- The fallout from Donny Jr continues, with headlines such as "White House Under Siege" from the Washington Post. Meanwhile, Trump says the mood in the White House is "fantastic."
- Donny's defense? "Someone sent me an email. I can't help what someone sends me." This is a true statement. However, it is NOT a defense of his response: "I love it! Can we meet next week?"
- Trump Jr's responses to the unfolding calamity? They were scripted by the highest echelons of the administration. "Don Jr.'s false statement Sat. was drafted by WH aides & seen by Trump. This wasn't Jr being dopey. This was an attempted WH cover-up." - Bill Kristol (of all people).
- Trump is congratulating his son on his "transparency". Oh my. "Yes, you're so good for being transparent, even if that transparency just revealed concrete evidence of collusion with Russia..." Missing the forest for the flying unicorns in your imagination.
- Trump gave an interview to Reuters. This serves to highlight only how terrible he is, and how nothing he says can be believed.
- Trump has been sued for blocking people on twitter. Last month, Mr Spicer said Mr Trump's tweets were considered "official statements by the president of the United States".
- We have concrete evidence of the government pouring money into Trump's pockets: the State Department spent over $15,000 at a Trump hotel in Vancouver.
- Christopher Wray, who was nominated to fill the role of the head of the FBI (replacing Comey), was testifying before the Senate today. People are reporting that he refused to answer when asked if Russia was an enemy of the USA, and seemed to squirm through other Russian and election-related questions, as if Trump was watching... Here is the only report on the hearing that I've found, describing him as coming out "largely unscathed".
- In what bodes well (ie, terribly) for Title IX, DeVos is meeting with men's rights activists to learn about how Title IX treats men terribly. Everything is normal (everything is not normal).
- Sessions is giving a speech to an anti-LGBT hate group at a closed event. WTF?
- The Department of Homeland Security won't commit to defending DACA in court. I am utterly disgusted, and not the least bit surprised. These are people's lives they're playing with, who have done absolutely no wrong other than to be born in the wrong place and brought here by their parents, and know no other life.
- Another lawsuit against the EPA, this time over their attempt to delay regulation regarding ozone pollution...
Monday, July 17, 2017
Day 174: The world continues to fall apart
Oh boy. Let's just get straight to it...
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