FEMA by Noem. The agency is in absolute chaos. States are in for a rude awakening. I pray we have an easy Hurricane Season
The head of FEMA's search and rescue unit has resigned, and said the Trump administration was causing "chaos" at the agency and hindered the Texas response. nyti.ms/4lKhYEv
No. That's wrong. 1) Ghislaine implicates someone else--someone like Bill Clinton. 2) She gets out of jail based on her cooperation.
Next acts of the drama: 1) Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell 2) Maxwell affirms Trump's version of events 3) MAGA is astonished and offended that non-MAGA suspects a quid pro quo
When Trump was asked about Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein today, this was what he said for the next seven minutes and 41 seconds. No, none of it is about either of his child sex trafficking former pals. Here, read for yourself. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ep…
NEW -- Donald Trump REALLY doesn't want to talk about his former pals, notorious child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. When he was asked about them today, he went on a 7 minute, 41 second tirade spewing 1,281 words -- about Obama. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ep…
I do want to apologize for dwelling on my fears a Trump second term could be dangerously authoritarian. But is it ok now to say a word about the president of the United States accusing a predecessor of treason? Or would that be a distraction from kitchen table issues? 🤯
Trump: “It's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly…He's guilty. This was treason.”
JUST IN: Judge Engelmayer, who is handling one of the DOJ request to unseal Epstein grand jury docs, says he needs: -A detailed explanation from DOJ by July 29 -A response from Maxwell by Aug. 5 -Letters from victims by Aug. 5 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Wow. Seems like whatever is in those files must be pretty bad.
Reporter: Thomas Massie said this is going to come back to bite Republicans. Johnson: Thomas Massie is the one trying to bite Republicans. I’m not quite certain what his strategy is Reporter: It’s not just him. Otherwise you wouldn’t be calling off the week tomorrow…
Important to understand: Tariffs result in higher prices for both imported AND domestic steel. It’s economic poison. Trump is just too, well, stupid to understand that. His business whiz image is a mirage. Doesn’t understand trade economics. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus… via @NYTimes
MAGA gets their panties in a twist about Epstein and Trump and the possibilities Trump was on "the plane".....and yet 27 women come forward and say Trump assaulted them, and they ignore it.