The panel formed in 2015
Source: Donald Trump Disbands Climate Change Panel | Time.com
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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The nation of Germany gazed with helpless horror at Trump’s disastrous …
“The problem was never just Steve Bannon. It was and always will be Donald Trump.”That’s how Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to news that Friday would the last day on the job for Trump’s top political strategist.
Source: Bannon’s Ouster Welcomed, But Much Bigger Problem Remains in White House: Trump | Common Dreams
President Donald Trump has fired chief strategist Steve Bannon, ending his turbulent tenure.
In a rage-filled press conference Donald Trump has confirmed two bleak facts about his character and presidency. Firstly, that he does not signal to the so-called alt-right with his incendiary statements and his regurgitation of online conspiracy theories, he is in fact an alt-right president. Secondly, that he is utterly uncontrollable by the senior staff who rapidly cycle through his increasingly chaotic White House.
Source: Donald Trump after Charlottesville is the ‘alt-right’ president
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump finally came out, two days late, to denounce explicitly and …
Source: Why don’t People think Trump’s Denunciation sincere? B/c he Ran on Racism
Trump tries to equate Robert E. Lee with …George Washington.
Source: Nazi Sympathizer-In-Chief Needs A Lesson In American History | Crooks and Liars
You had to see it. The real Donald Trump came out to play.
Source: In A Disgraceful Performance, Trump Defends White Supremacists AGAIN | Crooks and Liars
The statement comes two full days after the violence in Charlottesville.For the first time since the violent, white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, President Donald Trump directly denounced racist crimes on Monday, naming the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis as hate groups.
Source: “Racism Is Evil,” Donald Trump Reluctantly Admits – Mother Jones
“There are two words that need to be said over and over again — white supremacy and terrorism — [and] that is exactly what we saw on display this weekend, and we are not seeing that from the White House.”
Organiser says ‘absolutely’ more rallies to comeAn organiser of Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally, which was originally staged to protest the planned removal of Confederate war hero Robert E Lee’s statue from a park, said supporters of the event would not back down.”Absolutely we are going to have further demonstrations in Charlottesville because our constitutional rights are being denied,” said Jason Kessler, who civil rights groups identified as a white nationalist blogger.Armed militia members in camouflage block counter-protesters.
Any president who reacts as Trump has to the tragedy that just unfolded in Charlottesville, Va. loses moral authority.
A right-wing pastor who serves on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board claims God has given the president “full power” to launch an attack on North Korea. Robert Jeffress, head of the First Baptist Dallas megachurch, told CBN on Tuesday that a biblical passage in Romans allows rulers to use “whatever means necessary ― including war ― to stop evil.”
Source: Trump Evangelical Adviser: God Is Totally Cool With Nuking North Korea
The incompetence and infighting at the White House dismay America’s allies and encourage its enemies
The president said law enforcement officers shouldn’t protect suspects’ heads when putting them into police cars.
Source: Donald Trump Endorses Police Brutality In Speech To Cops | HuffPost
“He can’t take being laughed at.”
Source: Michael Moore Is Convinced This 1 Thing Will Lead To Donald Trump’s Downfall
“Why should we be surprised? This is a guy who vilified a Gold Star family and didn’t have the decency to apologise.”
Source: Trump’s Medical Costs Argument For Trans Military Ban “Completely Hysterical”, Says Cate McGregor
“The position he is nominated for has previously been held by distinguished scientists with deep expertise in certain issue areas.”
Source: Trump Nominates Climate-Denying, Conservative Talk Show Host as USDA’s Top Scientist
Trump’s extended, rambling new interview reveals his conviction that he is above the law.
Source: Trump’s deeply worrisome New York Times interview reveals a lawless president
Watch a presidential historian call out Trump’s “embarrassing” conduct abroad
Source: Watch a presidential historian call out Trump’s “embarrassing” conduct abroad
US President Donald Trump said he believes Russia meddled in the 2016 election but maintained that the US may never know for sure, likening the matter to intelligence that incorrectly said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Source: Donald Trump cites Russian meddling in US election, but blames others too
New reports link Michael Flynn to hacking and reveal Trump’s massive business deals in the former Soviet Union
People from across the political spectrum were unified in their condemnation of Trump’s crass and sexist attack on Mika Brzezinski.
Source: Donald Trump Will Go Down in History As the Troll-in-Chief | The New Yorker
Trump signals a “firmer” response to North Korea. Hmmmm
Source: Is Desperate Trump Foreshadowing A Military Strike On North Korea? | Crooks and Liars
Time Magazine asks the Trump organisation to take down any framed copies of a fake cover featuring Donald Trump, which have been prominently displayed in the US President’s golf clubs.
