Jane Mayer | Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier
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Jane Mayer | Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "A longtime friend of Steele's pointed out to me that Steele was in a singularly unenviable predicament. The dossier had infuriated both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump by divulging allegedly corrupt dealings between them."
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Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "A longtime friend of Steele's pointed out to me that Steele was in a singularly unenviable predicament. The dossier had infuriated both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump by divulging allegedly corrupt dealings between them."
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Sam Nunberg. (photo: Amir Levy/NYT)
Former Trump Campaign Aide Burns Everything Down in Epic Series of Cable News Interviews
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "On Monday afternoon, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg did three different television interviews - one with MSNBC, and then two with CNN - in which he explained why he doesn't plan to cooperate with a grand jury subpoena ordering him to testify on Friday before a federal grand jury investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Each of them was an unmitigated disaster."
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Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "On Monday afternoon, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg did three different television interviews - one with MSNBC, and then two with CNN - in which he explained why he doesn't plan to cooperate with a grand jury subpoena ordering him to testify on Friday before a federal grand jury investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Each of them was an unmitigated disaster."
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Signs marked a polling site as early voting began on February 20 in San Antonio. Early voting in Texas ran through last Friday, March 2. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)
In Texas Primary, Early Signs of a 2018 Democratic Surge
Jessica Taylor, NPR
Taylor writes: "The 2018 primary elections kick off this week, and Democrats are already seeing reasons to be excited deep in the red, beating heart of Texas."
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Jessica Taylor, NPR
Taylor writes: "The 2018 primary elections kick off this week, and Democrats are already seeing reasons to be excited deep in the red, beating heart of Texas."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Mark Seliger)
Trump Didn't Pay Stormy Daniels Hush Money - Because He Stiffed His Own Lawyer
Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "It appears President Trump may have dodged the consequences of one shady habit, conducting extramarital affairs, by indulging in another unscrupulous habit: refusing to pay his employees."
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Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "It appears President Trump may have dodged the consequences of one shady habit, conducting extramarital affairs, by indulging in another unscrupulous habit: refusing to pay his employees."
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Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)
Former Russian Spy Critically Ill in Britain After Exposure to Unidentified Substance
Toby Melville and Emily G Roe, Reuters
Excerpt: "Britain threatened on Tuesday to pull out of the soccer World Cup in Russia if Moscow was shown to be behind the mysterious illness that struck down a Russian former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence."
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Toby Melville and Emily G Roe, Reuters
Excerpt: "Britain threatened on Tuesday to pull out of the soccer World Cup in Russia if Moscow was shown to be behind the mysterious illness that struck down a Russian former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence."
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Matteo Salvini. (photo: Radio Sound Piacenza)
The Clowns Are in Charge: Why Italy's Election Result Should Alarm All of Us.
Yascha Mounk, Slate
Mounk writes: "The past few years have amply demonstrated that populists in North America and Western Europe can occasionally cobble together surprising majorities. Now, the Italian case shows that they have astounding longevity - and can become absolutely dominant in a country that had long been considered a consolidated (if admittedly chaotic) democracy."
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Yascha Mounk, Slate
Mounk writes: "The past few years have amply demonstrated that populists in North America and Western Europe can occasionally cobble together surprising majorities. Now, the Italian case shows that they have astounding longevity - and can become absolutely dominant in a country that had long been considered a consolidated (if admittedly chaotic) democracy."
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A risky U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-speed slaughter program would allow facilities to increase slaughter speeds and shift responsibility of food safety oversight into the hands of slaughter plant employees. (photo: Gerry Broome/AP)
I've Seen the Hidden Horrors of High-Speed Slaughterhouses
Scott David, Guardian UK
David writes: "If you care about animal welfare or food safety, this news will concern you: the nationwide expansion of a risky US Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-speed slaughter program is imminent. But the good news is there is still time to stop it."
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Scott David, Guardian UK
David writes: "If you care about animal welfare or food safety, this news will concern you: the nationwide expansion of a risky US Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-speed slaughter program is imminent. But the good news is there is still time to stop it."
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