“Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country — let alone the branch or agency of government — with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated.”
“Did he sacrifice a lifetime of the highest level of professionalism and integrity to defend Mr. Trump? If so, it is a great loss not only for General McMaster but also for the nation.”
“If President Donald Trump thinks he can fire his way out of the FBI’s investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia, he is sorely mistaken — and attempting to do so makes him look weak and fearful, undermines the rule of law, and diminishes what little prospects there were for bipartisan legislation.”
“If by chance we need to apprehend someone with abnormally small, mouse-sized hands, we will be ready,†he said.
Even if you think Comey deserved to be dismissed, the notion that the White House relieved him of his duties out of concern for whether Hillary Clinton was treated fairly by the (former) Director is bizarre in the extreme…
“The intelligence source told me that he knows, “from talking to people in the intelligence community,†that “the White House said, ‘We are going to mobilize to find something to justify the President’s tweet that he was being surveilled.’ They put out an all-points bulletinâ€â€”a call to sift through intelligence reports—“and said, ‘We need to find something that justifies the President’s crazy tweet about surveillance at Trump Tower.’ And I’m telling you there is no way you get that from those transcripts, which are about as plain vanilla as can be.â€
“One hundred days is the marker, and we’ve got essentially two-and-a-half weeks to turn everything around,†said one White House official. “This is going to be a monumental task.â€
“Horrific images were not the only reason military action made sense for Trump.”
We can depend on you to see the proverbial writing when it’s on the proverbial wall, right? Good.
“I think it would be welcome news for the nation. His views are not in line with our country.”
Trump is vindicated! In that way you’re vindicated when your team gets caught talking to
Near the end of the campaign I wrote a column called “Imagine a Sane Donald Trump,†lamenting that I believed he was crazy, and too bad.
It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for a crazy Trump Twitter tirade…
Jesus folks, a little obstruction of justice on the way to aiding and abetting treason never hurt anyone, right?
“The fact that he was seeking immunity suggested Mr. Flynn feels he may be in legal jeopardy following his brief stint as the national security adviser, one official said.”
The Wall Street Journal, like most other “Conservative but not insane” media outlets, is having
At some point, everyone is probably going to get tired of talking about what Friday’s
“Since the early days of his campaign, the president has developed a pattern: Make an outrageous claim. Dig in as the criticism rolls. And wait until, eventually, something emerges that can be spun as vindication of the earlier claim.”
“But that’s the story. Hey look, in the mean time, I guess, I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not. You know. Say hello to everybody OK?”
The alt-Right’s reaction to yesterday’s “revelation” (and the scare quotes are there for a reason)
“While Carson believes that America’s taxpayers ought to give him $196,000 to decorate his “suite,†he believes firmly that the poor should be as uncomfortable as humanly possible. You know, to motivate them.”
“…the only way to set the record straight is to make the transcript public.”
Mr. Flynn texted the former business associate to say that the project was “good to go.â€
““This is crazy. You’ve got all these intelligence agencies saying the Russians did the hack.”
“It is not out of the question that these leaks originated out of the White House.”
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