Democracy Matters 1d ago

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April 1, 2017 – Michael Flynn received $45,000 from Russia Today, a state-sponsored Russian news channel famous for pro-Russian propaganda, in exchange for his speech at their annual gala.

Flynn then failed to disclose the payment on his financial disclosure form submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in February.

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Democracy Matters 1d ago

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April 1, 2020 – In an interview on CNN, Mike Pence said Trump had never “belittled” the coronavirus threat.

Trump made the same argument at his daily briefing. “I knew how bad it was,” he said.

Both statements contradicted what Trump had said in the past, as when he claimed on Jan. 22 that “we’re not at all worried about the virus. And we have it totally under control.”

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Charlie McHenry1d ago
Meanwhile in #Iran - “…everyone still surviving will have been promoted, hardened, and empowered. Surviving elites in such a system tend to be more radical and more confident, not less. If and when the dust settles, Iran is left with more resources to pursue its nuclear program than it had before. It is very hard to see how this sequence leaves us better off than we were under the Obama‑era JCPoA, which seriously constrained enrichment and gave us intrusive inspections. Trump and company should now be desperate to get back to something like the Obama Iran deal. But the deal they torched is now so far outside the attainable set that they are trapped. They cannot admit error domestically; they cannot reconstruct international trust; and they have empowered exactly the Iranian hardliners who argued that the U.S. would never keep its word—and were proven correct.” —Professor Brad DeLong, UC Berkeley #IranWar #MiddleEast #TrumpsWar #RepublicansOwnThis #military #RegimeChange #Israel
Democracy Matters 2d ago

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March 31, 2017 – One month before signing a bill that would allow drug companies to incentivize doctors, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price purchased $90,000 of pharmaceutical stocks affected by the decision.

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Democracy Matters 2d ago

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March 31, 2020 – Trump said his impeachment “probably” diverted his attention from dealing with the crisis more swiftly, a claim first made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“Did it divert my attention?” Trump said. “I think I’m getting A-pluses for the way I handled myself during a phony impeachment. Okay? It was a hoax. But certainly, I guess, I thought of it.”

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Democracy Matters 2d ago

They must—and will—all go down.

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Democracy Matters 3d ago

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March 30, 2011 – Donald Trump was a vocal proponent of the “birther” myth, claiming Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

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Democracy Matters 3d ago

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March 30, 2017 – According to FBI Director James Comey, Donald Trump called him to ask the director to “lift the cloud” of the Russia investigation.

Trump said the investigation was impeding his ability to make deals for the country.

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Democracy Matters 3d ago

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March 30, 2017 – Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of a bill that allowed states to withhold federal funding from Planned Parenthood.

The Obama administration implemented the rule in December 2016 as a means of protecting Title X family planning grants, which support contraception and STD screening (but not abortion procedures).

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Democracy Matters 3d ago

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March 30, 2020 – The New York Times noted that "President Trump is a ratings hit.

Since reviving the daily White House briefing, Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of The Bachelor.”

Trump quoted this in a tweet adding, “The numbers are continuing to rise…”

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