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virtue. If every new event canceled out every other event, like some wacky news-cycle pyramid scheme, then you always survived another day. OOK Ok Donald Trump’s sons, Don Jr., thirty-nine, and Eric, thirty-three, existed in an enforced infantile relationship to their father, a role that embarrassed them, but

nothing. And yet, OMG!!! There almost was no other story in America—and in much of the world. That was the radical and transformational nature of the Trump presidency: it held everybody’s attention. Inside the White House, the daily brouhaha and world’s fascination was no cause for joy. It was, in the W

nning his company. Of course, quite a good amount of their professional time was spent on the whims, projects, promotions, and general way of life of DJT. One benefit of their father’s run for president was that it kept him away from the office. Still, the campaign’s administration was largely their r

the other hand, he wanted Jarvanka to go. And that became an effective ultimatum. 7 OK Ok At lunch on August 8, in the Clubhouse at Bedminster—amid Trumpish chandeliers, golf trophies, and tournament plaques—the president was flanked by Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, and his wife,

rlie, 309 Rosen, Hillary, 78 Rosenstein, Rod, 212, 214, 216-21, 279 Ross, Wilbur, 78, 133, 229-30 Roth, Steven, 27, 141 Rove, Karl, 57, 238 Rumsfeld, Donald, 27 Russia, 24, 37-39, 92, 151-56, 160, 190-91, 236-46, 273, 303, 307-8 Bannon on, 6—7, 238-40, 278-83 Comey and, 168-70, 210-20, 242, 244-45 Don Jr.

is would be the lasting conundrum of dealing with President Trump: the “why” of his often baffling behavior. “The

grim. “Does he ever smile?” asked Trump, who had already begun to think that he had somehow been tricked into the hire. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020101 Some Trumpers, particularly those with over-the-transom access to the president, believed that he had been tricked into some form of very-much-not-Trump submission

about whether the president’s situation was bad, but whether it was Twenty-Fifth-Amendment bad. OOK Ok To Bannon, if not to Trump, the linchpin of Trumpism was China. The story of the next generation, he believed, had been written, and it was about war with China. Commercial war, trade war, cultural war,

ost nobody was prepared to fight. Bannon had compiled a list of “China hawks” that crossed political lines, going from the Breitbart gang, to former New Republic editor Peter Beinart—who regarded Bannon only with scorn—and orthodox liberal-progressive stalwart Robert Kuttner, the editor of the small, public po

low Reference: AlrNow.gov NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Chance of showers with a low of 52. SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENTS Director Patel Supports President Trump's FBI Budget Proposal After House Testimony Fox News (05/08, Chu, Arias) and the New York Times (05/08, Barrett) reported that Director Patel on Wed

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163 billion

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163

SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENTS Director Patel Supports President Trump's FBI Budget Proposal After House Testimony Fox

NT NEWS EVENTS Director Patel Supports President Trump's FBI Budget Proposal After House Testimony Fox Ne

The Epoch Times (05/08, Stieber) (2), Fox News (05/08, Video), Gateway Pundit (05/08, Linebarger), HuffPost (05/08, Moye), The Hill (05/08, Polley), New Republic (05/08, Rashid), Reuters (05/08, Goudsward, Lynch), Roiling Stone (05/08, Bort), Roll Call (05/08, Tarinelli), and WABI (CW-5) (05/08, Staff Writer)

erns of Violence Against Native Women, Children • Anchorage FBI Support of Trump Immigration Crackdown Draws Local Pushback • Jan. 6 Defendant Says Trump's Blanket Pardon Covers Conspiracy to Kill FBI Agents • Continued Reporting: Trump Ally Known for Racist Comments Gets Top State Dept Job • Continu

eader of its New Orleans field office, Lyonel Myrthil, the Bureau confirmed on Monday, one of several leadership shuffles at the FBI since President Donald Trump's inauguration. Replacing Myrthil on an interim basis is Stephen Cyrus, Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City field office, the FBI said. Cyrus i

ticipated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over DOJ efforts to develop a lis

coll's appointment was an accident. Shortly after President Trump's inauguration, the White House identified the w

own Draws Local Pushback • Jan. 6 Defendant Says Trump's Blanket Pardon Covers Conspiracy to Kill FBI Agen