Fox & Friends is really Trump’s safe space. It looks like a newsy morning show. But Fox executives acknowledge it’s not really a newscast, it’s a conservative-themed talk show. The show is about showering Trump with positive attention and burying his enemies in negative attention. The show’s hosts and regular guests claim that one of his main opponents, you can probably guess, it’s the media.
Source: CNN’s Stelter: Fox & Friends is “a daily infomercial for the Trump presidency”
A supporter of President Donald Trump got more than he bargained for when he publicly debated a twelve-year-old outside a city council meeting in Huntington Park, California.Video of the heated altercation was posted to Facebook, according to a new report by People Magazine, who reported that “the angry man was wearing a Trump flag and shouted ‘American! American!’ in support of the U.S. president to the people exiting the meeting.”
Source: WATCH: Trump Supporter Chanting Racist Slogans Loses Debate with 12-Year-Old | Alternet
Not even Johnny Depp is trying to defend Johnny Depp’s comments to a laughing crowd at a festival last week: “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? . . . It’s been a while, and maybe it’s time.”
Source: Trump’s family hits back at Johnny Depp’s assassination joke
Special Counsel’s hires suggest a legal strategy that was key to prosecutions of the Enron fraud and the mob families in New York
Source: Trump-Russia probe: Robert Mueller’s dream team has conspiracy experience
He lied, but you knew that.
Source: ‘Lying Sack Of Sh*t’: Twitter Cusses Out Trump On Lack Of Comey Tapes (NSFW) | Crooks and Liars
President Donald Trump revealed that he kept ousted FBI Director James Comey guessing about the existence of recordings of their interactions so that Comey would “tell what actually took place” when he testified on Capitol Hill.
Source: Trump suggests he bluffed about tapes to keep Comey honest — RT America
Many who voted for Trump wanted him to shake up Washington and “drain the swamp” but Trump is subjecting the U.S. to a stress test.
Source: Trump’s stress test for the US: The ‘opportunity cost’ of a presidency
Mr Trump began the speculation himself after tweeting Comey should “hope that there are no ‘tapes’.”
Source: Donald Trump now says he made no tapes of James Comey conversations
But multiple polls showed Mr Trump’s approval ratings dropped to just 36 percent over the weekend, close to the all time 35 per cent low he achieved in March.
Source: Trump’s birthday celebrations marred by historically low approval rating | The Independent
It’s time to puncture the media myth about Trump’s unwavering base
Source: It’s time to puncture the media myth about Trump’s unwavering base
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it …
Source: Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens
Former FBI director makes clear what he thinks of Trump’s personal character. Will Republicans even notice?
If he can’t bomb it or tweet against it, the US president’s cupboard of responses seems bare. We may be denied a spectacle, then, but saved a distraction
Trump wouldn’t rule out a previous claim that there may be tapes of his conversations with Comey. “Well, I’ll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future,” he said at a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart.
Source: Donald Trump breaks Twitter silence, dismisses ex-FBI boss James Comey as a ‘leaker’
Judge Napolitano carefully and despondently said what most Fox News Trump supporters refused to say.
Source: Judge Napolitano: Comey Laid Out Case For Obstruction Of Justice | Crooks and Liars
Top legal scholar: Trump Twitter attack on Comey could be “witness intimidation”
Source: Top legal scholar: Trump Twitter attack on Comey could be “witness intimidation”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On the eve of former FBI director James Comey’s testimony, Trump …
Source: Top 10 Ways Americans judge Trump in the Comey Covfefe | Informed Comment
Friend describes Winner, first person charged by Trump administration with violating Espionage Act, as ‘obsessed’ with fight against Isis
Source: Reality Winner: NSA contractor and environmentalist repulsed by Trump | US news | The Guardian
“There’s leaking every day,” said Hollander. “Winner’s one that they’ve charged because they don’t like what she leaked.”
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is coordinating a pledge to meet US emissions targets under the Paris accord, despite Donald Trump’s decision to pull out.
Source: Bucking Trump, US cities, states and companies commit to Paris Accord
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” or Nixon’s “I am not a crook.” He withdrew from the Paris climate accords, saying that he was elected to represent Pittsburgh, not Paris. Trump alleged that he was somehow protecting the United States from dastardly furriners in cancelling the Paris commitment.
Source: Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters | Informed Comment
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was …
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump bombed at the G7 summit in Italy. Despite an “intense” …
Mr Trump’s latest tweet showed the deterioration of links with a key NATO ally.
Source: Donald Trump blasts Germany again as Angela Merkel talks up relations with India
In his first European visit as U.S. President, Trump’s rudeness towards his global counterparts has confirmed his international reputation as a buffoon.
Source: Trump’s evenhanded European tour: Equally offensive to all
