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Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey has told associates, the F.B.I. director was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one dinner with the new commander in chief. … The president then turned the conversation to whether Mr. Comey would pledge his loyalty to him. Mr.… Read more.
Donald Trump spent much of his campaign ridiculing “stupid” American presidents and diplomats who, according to him, were always getting duped by their foreign counterparts. He insisted that the American people needed to elect him, a shrewd and savvy businessman, to put an end to this embarrassing trend. Of course, that his record of achievement… Read more.
In what is the worst defeat of a governing party in recent history, the Bahamian people landed a crushing blow to the Progressive National Party (PLP) at the polls on Wednesday [leaving them with only 5 of the 39 seats in parliament]. … Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis will be sworn in… Read more.
Frankly, I warned that Trump would channel Nixon in this impeachable fashion. FBI Director James B. Comey has been dismissed by the president, according to White House spokesman Sean Spicer – a startling move that officials said stemmed from a conclusion by Justice Department officials that he had mishandled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails.… Read more.
And a special thank you to Mrs. Judson – formerly of Pinedale Primary in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Read more.
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, projected results say. Mr Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 66% to 34% to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president, the results show. … The BBC’s Hugh Schofield in Paris says this is the most remarkable success story of how… Read more.
The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron says it has been the target of a ‘massive hacking attack’ after a trove of documents was released online. The campaign said that genuine files were mixed up with fake ones in order to confuse people. … It compared it to the leak of Democratic Party emails… Read more.
House Republicans have passed their ambitious plan to repeal and replace Obamacare after several fits and starts, sending the measure to the Senate, where it is expected to be significantly revised. House Republicans will now head to the White House for a press conference. (ABC News, May 4, 2017) Everyone is hailing the passage of… Read more.
One cops a plea; Two walk scot-free. Hardly a week goes by these days without anti-Trump protesters taking to the streets. In fact, their protests so dominate public consciousness, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that anti-cop protesters were doing the same not so long ago – with the same regularity, but venting even greater outrage.… Read more.
It behooves everyone else to do the same. Since day one of his presidency, we’ve been treated to the spectacle of Trump blurting out outrageous and erroneous statements of policy only to have one or another of his advisers correct him. This was the case, for example, when he said he would Kick out NATO… Read more.
