Executive Branch | Sucker Punch News - Part 24

Who’s Who of the Trump Campaign’s Russia Connections

Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment

“Everything we know about the members of Trump’s campaign who had contact with the Russian government.”

Trump Helped Build a Hotel in Azerbaijan that Appears to Be a Corrupt Operation Engineered by Oligarchs Tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Executive Branch, Terrorism 0 Comment

“Throughout the Presidential campaign, Trump was in business with someone that his company knew was likely a partner with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”

Keystone Pipeline Will Not Be Made of American Steel

Posted by Editor on March 6, 2017 in Energy, Executive Branch 0 Comment

“The [imported] pipes to be used in building a death funnel that will carry the world’s dirtiest fossil fuels through some of the world’s most arable farmland have been sitting in a field in North Dakota, open to the elements in a state that’s known for some serious elements, for at least three years… TransCanada, the company building the pipeline, has a long track record of building pipelines that fail spectacularly.”

The Trump-Russia Scandals: A Quick Visual Guide

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment

“The web of connections in Trump’s Russia controversies.”

America’s Leading Authoritarian Intellectual Is Working for Trump

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch, Extremism 0 Comment

“The most intellectually important essay of the 2016 election cycle, and possibly of the whole political era that has begun, is “The Flight 93 Election.” Its previously anonymous author turns out to be former Bush administration speechwriter Michael Anton … who is now working as a senior national security official in the Trump administration.”

Government by White Nationalism Is Upon Us

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch, Extremism 0 Comment

“It’s not just rhetoric anymore. It’s a political program that could set American democracy back 150 years.”

How the Trump Administration May Be Skirting Its Own Ethics Rules

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment

“The hiring of three former lobbyists to work in the White House raises questions about how the Trump administration is enforcing the president’s executive order on ethics.”

CIA Cables Detail Its New Deputy Director’s Role in Torture

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment

“Gina Haspel, President Trump’s choice for the CIA’s number two position, was more deeply involved in the torture of Abu Zubaydah than has been publicly understood, according to newly available records and accounts by participants.”

Autocracy: Rules for Survival

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment

“I have lived in autocracies most of my life, and have spent much of my career writing about Vladimir Putin’s Russia. I have learned a few rules for surviving in an autocracy and salvaging your sanity and self-respect. It might be worth considering them now.”

White House Confirms Conversation with FBI About Trump and Russia

Posted by Editor on March 5, 2017 in Executive Branch, Russia 0 Comment

“Reince Priebus, FBI director James Comey and deputy director Andrew McCabe had a conversation which appears to violate justice department rules.”