Epstein Secrets

lly large number of judicial vacancies to fill during his first two-and-a-half years largely because McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the Senate in 2015. It was not just Merrick Garland. 2) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who cast a key vote for t

itico's Eliana and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he has not been aggressive enough in stamping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tue

I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama. We both opposed reparations, and we both are th

se McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the S

igative journalism.- -- Trump once threw a party with "28 girls" at Mar-a- Lago. He and Epstein were the only men there. The Times's Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman dig into the relationship', "The year was 1992 and the event was a 'calendar girl' competition, something that George Houraney, a Florida-based bu

ally large number of judicial vacancies to fill during his first two-and-a-half years largely because McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the Senate in 2015. It was not just Merrick Garland. 2) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who cast a key vote for th

Eliana Johnson and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he has not been aggressive enough in stamping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tues

"I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama. We both opposed reparations, and we both are th

se McConnell blocked consideration of so many of Barack Obama's nominees once he seized control of the S

igative journalism.- -- Trump once threw a party with "28 girls" at Mar-a-Lago. He and Epstein were the only men there. The Times's Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman dig into the relationship: "The year was 1992 and the event was a `calendar girl' competition, something that George Houraney, a Florida-based busi

tion," and The Hill (7/10, Samuels, Chalfant, 2.98M) says Trump "has regularly railed against the prosecutors involved in the case, singled out the Obama-appointed federal judge overseeing the trial for criticism and complained that the conservative provocateur was the victim of a `ridiculous' process

has listed 53 prominent figures connected to the Russia investigation who now may face subpoenas, though the list does not include former President Barack Obama despite Trump's urging." The Washington Times (7/12, Sherfinski, 492K) also covers Graham's announcement. Grenell Among "Right-Wing Figures" Expres

hough the list does not include former President Barack Obama despite Trump's urging." The Washington Tim

se off China. Don't ban China.' I did it anyway. I sort of didn't listen to my experts and I banned China. We would have been in much worse shape." Maggie Haberman of the New York Times (7/12, Haberman, 18.61M) writes that "the move to treat Dr. Fauci...as if he were a warring political rival came as he has gro

ommendations should be reexamined. In 2009, then president Obama “directed a broad-based interagency reform of the

ate 2.0.” Kleptocracy Initiative. April 10, 2017. http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/2017/04/avoiding-chinagate -2-0. 26 Lee, Fang. “Gary Locke, While Obama’s Ambassador to China, Got a Chinese Tycoon to Buy His House.” Intercept, August 3, 2016. https://theintercept.com/2016/08/03/gary-locke-ambassador-t

ded that U.S. intelligence officials believed that the president’s associates “were most likely unaware of any Chinese effort. Rosenberg, Matthew and Maggie Haberman. “When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese and the Russians Listen and Learn.” New York Times. October 24, 2018. https://www.nytimes. com/2018/10/24/us

president enjoyed trash-talking McMaster together. McMaster was a protégé of David Petraeus, the former CENTCOM and Afghanistan commander who became Obama’s CIA director before resigning in a scandal involving a love affair and the mishandling of classified information. Petraeus and now McMaster represe

ma schedule note—the president had given a major interview to the New York Times. Jared and Ivanka, along with Hope Hicks, had set it up. The Zimes’s Maggie Haberman, Trump’s béte noire (“very mean, and not smart’) and yet his go-to journalist for some higher sort of approval, had been called in to see the preside

Kaine told Jenna Portnoy. Kaine vocally pushed to get Congress to authorize the use of military force in the Middle East even when his good friend Barack Obama was president. (Read my piece about it from 2015 here). In fact, Kaine refused to modulate his position even when Hillary Clinton chose him as her

David Ignatius: "This is what a real Iran strategy would look like." • Eugene Robinson: "The best Iran crisis explanation? Trump's obsession with Obama." • Josh Rogin: "Soleimani's death offers a chance to fix U.S. policy on Syria." • Max Boot: "By claiming Democrats support terrorism, Republican

E BREAK --- 2020 WATCH: -- Jared Kushner's global role is shrinking as his role in the president's reelection campaign grows. From Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman in the Times: "When senior administration officials gathered in the Situation Room on Tuesday for a meeting to discuss the repercussions of the kil