White House Stacked with Millionaires, Financial Disclosures Reveal Posted by Editor on April 2, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “Financial disclosures from dozens of top White House officials released Friday night reveal an administration stacked with millionaires, whose combined net worth exceeds $12 billion.”
How Ex-Spy Christopher Steele Compiled His Explosive Trump-Russia Dossier Posted by Editor on April 2, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment “The man behind the infamous dossier that raises the possibility that Donald Trump may be vulnerable to Kremlin blackmail is Russia expert Christopher Steele, formerly of M.I.6. Here’s the story of his investigation.”
Kansas Gov. Brownback: Trump Reportedly Will Send Beleaguered Republican to Rome as Ambassador to U.N. for Food and Agriculture Posted by Editor on March 11, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “Gov. Brownback may be looking for any chance to escape a job that’s been going south virtually since the moment he won reelection in 2014. And don’t expect most Kansans to resent Brownback for abandoning his office: A seemingly never-ending budget crisis has made him one of the nation’s most unpopular governors, and polls taken last year found that barely one-in-four voters approved of his performance.”
5 Trump Cabinet Members Who’ve Made False Statements to Congress Posted by Editor on March 11, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn’t alone.”
Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government Posted by Editor on March 11, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “A Trump campaign aide who argues that Democrats committed “ethnic cleansing” in a plot to “liquidate” the white working class. A former reality show contestant whose study of societal collapse inspired him to invent a bow-and-arrow-cum-survivalist multi-tool. A pair of healthcare industry lobbyists. A lobbyist for defense contractors. An “evangelist” and lobbyist for Palantir, the Silicon Valley company with close ties to intelligence agencies. And a New Hampshire Trump supporter who has only recently graduated from high school (2015).”
Is the White House Now Just Another Trump Inc. Subsidiary? Posted by Editor on March 7, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “No tax returns, no blind trust, no divestment: Donald Trump has ignored calls to put his country before his business. From foreign bank loans to deals with Russian oligarchs, there’s evidence of serious ethics violations ahead.”
Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet Posted by Editor on March 7, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment “President Donald Trump still has not taken the necessary steps to distance himself from his businesses while in office. In accordance with a plan that he and one of his lawyers, Sheri Dillon, laid out at a press conference on January, Trump has filed paperwork to remove himself from the day-to-day operation of his eponymous organization. However, numerous ethics experts have voiced strenuous objections to the plan, which they say does very little to resolve the issue: As long as Trump continues to profit from his business empire—which he does whether or not he is nominally in charge—they say, the possibility that outside actors will attempt to affect his policies by plumping up his pocketbook will remain very much in play.”
Mapping the Trump-Russia Network Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment “Applying data visualization tools to the onslaught of information about team Trump’s ties to Russia helps us understand what’s happening.”
Trump Associates’ Links with Russia: What We Know So Far Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment “Questions continue to be asked about the scale of alleged Russian influence over the president and the campaign that took him to the White House. Here we look at the links – known and alleged – between Donald Trump’s associates and allies and Moscow.”
Russia: Putting The Picture Together Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment “Looks into the backgrounds of people who’ve been close to Trump over the last ten to fifteen years and just how they may fit into the Russia picture.”