Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
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Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Scott Pruitt Deserves as Much Outrage as Betsy DeVos The incoming EPA chief is as unqualified as Trump’s new education secretary, and as morally outrageous as Jeff Sessions. Later this week, the Senate is expected to hand over control of the Environmental Protection Agency to environmentalists’ worst nightmare. Scott Pruitt,…
Senator Elizabeth Warren let Rachel Maddow know her plan. Judge Neil Gorsuch was making his rounds to all the Senators, to meet them and woo them, including her, and Senator Warren suggested that Maddow hide under a desk, with tape rolling, in case Gorsuch bashed Trump, and they could politicize the moment. “We don’t want…
Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, withdrew his nomination on Wednesday amid growing questions about his business record and scrutiny from senators on both sides of the aisle. The head of CKE Restaurants, which owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., came under harsh criticism from Democrats and liberal groups for his opposition to…
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller defends President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in a series of irate TV news appearances. Watch full episodes of The Daily Show now — no login required: http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-sho… The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. 0:01 There are many ways 0:02…
President Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Feb. 13 after revelations that he had discussed sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. prior to Trump taking office. Here’s what you need to know. (Deirdra O’Regan/The Washington Post) To call this past weekend in the Trump administration a garbage fire would be…
President Trump’s ouster of national security adviser Michael Flynn, and the circumstances leading up to it, have quickly become a major crisis for the fledgling administration, forcing the White House on the defensive and precipitating the first significant breach in relations between Trump and an increasingly restive Republican Congress. Even as the White House described…
storytext The Office of Government Ethics is recommending that the White House take disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, for endorsing Ivanka Trump’s products in a TV interview. Walter Shaub, the director of the ethics office, wrote in a letter to the White House that there is “strong reason to…
JOHN DICKERSON, CBS HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: A turbulent year comes to an end with more revelations about Russian efforts to help Donald Trump got elected and a big question mark as to what to do about it. Before heading off for a Hawaiian Christmas vacation, President Obama publicly acknowledged what U.S. intelligence…