- The big news of today: Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein has named a Special Counsel to investigate the Russian affair. About time. The counsel is the previous FBI director (before Comey). By all accounts, he's a good choice.
- You know you've screwed up when Mitch McConnell calls for Comey's testimony. The guy has otherwise thought that Trump can do no wrong.
- The Trump team knew that Flynn was under investigation before they hired him. I'm beginning to think that Trump is colorblind, because he can't see freaking red flags!
- Another huge scandal hit tonight, courtesy of the Washington Post. Republican leaders were speculating in June last year that Trump was on Putin's payroll. The conversation was sworn to secrecy, but somehow the Washington Post obtained audio recordings. This article is important reading.
- The administration is living up to its responsibilities on the Iran nuclear deal.
- I missed this yesterday. Trump hosted an autocrat at the White house. Yup, that would be the current tyrant of Turkey. Did Trump raise the concept of human rights violations in Turkey? I'm not sure he even knows that "human rights" are.
- Trump has decided not to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. Good choice. I congratulate all the staffers who worked hard to convince him of this.
- The federal education budget slashes $10.6 billion from federal education initiatives. This is mind-boggling, and largely driven by DeVos pushing the idea of "school choice". If you aren't familiar with "school choice", here's a deep dive into how the initiative played out in the conservative testbed of Indiana (spoiler: very badly - it essentially kills public education).
- Trump is trying to set up an "Arab NATO". What could possibly go wrong with one of the largest arms deals in history?
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