Will Saletan
National Correspondent, @Slate. Question everything.
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The measure, which the president is expected to sign, would allow the governing Law and Justice party to handpick Supreme Court justices.
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Will Saletan
Another reason why the Polish government loves Trump, and vice versa. What was that again about Western values?
36h ago
The accounts from Sergey Kislyak to his superiors, intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, contradict public assertions by the attorney general.
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Will Saletan
Hey, look! A statement from a Trump official about his contacts with Russians turned out to be true.
Just kidding.
37h ago
In a sign of a looming showdown with the special counsel, presidential aides are looking for information to get investigators recused or justify firing him.
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Will Saletan
Trump's threats against Mueller are a public version of Trump's pressure on Comey in private. Rule by intimidation.
2d ago
President’s legal team is looking to build a case against what they say is the special counsel’s conflicts of interest.
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Will Saletan
Pardons aren't just an endgame. They're a way to silence witnesses by offering an escape from prosecutorial threats.
2d ago
The Law Is Irrelevant to Donald Trump
This has never been clearer than in his latest New York Times interview.
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Will Saletan
I hate the argument that Trump is more obtuse to truth and law than conniving. But the NYT interview makes it clear.
3d ago
Donald Trump: L’état, C’est Moi
The president explains his belief that a conflict of interest is any loyalty to anything but Trump.
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Will Saletan
Sharp @jonathanchait insight: To Trump, "conflict of interest" means any interest or principle that gets in his way.
3d ago
The administration is tasked with overseeing the health care law. Instead, it has made a major social media push to undermine it.
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Will Saletan
"He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed," not misuse funds to sabotage them. Solid @samstein piece.
3d ago
In an interview with the New York Times, President Trump yesterday issued a stunning vote of no-confidence in basically everyone currently in a leadership position in the Justice Department, the FBI, or the special counsel’s office—in other words, no
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Will Saletan
Love this @benjaminwittes piece but disagree on Sessions/Rosenstein. Those with backbone should stay, not clear out.
3d ago
President Trump discussed a range of issues, including the Russia investigation, with three New York Times reporters in the Oval Office.
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Will Saletan
Also falsifiable: Trump says he never “made money from Russia” or did “a deal in Russia." He's such deposition bait.
3d ago
After Minneapolis Police Shooting, Many Ask: Why Wasn’t Body Camera On?
Neither Officer Mohamed Noor nor his partner had their video cameras activated during the fatal encounter with Justine Damond, depriving investigators of valuable evidence.
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Will Saletan
Good cops, knowing cameras show their conduct, will turn them on. Bad cops, for the same reason, will turn them off.
4d ago
Trump’s Efforts to Undermine the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Only Help Iran
President Donald Trump is having, even by his standards, a very bad week. On Monday alone, quite apart from the continuing Russia scandal, he found him ...
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Will Saletan
Trump is doing nothing to improve our geopolitical leverage vs. Iran. In fact, he's making it worse, says @fmkaplan.
4d ago
After being given a secret document by officials in Moscow, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher sought to alter sanctions legislation and tried to set up a virtual show trial on Capitol Hill.
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Will Saletan
Several nuggets in this @NicoHines report: 1) Rohrabacher & Behrends link to Erik Prince, hub of Seychelles meeting.
4d ago
How Jay Sekulow Tries to Bury the Truth
Trump’s lawyer’s go-to move is to accuse Trump’s critics of crimes.
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Will Saletan
It's purely accidental that Jay Sekulow would close every channel by which we learned of Trump's collusion and lies.
4d ago
The two leaders spoke informally for an additional hour after their first official meeting.
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Will Saletan
No, Trump and his people don't forget meetings with Russians. (This one was July 7.) They just don't disclose them.
4d ago
‘Plan C’ on Obamacare, Repeal Now and Replace Later, Has Collapsed
With their bill to replace the Affordable Care Act shattered, Republican leaders pressed a new plan — repeal now, replace later. But that too lacked support.
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Will Saletan
This will be what takes down the GOP. Not the failure of repeal, but Trump openly promoting the system's collapse.
4d ago
Revealed: Trump's Still-Secret Plan to ‘Crush’ ISIS
The new plan talks tough, with lines about “denying ISIS a haven from which to hatch murder.” But it’s basically the reheated Obama strategy, plus more bluster.
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Will Saletan
Once again, @attackerman has the scoop on Trump's ISIS plan. Surprise, surprise: It's a tarted-up rehash of Obama's.
4d ago
Fittingly, a Blister Hobbles Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon Final
The tournament was racked by injuries and retirements, with the casualties including Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic.
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Will Saletan
I'm thinking @Voya should go all in on its branding strategy and sponsor all these retirements.
5d ago
A New Front Opens in L'Affaire Russe
If this suit eventually survives a motion to dismiss, it will immediately become a gold mine for journalists and investigators and present an intense set of headaches for the Trump forces both inside and outside of government. Think Paula Jones—only
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Will Saletan
Russia scandal now has a Paula Jones case to break open more matters for investigation. Preview by @benjaminwittes.
5d ago
Christie said it is never good when 'stuff comes out a little bit at a time and a little bit at a time.'
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Will Saletan
Tell the whole truth, says a governor caught lying, by aerial photography, about using a beach closed to the public.
6d ago
Walter M. Shaub Jr., the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics, said actions by President Trump and his administration had created a historic ethics crisis.
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Will Saletan
This attack on @waltshaub shows how WH tries to normalize its ethical indifference by smearing the ethics of others.
6d ago