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General Splits Ranks With Michael Flynn Over ‘Borderline Demented’ Tweets

Keith Girard
Decorated war hero and retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey has questioned Ex-Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s fitness to serve as Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, after reviewing what he called “borderline demented” fake news that Flynn circulated on social media during the election. McCaffrey appeared on NBC News today (Dec. 12) and said he was “extremely uneasy” about Flynn in such a sensitive role....
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Trump Bizarro World Takes Shape Through Lies, Intimidation, Vindictiveness

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is already setting a pattern of lies, intimidation and vindictiveness that likely will mark how he’ll operate as chief executive. His administration will be a Bizarro World, where all rules, traditions and protocols no longer apply. In Bizarro World, everything is weirdly inverted or oddly opposite of the real world–an apt metaphor for Trumps’s governing style....
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New York’s Top Cop Calls New Trump EPA Chief Scott Pruitt ‘Dangerous, Unqualified’

Keith Girard
In a blistering statement, New York’s top cop, Eric T. Schneiderman, called Donald Trump’s reported new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief, Scott Pruitt “dangerous” and “unqualified” and vowed fight to “protect our nation’s air and water.” Pruitt, a Republican, is currently Attorney General of Oklahoma, where his record on environmental issues, especially climate change, has been abysmal, according to Schneiderman....
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Donald Trump Shameful Sit-Down With David Petraeus Reeks of Hypocrisy

David Fagin and Keith Girard
Donald Trump, in his search for a Secretary of State for his Clown Car administration, opened a dialogue with none other than David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA, former Commander of front-line troops through CENTCOM, and, um, oh yeah – convicted criminal. The fact that Trump is seriously considering him for another sensitive, high-level government job, is not only reckless, but rife with hypocrisy. ...
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Trump Billionaire Cabinet Picks Could Reap $$$ Millions When They Take Office

Keith Girard
High-rolling financiers and Goldman Sachs bankers could score major tax windfalls–amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars–by taking jobs in Donald Trump’s billionaire boy’s club cabinet. And, you wonder why the rich keep getting richer? The gold rush will start on day one, thanks to a little-known law designed–ironically–to ensure government integrity....
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Steve Bannon Won’t Be Appearing on a Kellogg’s Cereal Box Anytime Soon

Keith Girard
White House Chief strategist Steven Bannon, who previously ran Breitbart News, won’t be seeing his face on a Kellogg’s cereal box anytime soon. The massive food manufacturing company said today it’s pulling all of its ads from the hard-right propaganda outlet. The maker of such well-known cereals as Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran and Rice Krispies cited Breitbart’s promotion of racist, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic content as the reason for the move....
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Donald Trump’s Darkest Election Legacy May Be Lasting Distrust of Voting Process

David Fagin and Keith Girard
Donald Trump’s claims about a “rigged election” may be one of the darkest legacies of his presidential campaign. When citizens, by and large, can not trust the voting process by which leaders are elected, the very foundation of our democracy is threatened with collapse. Trump’s vote fraud claims, which continue to roil two weeks after the election, are a case study in the dangers of irresponsible campaign rhetoric....
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With Donald Trump Tax Breaks, Corporate CEOs Plan to Line Their Own Pockets

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is planning a massive corporate tax cut that he says will create new jobs and prompt companies to repatriate more than $1 trillion stashed overseas. But a new study predicts that CEO’s will choose to line their own pockets instead through massive stock buybacks. Corporations have been sitting on record amounts of cash for years and the pile is only going to get bigger. ...
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Donald Trump Plans to Override State Laws Barring Concealed Carry Weapons

Keith Girard
President-elect Donald Trump is about to make the nation as a whole more like Louisiana, where lax state gun laws, allowing teenagers to carry concealed weapons, has led to the highest murder rate in the nation. Mitch Landreiu, the exasperated Mayor of New Orleans, has called his city “out of control” after the latest shootout turned historic Bourbon Street into the OK Corral....
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Donald Trump Lands World’s Biggest Chick Magnet–the White House–Sans Melania

Keith Girard
Donald Trump confirmed that Melania and their 10-year-old son Barron will not join him immediately at the White House (if ever). Trump did not specify a time when the arrangement would change, setting the stage for another unprecedented moment in the nation’s history. No other president has resided in the White House without his wife going back to the founding of the country. ...
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Rudy Giuliani, a mouthpiece for Donald Trump is facing prosecution. (Photo: Getty)

Rudy Giuliani Got Rich Off Fat-Cat Speaking Fees Just Like Hillary Clinton

Keith Girard
Rudy Giuliani, a vocal critic of former Hillary Clinton’s multi-million dollar haul from fat-cat speaking fees, was feeding at the same trough of corporate largess reserved for former politicians. Conflicts of interest abound now that he’s being considered for a cabinet position. Giuliani claimed he was broke with $7,100 to his name following his bitter 2002 divorce from second wife Donna Hanover. He's a member of the one percent now. ...
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Trump Ready to Shell Out $25 Million to End Trump University Fraud Suits

Keith Girard
Donald Trump apparently is dropping the tough talk over Trump University fraud lawsuits and is ready to shell out as much as $25 million to make the cases go away without admitting wrong-doing before he takes office as President, according to a new report. Trump had previously vowed to fight the lawsuits, filed in New York and California, and never offered more than a “low-seven-figure” amount to settle the cases....
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