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Mattis: ‘Very little doubt’ Russia has interfered in elections

This is while the president went on CNN and said it’s fake news and a distraction from the democratic losses.

The Trump era is shredding Senate comity

The standing filibuster of the Obama years killed comity. It’s been dead for years.

Harward says no to national security adviser role

A friend of Harward’s said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaotic. Harward called the offer a “s*** sandwich,” the friend said.

Trump family’s elaborate lifestyle is a ‘logistical nightmare’ — at taxpayer expense

I’m sure my friends on the right who were concerned about the cost of Obama’s trips to Hawaii will start demanding accountability now.

Yes, There Is a Trump Infrastructure Project Already Under Way: Building Prisons

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And good for them. Both stories should be heard.

President Trump Has Done Almost Nothing

There is a wide gap, a chasm even, between what the administration has said and what it has done. There have been 45 executive orders or presidential memoranda signed, which may seem like a lot but lags President Barack Obama’s pace. More crucially, with the notable exception of the travel ban, almost none of these orders have mandated much action or clear change of current regulations. So far, Trump has behaved exactly like he has throughout his previous career: He has generated intense attention and sold himself as a man of action while doing little other than promote an image of himself as someone who gets things done.

It is the illusion of a presidency, not the real thing.

All talk, no action.

How Congress Can Pressure Trump to Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate the White House

Or they can just investigate emails and Benghazi 20 more times.

Rand Paul on Flynn: ‘Makes no sense’ to investigate fellow Republicans

I just don’t think it’s useful to be doing investigation after investigation, particularly of your own party. We’ll never even get started with doing the things we need to do, like repealing Obamacare, if we’re spending our whole time having Republicans investigate Republicans. I think it makes no sense.

That’s Rand Paul standing on principal.