Tag: cronyism

Trump demands punishment for newspaper that exposed his incompetence

The following article by Oliver WIllis was posted on the ShareBlue website March 31, 2018:

Trump is demanding that the Washington Post register with the government just a day after the newspaper published an exposé of the incompetence and corruption of his administration.

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Trump wants a newspaper that published a damning exposé of his administration’s incompetence to have to register with the government — a move that appears to be an act of political retribution.

The latest authoritarian, anti-speech missive came in the form of a tweet Saturday morning, as Trump railed against the Washington Post. Continue reading “Trump demands punishment for newspaper that exposed his incompetence”

George Conway is the man at the center of everything

The following article by Ben Terris was posted on the Washington Post website May 14, 2017:

George Conway, seen with wife Kellyanne Conway at an inaugural party in January, “is somebody who likes to be in the mix, where the action is,” says a friend. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

If it weren’t for George Conway, the nation might never have met Monica Lewinsky, and Donald Trump might never have met Kellyanne.

In the 1990s, George was a quiet but critical presence in what Hillary Clinton would dub a “vast right-wing conspiracy” — a hotshot young attorney working to undermine President Bill Clinton by offering secret legal aid to his accusers and reportedly funneling salacious details to the Drudge Report. “This one disgruntled New York lawyer almost single-handedly brought down the president,” David Brock, the conservative provocateur-turned-Clinton acolyte, later wrote. Continue reading “George Conway is the man at the center of everything”