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Fascism Watch, January 18

January 18, 2017 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

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FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump. In other words, James Comey is full of shit.

The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said.

The agencies involved in the inquiry are the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the director of national intelligence, the sources said.

Investigators are examining how money may have moved from the Kremlin to covertly help Trump win, the two sources said.

Congress

FOIA emails show Jason Chaffetz skipped a meeting with the OGE director he threatened to subpoena, whom he said had refused to meet with him

Trump

Trump businesses owe $1.8 billion to over 150 different institutions

The CIA director says Trump’s tweets are a National Security Threat

Donald Trump enters office as the most unpopular of at least the last seven newly elected presidents, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds

Trump Says He’ll Show Off The US Military In Parades

We literally use "watching the troops on parade" as shorthand for "tinpot dictator" in films. https://t.co/ctuxFdDpxD

— John Rogers (@jonrog1) January 18, 2017

Transition Team & Cabinet Appointees

Rick Perry

As we all suspected, Rick Perry was not aware that Energy Department oversees Nuclear Energy.

When President-elect Donald J. Trump offered Rick Perry the job of energy secretary five weeks ago, Mr. Perry gladly accepted, believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state.

In the days after, Mr. Perry, the former Texas governor, discovered that he would be no such thing — that in fact, if confirmed by the Senate, he would become the steward of a vast national security complex he knew almost nothing about, caring for the most fearsome weapons on the planet, the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

Trump didn’t know who managed the nukes, either.

Scott Pruitt

Trump’s EPA Pick Hasn’t “Looked at the Scientific Research” on Lead Poisoning

Tom Price

Trump’s HHS pick doesn’t want to flaunt his own Obamacare bill at confirmation hearing

Tom Price worked hard to keep federal dollars flowing to his most generous campaign donors

Sen. Chris Murphy said to Price during his confirmation hearing today, “This whole administration is starting to look like a bit of a get-rich-quick scheme.” Indeed.

Sen. Bob Casey asked Price whether he would guarantee that being a victim of domestic violence would not be considered a preexisting condition, as it has in the past. Price said, “It would be up to legislation.”

Rudy Giuliani

Passwords used by Donald Trump’s incoming cyber security advisor Rudy Giuliani and 13 other top staff members have been leaked

Nikki Haley

Tim Kaine patiently schools Nikki Haley on Iran nuclear deal during confirmation hearing

Betsy DeVos

To no one’s great surprise, Wisconsin schools do not actually need guns to protect students from grizzly bears. She simply wasn’t prepared with backup talking points for issues, like guns in schools, that don’t play well outside Michigan.

Protests

The Women’s March on Washington is expected to be the largest inauguration-related demonstration in United States history.

Indiana GOP lawmaker wants police to use ‘any means necessary’ to stop protesters from blocking traffic. If you live in Indiana, call your state senators about SB238.

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