In a post-truth world, can we even quote a foreign leader accurately anymore? — You might have heard about a kerfuffle recently over the White House transcript of President Donald Trump’s July 16 news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Reuters reporter asked Putin if he wanted Trump to win the 2016 election, and if he had directed any of his officials to…

So apparently some people just learned this week that President Donald Trump is sympathetic to white supremacists. Gosh, if only he’d given us some kind of clue over the past two years — or in the four decades before that. How can anyone be surprised, at this point, by Trump’s…

A lawsuit claims three other Trump SoHo units were purchased as part of a money-laundering scheme. — Using shell companies that concealed their true identities, Russian buyers purchased at least seven condos for nearly $9 million at the Trump SoHo hotel in New York, according to property records reviewed by Lobby99. Trump SoHo reportedly is among several Trump businesses being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as…

Trump’s “election integrity” commission could help Republicans keep control of Congress. — Imaginary fraudulent voters better watch out: Kris Kobach is on the case. Kobach is the vice chair of a 15-member commission set up by President Donald Trump “to promote fair and honest federal elections” or, to put it more accurately, to justify Trump’s preposterous claim that 3 million to 5…

Democratic leaders need to start touting their own single-payer legislation. — The Senate Republican health care bill finally was released from the Legislation Protection Program — and immediately got whacked. It wasn’t a clean kill. This zombie tax cut for rich people masquerading as a health care plan still could stagger back into our lives after the July 4th recess. …

Trump’s private lawyer responds with a nonsense statement that misspells ‘president.’ — President Donald Trump wasn’t under investigation before he fired James Comey, but it sure sounds like he is now. On Thursday, former FBI director Comey testified that special counsel Robert Mueller will determine whether Trump obstructed justice by trying to persuade Comey to drop the investigation into former national security…

Farage led party of ‘fruitcakes, loonies, and closet racists.’ — The Trump-Russia probe is reaching across the pond. The Guardian reported Thursday that former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the FBI’s investigation, though he is not a suspect and has not been accused of wrongdoing. Farage is a founder member of UKIP, Britain’s far-right, nationalist…

Report: The president’s son-in-law discussed setting up ‘secret communications channel’ to the Kremlin. — News reports confirmed this week what most of us had guessed already: Jared Kushner is under FBI scrutiny in the Trump-Russia investigation. It would be amazing if he wasn’t, really. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, held meetings in December with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey…

The president’s lawyers say he has absolutely, positively no income from Russia — with ‘a few exceptions.’ — President Donald Trump this week fired FBI Director James Comey, the man in charge of the Trump-Russia criminal investigation. Having acknowledged that the firing was at least partly because of “this Russia thing,” Trump then repeated his false claim that his only ties to Russia are one house sale and…