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🔖 days since last facebook scandal
Total number of Mark apologies without effect: 15 years of it Enough of it? Learn about the people fighting against Facebook!
Friggin’ hilarious!
👓 National Enquirer Had Decades of Trump Dirt. He Wanted to Buy It All. | New York Times
Donald Trump and his lawyer, Michael Cohen, devised a plan to buy all the stories on Mr. Trump that the National Enquirer and its parent company had collected, according to Mr. Trump’s associates.
👓 Why is Max Nikias still hanging around? USC needs to move faster to find new leadership | LA Times
USC needs to be moving full steam ahead on new leadership capable of governing the university with accountability, transparency and ethics.
👓 U.S.C. President Agrees to Step Down Over Scandal Involving Gynecologist | The New York Times
The decision followed a call from students, faculty and alumni for his resignation.
How many scandals can you muddle your way through before you get sacked?
👓 “People Get Subpoenas, Shit Gets Real”: What John Edwards Should Teach the Media About Covering Trump | The Hive
If you were in Las Vegas and could win $1 million by placing a simple prop bet on whether Trump enjoyed some pee play with Russian hookers in Moscow in 2013, would you bet yes or no? You know where you’d put your money. Even Mitch McConnell would take that bet.
👓 Trump and His Aides Have No Idea What They’re Talking About | The Atlantic
A procession of contradictory statements leaves the public no closer to understanding the president’s deal with Stormy Daniels, but clearly shows the White House’s dishonesty.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: Trump’s Personal Lawyer Under Scrutiny | The New York Times
The F.B.I. has raided the home of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen — the same man who acknowledged paying $130,000 to a pornographic film actress who said she had a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.
What are investigators looking for?
On today’s episode:
• Matt Apuzzo, who covers law enforcement for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• The F.B.I. raid against President Trump’s longtime personal lawyeropens a new front for the Justice Department in its scrutiny of Mr. Trump and his associates.
• Mr. Trump angrily denounced the raids as “disgraceful” and “an attack on our country.” Read an annotated transcript of his remarks.
It kills me that we don’t have the morality and common sense people had in the 1990’s even. Thank goodness there are some solid institutions in the country left to handle these things.
👓 Trump finally spoke about Stormy Daniels — and he made things much worse | Think Progress
Ignorance is not always bliss.
It really worries me that the depth of his thinking is so tremendously shallow.
👓 Former Obama Adviser Anita Dunn Helped Harvey Weinstein Strategize Before New York Times Story | Buzzfeed
On Thursday, the New York Times published a major investigation about the Hollywood mogul, who had assembled a team of top legal and PR professionals.
None of this really surprises me except for the fact that so many people stayed quiet (or bought off) for so long.
👓 Anti-abortion Rep. Tim Murphy plans to retire amid sex scandal | USA Today
The announcement comes a day after the pro-life lawmaker allegedly asked his mistress to get an abortion.
The inconsistency of most Republicans and the anti-abortion crowd really kills me. It’s fine for them when the situation presents itself, but isn’t appropriate for anyone else?
If only the people who protest so vociferously and who spend money to fight abortion would instead spend their time and money to support the adoption and care of all these unwanted children, the problem would be so drastically different. You have to care about the lives after they are born or you’re just being hypocritical, otherwise, just what are you really saving? Do they want to save and add to the suffering in the world? Should they be called pro-suffering activists instead of anti-abortion?
👓 USC moves to fire, ban from campus former medical school dean over ‘egregious behavior’ | LA Times
Former U.S. Attorney will investigate drug allegations involving former USC medical school dean
The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet
One of the women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct has sued him for defamation after he labeled her claims false.