Page 1 Roundup (06/15)

The Daily News: New York attorney general sues President Trump, his kids and his charity -- charges foundation broke law to enrich him

This seems more fitting ...

Liza Minnelli does 'not approve nor sanction' Renee Zellweger playing mom Judy Garland in upcoming biopic

Pink News: Gay World Cup fan left with brain injuries after brutal attack -- but remember: Putin's a 'good man'

New York Post: New York’s attorney general on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging he illegally used money from his charitable foundation to pay off his creditors, decorate one of his golf clubs and help his presidential campaign

Page Six:  Journalist behind ‘S–tty Media Men’ list is shopping book

New York: No one wants to work at the White House so it’s having a job fair

Mother Jones: San Francisco’s first black female mayor defies the liberal litmus test

The New York Times: Democrats find vindication, and new agony, in report on Comey

 Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Justice Department tried to protect Hillary Clinton -- a watchdog’s report says otherwise

The Washington Post: Even House Republicans are considering allowing immigrant children to be detained alongside their parents

The Wall Street Journal: The utimate démarche: France wants to oust English from the EU

Page 1 Roundup (04/13)

The Daily News: The Crazy doth protest too much, methinks

Julia Louis-Dreyfus sports gray hair after keeping low profile following breast-cancer surgery

A North Carolina man charged with impregnating his biological daughter is suspected of killing her, her adoptive father and their infant son before fatally shooting himself

New York Post: The presidency is just a platform for settling personal vendettas, right?

GLAAD: Ricky Martin honors Britney Spears -- with her hunky boyfriend in tow -- at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

The New York Times: Crazy Donald, in a sharp reversal, told a gathering of farm-state lawmakers and governors on Thursday morning that the United States was looking into rejoining a multicountry trade agreement negotiated by President Obama known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he pulled out of days after assuming office

Now Crazy Donald plans to pardon Shady Scooter, whose sentence was already commuted by W.

Comey’s memoir offers visceral details on a man 'untethered to truth’

The Washington Post: Trump’s allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney

Irish Examiner: Patti LuPone loves Chris Evans, but not Uma Thurman

Towleroad: Pompeo grilled over anti-LGBT statements during confirmation hearing

The Associated Press: Police officer fatally shot while serving arrest warrant

Mother Jones: Member of Crazy Donald's crazy voter fraud commission sued for voter intimidation

LGBTQ Nation: This anti-gay youth pastor was arrested for having sex with an underage boy

The Wall Street Journal: Taxes are hard -- so is pronouncing new tax law acronyms like FDII

Harvey Birthday to Me

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, guys! Damian and our son have been spoiling me today as we switch between the French Open semifinals and the Comey testimony -- what a way to start a new decade of life! xo

Page 1 Roundup (06/08)

The Daily News: Best birthday present a guy could ever ask for

 

Not a fan of his last album, but I'm curious about his new material

The New York Post: Trump to Comey: ‘I need loyalty, I expect loyalty’ 

The New York Times: How long before I plead with Jeff Sessions to leave me alone in a room with this one? #washingtonhot 

The Wall Street Journal: Where do Cuban tourists go to splurge? Moscow's flea markets

Los Angeles Times: This is going to be good

Comey Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

Pssssst! 

This is one way to distract from [insert latest fuck-up here] -- do something equally bad or worse every day for four years:

The New York Times reports that Donald Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo that Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. 

The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia. 

“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. “He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”

Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey that Mr. Flynn had done nothing wrong, according to the memo.

Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, only replying: “I agree he is a good guy.”

And still no one will do anything because nothing sticks when everything you do is wrong.

From HERE.

Page 1 Roundup (05/12)

The New York Post: The Mets are boring, so what do you think of Kate Hudson's new boyfriend?

The Daily News: Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte to resign from his post Friday amid city-issued car scandal

The New York Times: In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred. 

The Wall Street Journal: The Internet’s Most Cringe-Inducing Subculture: Pimple-Popping Videos 

Fasten Your Seat Belts, Americans ...

It's going to be a bumpy four more years.

This is the correct response to Donald Trump's “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.”

Is there any chance Kris Kobach's middle initial isn't K?

Page 1 Roundup (05/10)

The Daily News: It's early, but this may be the headline to beat!

The New York Post opts to run the White House press release -- of course 

The New York Times: Kudos to the Gray Lady for publishing Trump's letter in its entirety. That second paragraph will confound presidential historians for centuries to come. (The motive for the firing is now becoming VERY CLEAR.)

The Wall Street Journal: Stop needling the knitting lady at Pittsburgh Penguins games

Easy Comey, Easy Go

From HERE.

Donald Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday. This comes hours after the Department of Justice had to issue a statement admitting that Comey has continued to lie through his teeth about the imaginary Hillary Clinton email scandal, which sure didn't bother Trump & Co. before.

That second paragraph!

American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero had this to say about Comey's termination: 

“The independence of the FBI director is meant to ensure that the president does not operate above the law. For President Trump to fire the man responsible for investigating his own campaign’s ties to the Russians imperils that fundamental principle. 

“Regardless of how one judges the performance of James Comey in either the Hillary Clinton or Russia investigations, President Trump’s dismissal of a sitting FBI director raises serious alarm bells for our system of checks and balances. 

“The terms of FBI directors were purposefully structured to span across sitting presidents to ensure the FBI’s independence and insulate the bureau from partisan politics. President Trump’s dismissal of Comey raises questions about the administration’s inappropriate meddling in bureau operations — precisely at a time when the bureau appears to be investigating the president, his advisors, and his campaign for potential collusion with Russian agents in our last election.”

And then this:

The ONLY thing Trump liked about Comey was how he treated Clinton. Time for Rod Rosenstein to appoint Patrick Fitzgerald as special prosecutor immediately.