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A few hard questions for Comey
For months, the White House has insistently whined that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is persecuting the president. Echoed by right-wing propaganda media, that theme is now amplified in Donald Trump's tweeted blasts at former FBI director James Comey, whom he vilifies as a "liar and leaker."
To anyone who remembers the final days of the ...Read more
Don't let Trump Betray veterans
Whenever Donald Trump fires a member of his administration, the least likely reason is incompetence, corruption, abuse of authority or wasteful extravagance. If those were causes for dismissal in the Trump administration, nearly his entire cabinet would have been replaced by now. That tweet signaling the removal of Veterans Affairs Secretary ...Read more
On Russia, GOP probers looked the other way
Like crooked cops protecting a mafia don, the House Intelligence Committee looked the other way last week when drafting its closing report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Denying the obvious -- and the shared assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies -- the committee's Republican majority insisted that the Russians ...Read more
The dangers of diplomacy, Trump-style
This planet just became a more perilous place to live.
It may not have seemed so last week, when Donald Trump agreed to meet Kim Jong Un for negotiations over North Korea's nuclear arsenal. Trump's abrupt diplomatic offer was certainly an improvement on his jeering, boasting and threatening on Twitter -- even if he doesn't understand that he ...Read more
In Cuba, Trump's hostility serves Kremlin
HAVANA -- The presidency of Donald Trump is teaching millions of Cubans -- along with people around the world -- to see the United States as a symbol of disappointment rather than hope. Within a few months, his abusive attitude toward Cuba has nearly reversed the diplomatic, cultural and humanitarian opening initiated by his predecessor.
Trump'...Read more
Yes, the president must testify
Donald Trump tells reporters that he is eager to chat with Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating his campaign's suspected collusion with the Kremlin and his attempts to obstruct that investigation, but his sincerity is in doubt. When he proclaims his willingness to let Mueller question him, "under oath," it sounds like typical Trump ...Read more
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