WikiLeaks published purloined emails by Democratic National Committee staffers that show that DNC staff conspired on behalf of Hillary Clinton to deny Bernie Sanders the Democratic nomination. WikiLeaks says they got the material from a disgruntled DNC staffer. But Democrats like Clinton blame Russia, and say the revelations cost her the election against Trump. They want you to focus on casting blame for the leak as opposed to the content of the leak.
Et Tu, Glenn Greenwald?
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner leaked a secret NSA memo to the journalism website The Intercept, which promptly betrayed her by showing the document to the NSA. Even worse, they told the Agency where it was mailed from. As a result, Winner is now warming the inside of a prison cell. At bare minimum, The Intercept owes Winner and its readers a big apology for burning their source. But who can possibly trust a news organization that has such close ties to the government spooks it claims to be covering?
James Comey: Fantasy vs. Reality
Fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee is anticipated to be one of the most fiery exchanges between a witness and Congress in American history. But the reality of hours of grinding testimony and arcane parliamentary procedure has a way of making the best fireworks a little damp.
Tiger Woods’ “DUI”
Golfing legend Tiger Woods was found in his car, obviously impaired. But when he cooperated with police and took two Breathalizer tests, he verified his statement that he was not drunk but had been unwittingly impaired by pain killers he was taking for sports injuries. Yet the media failed to report that, preferring the “destroy your idols” approach to celebrities who appear to have messed up. Is Woods addicted to those medicines? It will be hard to discuss that after the ridiculous way the media chose to cover this story.
Donald Trump Wants To Ruin Bigger and Bigger Things
Donald Trump’s degradation of rhetoric has debased the majesty of the presidency and arguably made the United States a worse place. Yesterday he announced his plan to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, which will arguably make the planet a worse place. What’s next for the Ruinator-in-Chief?
That Awkward Moment When You Discover That Wall Street’s Insanity Is Helping You
Given the fact that President Donald Trump is probably insane, and has no viable economic policy to speak of, and is surrounded by advisors who are unqualified and/or evil, one would think that the movers and shakers of Wall Street would be pessimistic about the economy. But no, the opposite is true. The stock market loves Trump! Whenever he’s in trouble, securities exchanges plummet and vice versa. What does this say about those in charge of the economy?
Here’s the Weird Anti-Terrorist Trash Talk That Stayed on Donald Trump’s Cutting Room Floor After the Manchester Attack
After an ISIS terrorist murdered children attending a concert in England, Donald Trump weighed in, saying that he would no longer call terrorists monsters because they probably like that moniker. Instead, the middle school-mentality president said, he would use the term “evil losers,” a riff on his favorite insult. What other phrases may this brilliant rhetorician have considered before settling on evil losers?