Despite the unlikely courtship between the leaders of the two countries, neither the United States nor North Korea wants to be the first to compromise.
Tag: Donald J. Trump
🎧 The Daily: The Testimony of Michael Cohen | New York Times
In an extraordinary public hearing, Donald Trump’s former lawyer — once known for being unflinchingly loyal — became the star witness against him.
A great synopsis of the testimony. I can’t believe how inured we are to what a horrible person Donald Trump is. If it were any other politician the country would have burned them to the ground at this point.
👓 Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Census Citizenship Question Plans | NPR
A second federal judge has issued a court ruling against the administration's plans to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen in the 2020 census.
🎧 The Daily: What Happened to Lindsey Graham? | New York Times
The South Carolina Republican was once a vehement Trump critic. Now, he’s one of the president’s most ardent supporters.
👓 Social media is an existential threat to our idea of democracy | Opinion | The Guardian
Two reports for the US senate reveal how Russia’s Internet Research Agency has fomented distrust and division in the west
👓 Judge may jail Roger Stone after Instagram post | NBC News
Judge Amy Berman Jackson will rule whether he has violated the conditions of release after a hearing Thursday.
👓 Scoop: Leaked private schedules show Trump spent 60% of last 3 months in “Executive Time” | Axios
It's unprecedented visibility into how the president spends his days.
I can only wonder when “nap time” and “cartoon time” are hiding?!
📑 Scoop: Leaked private schedules show Trump spent 60% of last 3 months in “Executive Time” | Axios
Responding to Axios' reporting, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders emailed this statement: "President Trump has a different leadership style than his predecessors and the results speak for themselves."
They just don’t say very much or anything very good.
👓 Senate Evidence Clarifies Mystery Calls Around Trump Tower Meeting | New York Times
Phone records show that Donald Trump Jr. spoke to family friends — the head of Nascar and an investor with ties to Russia — around a 2016 meeting with Russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.
👓 Trump Sought a Loan During the 2016 Campaign. Deutsche Bank Said No. | New York Times
Donald Trump turned to the German bank, one of the few lenders willing to do business with him, to borrow millions of dollars that would go to his golf resort in Scotland.
Haven’t they been saying the company was throwing off so much money they were self-financing? We need a better accounting of the money flows for how Trump was keeping his companies afloat.
🎧 The Daily: The Story of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks | New York Times
The special counsel’s indictment of the longtime Trump adviser establishes a direct connection between WikiLeaks and the president’s campaign.
I’m curious if there are charges the special prosecutor is holding back on to get people to flip for one final round that will come back and knock down the entire house of cards?
🎧 The Gillmor Gang: Smart Speakers | TechCrunch
Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 12, 2018
I remember a bit why I haven’t listened to any episodes in over a year… While Gillmor presents himself as a liberal, it seems like he’s a bit too pro-Trump and gives him too much credit. He might often be playing devil’s advocate, but…
There’s some vaguely interesting information in here on blockchain and where it may be going, but it’s still too “tech-y” even for the tech crowd. There aren’t enough people on the show who are knee deep in the topic to make their pontifications on the topic worthwhile.
I want to start to catch back up on back episodes, but we’ll see how far we get.
🎧 The Daily: ISIS Has Lost Its Land. What About Its Power? | New York Times
The last time the extremist group was declared defeated, it returned even stronger than before.
This sounds like Trump is preemptively declaring victory when it’s patently not the case and then we’ll end up being right back in the same situation one or more years down the road.
The untold story of how anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it.
🎧 The Daily: A Republican Congressman From Texas Who Opposes the Wall | New York Times
Representative Will Hurd’s district runs along the southwestern border. His vision for border security is starkly different from the president’s.