“Frustration with the investigation stews inside him until it bubbles up in the form of rants to aides about unfair cable television commentary or as slights aimed at Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein. And, of course, it emerges in fiery tweets about the ‘WITCH HUNT’ — or, as he wrote Thursday morning, shortly before an event promoting leadership in technology, ‘a big Dem HOAX!'” More …
Month: June 2017
If You Love High Deductibles, Then You’ll Love The Senate Health Bill
“All that talk about lowering out-of-pocket costs? Yeah, they didn’t mean it.” More …
Intel Chiefs Tell Investigators Trump Suggested They Refute Collusion with Russians
“Two of the nation’s top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and Senate investigators, in separate meetings last week, that President Donald Trump suggested they say publicly there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians, according to multiple sources. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers described their interactions with the President about the Russia investigation as odd and uncomfortable, but said they did not believe the President gave them orders to interfere, according to multiple sources familiar with their accounts.” More …
GOP Data Firm Leaks Personal Details of Nearly 200 Million American Voters
“Political data gathered on more than 198 million US citizens was exposed this month after a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee stored internal documents on a publicly accessible Amazon server. The data leak contains a wealth of personal information on roughly 61 percent of the US population. Along with home addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers, the records include advanced sentiment analyses used by political groups to predict where individual voters fall on hot-button issues such as gun ownership, stem cell research, and the right to abortion, as well as suspected religious affiliation and ethnicity.” More …
New Details of Russia Election Hacking Raise Questions About Obama’s Response
“Obama and advisers were concerned any pre-election response could trigger escalation from Putin or be interpreted as motivated on behalf of Clinton.” More …
Stunning Intelligence: Putin’s Hackers Instructed to Damage Clinton, Help Elect Trump
“U.S. intelligence agencies had sourcing deep inside the Russian government capturing Vladimir Putin’s direct instructions to damage Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning and help elect Donald Trump.” More …
Russian Hackers Targeted Dallas County Servers Before Presidential Election
“Russian hackers took aim at Dallas County’s Web servers, possibly trying to access voter registration rolls, before the November presidential election, officials said … ” More …
Election Hackers Altered Voter Rolls, Stole Private Data, Officials Say
“The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful attempt to alter voter information, and the theft of thousands of voter records that contain private information like partial Social Security numbers, current and former officials tell TIME.” More …
Trump Chooses Family Wedding Planner to run HUD – N.Y. Housing Programs
“Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.” More …
Senate Trumpcare Bill Is As Mean As the House Version
“The Senate version of the American Health Care Act (Trumpcare) is supposed to be unveiled Thursday morning, but Paige Cunningham has obtained most of the relevant details. In sum, while it seemed for a time the Senate might gesture to the center, at least a bit, its bill is about as draconian as the House version.” More …