News of note from December 2016:
- Talking Points Memo: It Comes So Easily by Josh Marshall (December 12, 2016)
It's all inconsequential in a way, just one more random nonsensical remark. But it shows the casual disregard for the truth or even basic commonsense that is pervasive with all of the President-Elect's leading sycophants. And of course, let's be honest, the President-Elect himself. It's a culture of casual lying and nonsense. It's an empire of word salad.
- Bloomberg: Trump Says No Deals While in Office; Sons Will Run Company by Kevin Cirilli, Caleb Melby, and Ben Brody (December 12, 2016)
President-elect Donald Trump gave his first clues as to how he’ll step away from his businesses, saying he would put his two sons Don and Eric in charge by Inauguration Day Jan. 20 but offering no information about his own role.
- Talking Points Memo: Judiciary Dem Flags Missing Documents In Sessions' AG Questionaire by Tierney Sneed (December 14, 2016)
According to [Diane] Feinstein's letter, Sessions' submission was missing copies of a number of speeches he has given over the years, including a a speech at an event called “Restoration Weekend” from 2003 and a 2007 speech for an event with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that seeks to decrease immigration.
