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Drip, Drip, Drip

March 7, 2017 by Pops 27 Comments

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Yesterday, top White House officials stood by President Trump’s charge that President Obama tapped his phones during last year’s campaign without providing additional evidence, as lawmakers and former intelligence officials sparred over the allegations.
Let me get this right….. The White House is accusing the intelligence agencies of releasing classified communications to journalists. The intelligence agencies are accusing the media of conspiring to breach national security. The House intelligence oversight committee is explaining why they don’t oversee. The Democrats are blaming everything on Trump, and the Republicans are blaming everything on everybody else. The FBI is in denial. Julian Assange throws another bomb under the CIA bus, bureaucrats are scrambling, and James Clapper “I know nothing!” is doing Sgt. Schultz. Got it.

Isn’t this the part of the show when all of the clowns climb out of the little bitty car and run around in circles chasing each other?

Poll shows Platner’s oyster-farmer image failing to win over working-class Maine voters
A new poll shows Graham Platner trailing Susan Collins by 21 points with non-college-educated voters despite his oyster farmer campaign pitch.
Gorsuch suggests Supreme Court's Trump ruling is opening move against administrative state
Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurrence suggests the Supreme Court's FTC ruling could lead to sweeping challenges against independent federal agencies' power.
House GOP's SAVE Act rescue plan hits resistance from conservative holdouts
Speaker Johnson's plan to merge the SAVE America Act with the defense bill faced resistance from GOP holdouts demanding stronger Senate assurances.
Trump’s massive GOP faith bloc raises red flag on Iran deal: Trust him, not his team
Evangelical leaders are divided over the Trump-Iran memorandum of understanding, with some praising military action and others warning Israel is betrayed.
Seattle Pride parade pandemonium as nude marchers prance through streets in front of children
Seattle Pride parade attendees allegedly marched naked in front of children, sparking outrage and questions about Washington's indecent exposure law.
Iran fights to keep grip on Hormuz as US, Gulf allies carve new shipping route
Iran allegedly attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to counter a new southern corridor developed by the U.S. and Oman, analysts say.
Clinton confidant who called Maxwell his 'lover' grilled by Congress over Epstein ties
Doug Band is expected to face a House Oversight grilling over Epstein ties, including a 2003 dinner and flirtatious emails with Ghislaine Maxwell in DOJ files.
Probe into 'subversive' anti-AI Singham network is 'enormous,' former Treasury advisor says
Sam Lyman says Neville Roy Singham's network delayed $23.6 billion in AI data center investment through organized protests across 14 states.

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts
READ: Trump indictment related to hush money payment
Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast
Hundreds of millions at risk from Chinese shopping app malware
The haunting Masters meltdown that changed Rory McIlroy's career
Slumped on his club, head buried in his arm, Rory McIlroy looked on the verge of tears.
Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean.
See the world's deepest fish
Scientists captured the unknown snailfish species at a depth of more than 27,000 feet, as part of an expedition in trenches off Japan.
The $500 billion beauty industry's 'green' ambitions are a patchwork at best. And they're falling short
The escalating climate crisis is shifting many people's purchasing patterns and this extends to the $500 billion dollar global beauty industry which is grappling with a range of sustainability challenges across product manufacturing, packaging and disposal.