Why Donald Trump Won’t Hold Press Conferences

The last time he had one, he did something unthinkable

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CNN2020-07-09
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NOAA Officials Feared Firings After Trump’s Hurricane Claims, Inspector General Says
The report found White House pressure led to NOAA’s rebuke of forecasters who contradicted Mr. Trump’s inaccurate claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. ... read more
The New York Times2020-07-09
1 hour ago
The Court Has Decided: Someone Will See Trump’s Financial Crimes—Someday
Elie Mystal The Supreme Court’s two rulings on Trump’s tax returns are a victory for the rule of law—if not a victory for Trump’s political opponents. The post The Court Has Decided: Someone Will See Trump’s Financial Crimes—Someday appeared first on The Nation. ... read more
The Nation2020-07-09
1 hour ago
How the Supreme Court Delivered Trump a Short-Term Political Win — and a Long-term Loss to His Quest for Broader Power
The Supreme Court handed a short-term political win to Trump on Thursday when justices punted on rulings that will likely keep his financial records out of public view until after the November election. But while the rulings spared Trump that immediate scrutiny, they were ultimately a long-term loss to his claims of sweeping executive power. The decisions fenced in Trump’s authority by denying both his claim to be immune from prosecution as President and his insistence that the separation of powers between Congress and the executive limits how deeply Congress can reach into his personal papers. Trump seethed in response, ... read more
TIME Magazine2020-07-09
1 hour ago
Tammy Duckworth: Tucker Carlson Doesn’t Know What Patriotism Is
Neither does President Trump. ... read more
The New York Times2020-07-09
1 hour ago
Right Wing Round-Up: Trumpeting a Fake Biden Quote
Zoe Tillman @ BuzzFeed: The Supreme Court Ruled Prosecutors In New York Can Get Trump’s Tax Returns. John Fea: Wednesday night court evangelical roundup. Will Sommer @ The Daily Beast: Maxine Waters Foe Omar Navarro Gets Out of Jail And Attempts to Destroy Fellow Republican. Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Scamvangelist’s Church Tells COVID to “Cease and Desist NOW”… Again. Matt Gertz @ Media Matters: Trumpists use distortion, outright fabrication to lie that Biden called police “the enemy.” ... read more
Right Wing Watch2020-07-09
1 hour ago
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Enslaved Again
DeAnna Lorraine loved President Donald Trump’s “very uniting” Independence Day speech, especially when “he ripped into the left.” Brenden Dilley can empathize with how frustrating it must be for self-described genius like Trump to have to be president for a country “full of fucking stupid people” and “thankless twats.” Pat Robertson warns that passage of the Equality Act will cause God to destroy America, just like Sodom and Gomorrah. Bill Mitchell says that first they ask you to wear a mask, then they force you to wear a burka, and the next thing you know you’re “enslaved again.” Finally, the ... read more
Right Wing Watch2020-07-09
1 hour ago
Why Facebook failed its civil rights audit
Mark Zuckerberg testifies about how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during the 2020 campaign before the House Financial Services Committee in October 2019. | Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The new, deeply critical report highlights the tension between free expression and hate speech on the social network. Facebook has failed on civil rights. On Wednesday, after two years of work, the social media giant finally released the results of its independent audit, a wide-ranging report on the state of civil rights on Facebook, from hate speech to advertising to algorithmic bias. The auditors ... read more
Vox2020-07-09
1 hour ago
Why Trump Is So Enraged at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — President Trump got so mad at the Supreme Court on Thursday morning you could almost hear his Twitter-thumbs mashing his phone in a rage. And for good reason: The high court just unleashed a prosecutor Trump can’t control. The justices ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance does have the power to aggressively investigate Trump as a state prosecutor — and obliterated Trump’s defense that such a probe would violate the Constitution. The decision means things could get downright messy for Trump. Vance has been vigorously probing the inner workings of Trump’s family business, and ... read more
VICE News2020-07-09
2 hours ago
Ousted New York Prosecutor Tells House Panel William Barr ‘Repeatedly Urged’ Him to Resign
(WASHINGTON) — The ousted U.S. attorney who was leading investigations into President Donald Trump’s allies told the House Judiciary panel on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr “repeatedly urged” him to resign during a hastily arranged meeting that sheds light on the extraordinary standoff surrounding his departure. Geoffrey Berman, the former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, provided the committee with a detailed account behind closed doors of three days in June as he was pushed out, according to his opening statement, which was obtained by The Associated Press. Berman said Barr, over a 45-minute session at ... read more
TIME Magazine2020-07-09
2 hours ago