I can only remember a few times in twenty years in this business that I heard genuinely stunning news. Obviously 9/11 was stunning; natural disasters are stunning. But I mean political developments which are totally unexpected and substantially shocking. This is shocking. Read More
We are putting together breaking news that James Comey is out as FBI Director. He was apparently fired by President Trump.
Statement from the White House … Read More
Were you assuming the Senate would tame Trumpcare? GOP Senators say they’re good to go with massive Medicaid cuts.
Let me return for a moment to the monopoly beat.
This time it’s a book recommendation and some brief ruminations on the topic of tech monopolies. Read More
Sen. Graham says that after yesterday’s comment by former DNI Clapper he wants to examine President Trump’s business ties to Russia.
I want to help. Let me give you a few places to start, a starter package, if you will. Read More
TPM’s Matt Shuham talked to Josh Scheinblum, the reporter who Iowa congressman Rod Blum freaked out on. In context, his question to Blum makes even more sense, seems even more fair.
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Before I say more about Rep. Rod Blum and his performance yesterday when he stormed out of an interview in Dubuque after what were really the mildest questions, I wanted to give you an example of how much we rely on our readers and how simply awesome they are. Read More
This is highly disturbing.
In his recent testimony about his decision to send the notorious October 2016 letter to Clinton Congress, FBI Director James Comey painted a dramatic picture of the facts of the case and Huma Abedin’s actions. Altogether it was meant to demonstrate that Comey had little choice but to take action and ultimately send his public letter to Congress.
But it turns out what Comey said wasn’t true and the FBI knows it. Read More
Well, that interview went terribly. Tea Party Rep. Rob Blum (R) of Iowa was sitting down for an interview with a local TV station, surrounded by a bunch of grade school children there to serve as props. The interviewer asked him some really not terribly hard or aggressive questions and Blum got up and walked out. It may be overstating it to say he freaked out on the interview. But it wouldn’t be overstating it by much. He really kind of went off. And all in front of these bewildered school kids.