April 2019 – ProgressiveGrok

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I have been busy with life’s various activities and to be honest I really don’t write unless something…

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Emails show top HHS official and Trump ally intimidating CDC official September 18, 2020

A close ally of President Donald Trump who was serving as a top official in the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly sent complaints about how the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was handling a media request to the agency's director in an apparent attempt to intimidate an agency communications official, according […]

New revelations reinforce concerns that Trump's political motives are a higher priority than Americans' health September 18, 2020

A series of new revelations about the federal government's coronavirus response could reinforce concerns about whether the Trump administration's political motives were a higher priority than the health of Americans.

Pelosi says lawmakers 'very close' to stop-gap funding deal, but key sticking points remain September 18, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that lawmakers are "very close" to a stop-gap funding announcement to avert a government shutdown. But, behind the scenes, bipartisan discussions are at an impasse as disagreements over the length of the spending bill as well as partisan fights over election security money, the census and funding for […]

Barr's latest comments have Justice Department on edge September 18, 2020

Attorney General William Barr's provocative critique of career employees who work for him and of politics surrounding Justice Department investigations is his clearest acknowledgment of a worsening divide between President Donald Trump's attorney general and his rank-and-file.

Constitution doesn't require census to be accurate, Trump administration says September 18, 2020

The Trump administration argued on Friday against a challenge to its 2020 census plans by saying the Constitution requires a count but does not say it must be accurate.

White House tries to play defense with falsehoods about former Pence aide Troye September 18, 2020

The White House moved quickly Thursday to try to discredit Olivia Troye, the former aide to Vice President Mike Pence, after she released a video charging that President Donald Trump failed to protect the public from coronavirus and that he only cared about getting reelected.

Controversial coronavirus testing guidance came from HHS and didn't go through CDC scientific review, sources say September 18, 2020

A controversial update to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's testing guidance last month was not written by CDC scientists and was posted online before it had undergone the normal scientific review process, two sources confirm to CNN.

GOP candidates turn to their families to deflect Democratic attacks on health care September 18, 2020

The Republican quest to protect the Senate majority has become a family affair.

Trump pushes back on FBI director's testimony about Russia September 18, 2020

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe discusses President Trump pushing back on FBI director Chris Wray's testimony before Congress about Russian efforts to interfere in US elections.

How Chad Wolf rose to be key to Trump's reelection September 18, 2020

Wolf has cultivated an attentive relationship with Stephen Miller, Trump's lead immigration adviser and architect of the administration's hardline immigration policies

Posts published in April 2019

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