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Trump’s Pick for National Security Role Plagiarized Her Book

Trump’s Pick for National Security Role Plagiarized Her Book

Posted by | Jan 8, 2017 | |

CNN is reporting that Donald Trump’s pick for a national security communications role, Monica Crowley, plagiarized her 2012 book. [AdSense-A] According to the CNN report, “The review of Crowley’s June 2012 book, “What The (Bleep) Just Happened,” found upwards of 50 examples of plagiarism from numerous sources, including the copying with minor changes of news articles, other columnists, think tanks, and Wikipedia. The New York Times bestseller, published by the HarperCollins imprint Broadside Books, contains no notes or bibliography.” Monica Crowley who is a conservative radio host, columnist and Fox News contributor was picked by Trump to serve as senior...

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Day After Receiving Report Confirming Russian Hack, Trump Calls for Better Relationship With Russia

Day After Receiving Report Confirming Russian Hack, Trump Calls for Better Relationship With Russia

Posted by | Jan 8, 2017 | |

One day after receiving the official intelligence report that confirmed Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help him win, Donald Trump called for the U.S. to have a better relationship with Russia. And Trump didn’t stop at just calling for better relations with Russia, in a series of tweets Trump called anyone who doesn’t agree with him about relations with Russia “stupid.” [AdSense-A] Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only “stupid” people, or fools, would think that it is bad! We….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2017 have enough...

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Ethics Office Warns Not To Move Trump Confirmations Too Fast

Ethics Office Warns Not To Move Trump Confirmations Too Fast

Posted by | Jan 7, 2017 | |

Update: NBC is reporting that the Office of Government Ethics has lost contact with Trump and his transition team.  They quote an email sent to Trump aides in November from the Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub that raises concerns about the lack of contact with the Trump team, “we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election.” Shaub also suggested that the hurried nature and lack of ethics review risked “embarrassment for the President-elect,” because “announcing cabinet picks” without letting the ethics office review their financial information in advance. The NBC piece goes further quoting...

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Intelligence Report: Putin ordered ‘Influence Campaign’ to Help Trump Win Election

Intelligence Report: Putin ordered ‘Influence Campaign’ to Help Trump Win Election

Posted by | Jan 6, 2017 | |

Intelligence officials on Friday released their highly anticipated report which concluded conclusively that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, with the goal of helping Donald Trump win. [AdSense-A] Putin ordered ‘influence campaign’ to help Trump win election The report which was prepared by the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency, confirmed their earlier assertions that Russia was responsible for cyber attacks directed at the Democratic National Committee. “Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic...

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Republican Senator Stands Up to Slow Down Obamacare Repeal

Republican Senator Stands Up to Slow Down Obamacare Repeal

Posted by | Jan 6, 2017 | |

With Republicans rushing to try to repeal Obamacare before they have legislation to replace it, there is at least one GOP Senator who is urging caution about repealing the healthcare bill before having a replacement in place. [AdSense-A] Republican senator stands up to slow down Obamacare repeal Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said in an interview on MSNBC, “I think when we repeal Obamacare, we need to have the solution in place moving forward.” Cotton, during the interview, said he had no problem with letting parts of Obamacare live for a little while so that the more than 20 million people...

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