Did a Secret FBI Memo Outline a Plot to Take Down the Trump Administration?

No. Just, no. There was no FBI plot to “take down” the Trump administration, because the FBI isn’t a 1980’s action movie villain. This is a pernicious claim put forth by bad faith actors such as Devin Nunes, a Republican US Representative from California and the then-chair of the House Intelligence Committee. So, wait –…

Did ABC Plan to Fire Joy Behar for Criticizing Vice President Mike Pence?

Who are the key players:  Joy Behar, host of ABC’s popular daytime talk show, The View Vice President Mike Pence Brent Bozell, President, Media Research Center, a controversial conservative media watchdog group with a track record of viewing the media “through a funhouse mirror that renders everything–even the facts themselves–as manifestations of insidious bias.” What…

John Bolton speaks in public at critical moment… to deliver a commercial for his unpublished book

That Bolton’s manuscript continues to be held by the White House on claims that it includes highly classified information is itself news. And it’s an issue of genuine concern. Of all the mistakes that Bolton might make, mishandling classified information seems highly unlikely. That the pages have been parked somewhere in a White House sub-basement for this long…

Federal judges call emergency meeting to address ‘deepening crisis’ in the justice system

As USA Today reports, the politically independent Federal Judges Association has called for an “emergency meeting” to address issues generated by Barr’s interference and Donald Trump’s continued threats to the judiciary. The president of the group, a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, said that the judges could not wait for their normal spring meeting.…

Bloomberg qualifies for Wednesday debate, will face Democratic rivals for the first time

Bloomberg’s careful avoidance of anything resembling an unscripted moment doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be a debate pushover. In 2009, The New York Times reported that in his last mayoral debate, Bloomberg showed “the ferocity of a bulldog” and “turned almost every question put to him into an attack on his rival” (via Tom Watson). This time around, Bloomberg will…

There are either 65,000 cases of COVID-19 or 47,000. It’s down to WHO you trust and how you count

So the sharp increase in overall deaths on Wednesday, the exact thing that made the huge spike in total reported cases look like it was more than just a reclassification of existing cases? That never happened. And that’s not the only confusion this morning. When the information from China’s Hubei province rolled out for Feb.…

William Barr is not ‘pushing back’ on Trump. He’s just pushing another lie

The Washington Post is one of … possibly all … newspapers in the nation this morning running with the line that Barr’s statements represent some kind of declaration of independence of the judiciary. But this “remarkable public rebuke” of Trump is nothing of the sort. Barr has already admitted that he personally intervened to soften the sentencing…

Morning Digest: Republican Darrell Issa escalates from homophobia to racism to beat his GOP rival

Campaign Action Issa’s ad once again argues that DeMaio is on the wrong side of Donald Trump when it comes to immigration. It begins with a clip of Donald Trump at the State of the Union proclaiming, “Tragically, radical politicians provide sanctuary for these criminal illegal aliens.” The narrator then declares that DeMaio said that…