360 (02/04, Karp), New York Post (02/04, Christenson), Independent (02/04, Woodward), Newsweek (02/04, Whisnant, Sheth), BBC (02/04, Wendling), the New Republic (02/04, Rashid), Axios (02/04, Doherty), NBC News (02/04, Barnes, Dilanian), Gov Exec (02/04, Newhouse), ABC News (02/04, Katersky, Thomas, Mallin)

e Testimony Fox News (05/08, Chu, Arias) and the New York Times (05/08, Barrett) reported that Director Patel on Wednesday said he fully backed the Trump administration's proposed FBI budget after testifying to a House panel. "As I said today during my testimony, I am in full support of President Trum

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163 billion

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163

day during my testimony, I am in full support of President Trump's budget, which fully funds the FBI and its criti

my testimony, I am in full support of President Trump's budget, which fully funds the FBI and its critica

The Epoch Times (05/08, Stieber) (2), Fox News (05/08, Video), Gateway Pundit (05/08, Linebarger), HuffPost (05/08, Moye), The Hill (05/08, Polley), New Republic (05/08, Rashid), Reuters (05/08, Goudsward, Lynch), Roiling Stone (05/08, Bort), Roll Call (05/08, Tarinelli), and WABI (CW.5) (05/08, Staff Writer)

, had a long career of work for leading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocrati

se, 2016), http‘Wfreedomhouse otglreport/heedom•world/free- dom•vmrl47I116t 3. See, among others, Steve Rosenberg, 'Russian Media's Love Affair with Trump:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 2, 20161 4. Javier Corrales, "Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela,' Journal of Democracy 26, na 2 (Ap

yed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the

ce the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be

we.rferLonda/dmitrfliselvowcivil.unions-kbbunlike evolution/27102541.htmf Joshua Yaffe "Dmitry Kiselev Is Redefin- ing the Art of Russian Propaganda" New Republic, July 1, 2014, vorite-tv-hosbrussias-top-propogandist 20 EFTA00804744 Freedom House 7. timitry Kiselev: Western Behavior Borders on Schizophren

/a/dmitry-kiselyov-civil-unions-lgbt-unlikely-evolution/27102541.html; Joshua Yaffa, “Dmitry Kiselev Is Redefin- ing the Art of Russian Propaganda,” New Republic, July 1, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118438/dmitry-kiselev-putins-fa- vorite-tv-host-russias-top-propogandist. 20 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019254

reedom House Chapter 6 Flacks and Friends Did the Russian government attempt to surrepti- tiously influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be definitively known. There is, neverthe- less, a critical mass of evidence that Kremlin-allied forces

t-truth era,” in which lies and distortions carry as much weight as facts. Clearly, at least some of this hand-wring- ing was a partisan reaction to Trumps victory. But it followed an election in which the winning candidate falsely claimed, among other things, that the balloting was rigged against him, t

et/fake-news-is-not-the-problem-f00ec8cdfcb#.kwt01pk4h archived at https://perma.cc/B3FK-FJVX. Craig Silverman, “How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News,” BuzzFeed (November 3, 2016) https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-qlobal-hub-for-pro- trump-mi

b-for-pro- trump-misinfo?utm_term=.nlpEm5kbY#.apomjqWiID archived at https://perma.cc/SB2G-9XUM. Caitlin Dewey, “Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me,” The Washington Post (November 17, 2016) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebo

blems-attack.html. Governance: Algorithmic Accountability e Jonathan Zittrain, “Facebook Could Decide an Election Without Anyone Ever Finding Out,” New Republic (June 1, 2014) https://newrepublic.com/article/117878/information-fiduciary-solution-facebook-digital-ger rymandering archived at https://oerma.cc/E