Good morning and happy Friday. Both the House and Senate will meet only briefly today for pro-forma sessions. Here’s what’s on TPM editors’ radar today.
Please take a moment to watch this video. It’s remarkable and important. The words themselves are not terribly surprising. They’re really undeniable. But reporters on network or cable network TV simply do not talk this way. They don’t cut this close to the reality of situation.
It’s CNN’s Jim Acosta. The video is after the jump. Watch. It’s important and remarkable. Read More
According to the President, federal law enforcement officers criticizing him on government phone and text devices amounts to ‘treason’. Read More
This morning the President got confused by a Fox news segment and lashed out at his own FISA reauthorization bill on Twitter.
Here’s a White House statement from last night, opposing an amendment that would restrict intelligence surveillance under FISA. Read More
As you can see there’s quite a lot going on in Missouri politics this morning. Here’s our first report on the story from overnight. We’re following this one closely. More to come.
Good morning. Here’s what’s on TPM’s editors’ radar today.
It sounds like Missouri may end up with a new Governor.
With Rep. Darrell Issa, a prolific investigator of the Obama administration, on his way out the door, we take a look back at a few of his greatest hits (Prime access).
This is a must-read story on a critical topic we plan on following for the duration. The big line separating rule-of-law democracies from broken democracies and post-democratic strong man government is law enforcement becoming a weapon in the hands of the government rather than a more or less disinterested government function the government oversees. President Trump has repeatedly demanded the former kind of system. Now we have evidence he’s starting to get it. Here’s our story.
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Interesting exchange here. President Trump just went on Twitter and demanded Republicans “take control” of the Hill Russia investigations. For the moment, Chuck Grassley isn’t playing ball. If past is prologue, I wouldn’t assume Grassley’s resistance lasts long. Read More