When I heard this morning that Trump had fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, I assumed it was a preemptive measure, hoping to distract attention away from the neck and neck Congressional special election race in Pennsylvania’s 18th district, which, historically speaking, should have been an easy win for the GOP, even before […]
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A few short hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggests that Russia was likely to blame for the U.K. chemical attack, Donald Trump abruptly fires him
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged chemical weapons, Conor Lamb, Donald Trump, England, fired by tweet, John McEntee, nerve agents, Novichok, Rex Tillerson, Rick Saccone, Russia, Russiagate, Salisbury, Secretary of State, Sergei Skripal, Stormy Daniels, Theresa May, Vladimir Putin 34 Comments
President Trump chooses not to pursue the sanctions against Russia demanded by Congress… We are officially in crisis…
Back in July, in the words of Senator Nancy Pelosi, “Congress passed a bill on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis requiring the Administration to impose defense and intelligence sanctions on entities purchasing Russian military equipment.” This legislation, we were told at the time, was necessary, among other things, to both punish the Russians for having meddled […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Claire McCaskill, constitutional crisis, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, David Duke, election hacking, election meddling, elections, Garry Kasparov, kompromat, midterm elections, Mike Pompeo, Nancy Pelosi, oligarchs, racism, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, State of the Union, Vladimir Putin 257 Comments