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what we thought we understood we didn’t understand at all. That was the failure of American intelligence. “I think Comey is a third-rate guy. I think Brennan is a second-rate guy,” Bannon said, dismissing the FBI director and the CIA director. “The White House right now is like Johnson’s White House in 19
ent-government conspiracy, part of the Breitbart lexicon, became the Trump team term of art: he’s poked the deep state bear. Names were put to this: John Brennan, the CIA director; James Clapper, the director of national intelligence; Susan Rice, the outgoing National Security Advisor; and Ben Rhodes, Rice’s d
t something. Everything. The billionaires had to rethink. So did everyone in the Trump orbit. The campaign staff, now suddenly in a position to snag West Wing jobs—career- and history-making jobs—had to see this odd, difficult, even ridiculous, and, on the face of it, ill-equipped person in a new light. He
he newly appointed deputy chief of staff, Katie Walsh, Reince Priebus’s deputy at the RNC, and together they had peeled off to inspect the now vacant West Wing. The carpet had been shampooed, but little else had changed. It was a warren of tiny offices in need of paint, not rigorously cleaned on a regular ba
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Republican Party had now become the symbol of its civil war. On that Monday, the president’s son-in-law appeared at the microphones in front of the West Wing to preview his statement to Senate investigators about the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia. Having almost never spoken before in public, he no
l influence with the president, but important members of the staff saw them as having this juice, and hence believed that they were the true north of West Wing advancement and power. Curiously, for all their callowness, Jared and Ivanka had become quite a fearsome presence, as feared by others as the two of
ully.' The Hall of Justice "is across the street from Jefferson Square Park where people have been protesting for months in response to the death of Breonna Taylor." EFTA00149969 The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/3, Tobin, 368K) reports, "A group of roughly 30 people attempted to set the Hall of
n though the President has downplayed the need for COVID testing nationwide, today the White House announced mandatory random COVID testing for all West Wing staffers. This comes after several White House aides and reporters here have tested positive." The AP (8/3) reports the White House "said the measu
cial abuse under its previous bishop. Bishop Mark Brennan will take over the Diocese of Wheeling-Charlesto
"Yeah, but I won't be here," he reportedly said. Lately, the president has been recounting the advice he got from McConnell about spending money to West Wing aides. Two people with direct knowledge confirmed to my colleagues recently that the Kentucky Republican delivered that message during a private ph
ase with the backing of two advocacy groups, the Brennan Center for Justice and the Knight First Amendment
ump to care more about cutting spending and the deficit. But Trump has rebuffed many of their proposed cuts as deficits soar: "Trump recently told West Wing aides that Senate Page 17955 EFTA00047466 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told him no politician had ever lost office for spending more
ully." The Hall of Justice "is across the street from Jefferson Square Park where people have been protesting for months in response to the death of Breonna Taylor." The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/3, Tobin, 368K) reports, "A group of roughly 30 people attempted to set the Hall of Justice on fir
n though the President has downplayed the need for COVID testing nationwide, today the White House announced mandatory random COVID testing for all West Wing staffers. This comes after several White House aides and reporters here have tested positive." The AP (8/3) reports the White House "said the measu
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